Junior Sister/ Charge Nurse

Transformationunitgm; London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust located in London is seeking a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to provide exceptional clinical leadership in pediatric nursing. The successful candidate will ensure high standards of individualized family-centred care while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. We are looking for an experienced nurse with a valid RSCN/RN Child registration and strong interpersonal skills to support our patients and their families effectively.

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme

Supportive workplace values focused on inclusion

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience at band 6 level within an acute paediatric setting.
• Knowledge and experience in Safeguarding Children.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to a designated nursing team.
• Ensure delivery of individualised family-centred care.
• Maintain high standards of clinically effective nursing care.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Effective interpersonal skills

Excellent organizational skills

Ability to deal with difficult situations

Education

RSCN / RN Child with current registration

Educated to degree level or working towards it

Preparation for mentorship course or equivalent

Job description

Employer Barts Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Newham University Hospital Town London, Salary £42,939 - £50,697 Per Annum (Pay Award Pending) Salary period Yearly Closing 30/06/2025 23:59

Junior Sister/ Charge Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

To provide clinical leadership to a designated nursing team, ensuring the delivery of the highest standard of individualised family-centred care to children and their families in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team. Ensure that evidence-based practice is always performed, taking responsibility for updating own knowledge and skills in line with Trust policies and procedures and NMC Code.

Main duties of the job

1. Ensures the process of nursing is developed to meet the individual needs of each patient, providing well documented assessment, care planning and evaluation.
2. Responsible for setting, providing, and maintaining high standards of clinically effective nursing care at all times.

3. Always provide leadership and management to the staff team ensuring effective use of human resources on the ward to ensure safe and efficient service delivery

4. Ensure that a child and family-centered approach to care is provided in inpatient areas, which takes account of children’s individual medical, psychological, emotional, and social needs.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required . For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• RSCN / RN Child with current registration
• Preparation for mentorship course or equivalent
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy
• Knowledge and experience in Safeguarding Children
• Educated to degree level or working towards it

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years experience at band 6 level within an acute paediatric setting
• Orthopaedic surgical experience

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills with people on complex matters/issues
• Ability to deal with difficult situations
• Excellent organisational skills
• Displays professional integrity and credibility
• Adaptable and able to deal with changing workloads

Personal and People Development

• Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure
• Take responsibility for own learning
• Responsible for own Individual performance Review
• Lead, influence and motivate others

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received.

Name Josephine Bakah Job title Ward Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 02073639070 Additional information

Working hours Monday, Tuesday , Thursday(0730 -1730) and Friday (07:30-1700)