Paediatric Charge Nurse Children's Emergency Department

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Basildon; On-site; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Basildon is seeking a dynamic Paediatric Charge Nurse for the Children's Emergency Department. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality patient care, supporting a team of paediatric nurses and managing a variety of emergency cases. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of acute paediatric nursing experience and excellent communication and leadership skills. This role offers competitive salary and a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• 2 years acute paediatric nursing experience.
• Experience in emergency department/PAU.
• Willingness to complete APLS/EPLS.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality patient care in a challenging environment.
• Support and encourage paediatric nursing team.
• Manage a wide variety of emergency patients.

Skills

Excellent communication

Organisational skills

Leadership skills

Team player

Flexible approach

Education

MIPS/998 or equivalent

Job description

Go back Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Paediatric Charge Nurse Children's Emergency Department

The closing date is 21 November 2025

Are you a dynamic, motivated and flexible nurse, with relevant A&E experience and qualifications?

Are you looking for the opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally and enjoy empowering others to succeed?

We are looking for pro-active and self-motivated Paediatric Nurses who are passionate about delivering high quality patient care.

Working in a Children's Emergency Care setting can be a challenging but rewarding clinical environment.

We are looking for someone who is a good team player and will bring a positive attitude to the Trust and have a flexible approach to working.

You must have excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills and be able to motivate and inspire the staff so that collective strengths can achieve desired outcomes.

Main duties of the job

We are a supportive and encouraging department and you will be part of a solid team of paediatric nurses with different levels of experience.

This will provide you with the support to make each day a good one. We have a strong team of band 7 nurses working directly within the department as well as a dedicated practice development team which work wholly on enabling you to develop your skills and experiences and facilitate further learning and training.

We receive a wide variety of emergency patients, including trauma and medical/surgical admissions and it is exciting to say that our Children's Emergency Department provides an independent Paediatric Emergency Nurse Practitioner service.

We have a co located PAU department that is managed by the emergency nurses. and a team of Paediatricians.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting new role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Qualifications

• 2 years acute paediatric nursing experience
• Experience in emergency department / PAU

Qualifications

• MIPS/ 998 or equivilant

Qualifications

• willingness to complete APLS/EPLS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rota for Part-Time)