Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Ward 80/82

Manchester University Nhs Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is recruiting a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse (Band 6) to join the Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) team within the Division of Paediatric Critical Care, Anaesthetics and Complex Medicine. The post holder will report to the Senior Sisters and Lead Nurse, providing visible leadership in a busy clinical service and upholding high standards of care.

The role covers care in PICU, PHDU and NWTS transports, involves direct patient care, supporting junior staff,

Responsibilities

• Provide immediate care to critically ill children in PICU/PHDU and support NWTS transports.
• Support junior staff, model high standards of care and lead within PCC.
• Participate in audit, teaching and service improvement to enhance patient experience.

Job description

Job summary

It's an exciting time to join Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. We are recruiting for a Junior sister / Charge Nurse band 6 to join our dynamic Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) team that sits within the Division of, Paediatric Critical Care, Anaesthetics and Complex Medicine (Paediatric Oncology, Haematology, Stem Cell Transplant and Gene Therapy). We're looking for a motivated and passionate individual to bring enthusiasm and excellence to our team which provides a broad range of high-quality, specialist services to our patients and supporting the team to be the best that they can be. The post holder will report to the Senior Sisters and Lead Nurse, providing visible leadership across a clinical service setting, monitoring and maintaining professional high standards. The post holder is an innovative and dynamic practitioner committed to improving the patient/client experience, improving standards of care and services, leading the nursing contribution within PCC in line with the Group Nursing & Midwifery Strategy and Values and Behaviours.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder is responsible for ensuring immediate care to critically ill children and their families, and will work primarily within the Paediatric Critical Care Clinical Specialist Unit, namely the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), the Paediatric High Dependency Unit (PHDU), and the North West and North Wales Transport Service (NWTS). The post holder will assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care for these patients supporting and guiding junior staff in the process.
• The post holder will provide direct patient care and have detailed clinical knowledge of the specialist areas.
• The post holder will assist the senior Sister/Charge Nurse in ensuring that high standards of quality of care are delivered and maintained. The post holder will act as a positive role model within the department for staff, patients and families.
• The post holder will deputise for the senior sister/ charge nurse as required and along with the Critical Care Registrar act as a first responder bleep holder in clinical emergency calls within RMCH.
• The post holder will support evidenced based care within the clinical teams.
• The post holder will contribute to the improvement of standards to care through the development of all staff groups, participating in audit and research, teaching and supporting colleagues and the provision of effective leadership.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Documents to download heading.

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata)

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Contract

Secondment

Closing date

04 November 2026

Equality and diversity

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.