Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - CAU/ED *£2,000 Incentive*

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization is seeking an experienced Band 5 Nurse for a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse role in the Children's Assessment Unit at Colchester Hospital. This position offers a supportive environment for career development, alongside a range of benefits including extensive training, flexible working options, and a recruitment incentive of £2000.

Benefits

Pension scheme

27 days of annual leave

NHS discounts

Staff Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience as a Band 5 Nurse.
• Excellent clinical and organizational skills.
• Willingness to develop managerial abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assessing and managing children with minor injuries and serious illnesses.
• Providing professional leadership in the nursing team.
• Ensuring timely assessments and treatment of children.

Skills

Clinical Skills

Organizational Skills

Leadership

Job description

This post attracts a recruitment incentive of £2000 pro rata (conditions apply)

Are you an experienced Band 5 Nurse looking to develop your career?

In order to maintain our commitment to high quality patient-focused care, we are seeking experienced Children's Nurses interested in developing their skills and knowledge in a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse role. You will join our team in the Children's Assessment Unit at Colchester Hospital.

The children’s services team covers the Children’s assessment unit, Children’s Emergency Department, Children’s elective care, and Children’s Inpatient unit. Our busy departments care for children aged 0-16 years with a wide spectrum of illnesses and injuries, providing excellent opportunities for learning, development, and career progression.

We are looking for a highly professional individual with excellent clinical and organizational skills who wishes to further develop their managerial abilities.

We offer full-time positions, but part-time hours will be considered for the right candidate.

Your responsibilities include:

1. Assessing, recognizing, prioritizing, and evaluating children with minor injuries, serious illnesses, or injuries presenting for urgent care.
2. Managing and developing the nursing team within the Children’s Emergency Department and Children’s Assessment Unit, providing professional and clinical leadership to deliver high-quality, safe, and cost-effective care to children and families.
3. Developing the role of the Paediatric Nurse Practitioner/Paediatric Emergency Nurse Practitioner, ensuring all children are assessed, treated, and discharged or admitted within 4 hours of arrival.

ESNEFT provides hospital and community health services across east Suffolk and north Essex, serving nearly one million people. Our staff deliver care from hospitals, community clinics, and in patients’ homes. We are one of the largest NHS organizations in England, employing over 12,000 staff.

We support our staff with extensive training and development, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days of annual leave (pro-rata), and NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers various services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. We are investing in digital transformation with Epic, a leading electronic patient record system, to improve hospital life for staff and patients.

Find out about living and working here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For further details or informal visits, contact:

Name: Jan Butcher
Job title: Ward Sister - CAU/ED
Email: [e-mail]