Paediatric Sister/Charge Nurse - A&E - Conquest Hospital | East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

ESHT; St Leonards; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in East Sussex seeks a Band 6 Sister / Charge Nurse to join a busy Emergency Department. The role involves delivering high-quality care, mentoring junior staff, and managing paediatric patients. Required qualifications include being a registered Children's Nurse and holding mentorship qualifications. The position offers an opportunity to contribute to shaping children's emergency care.

Qualifications

• Qualified registered Children's Nurse with relevant experience at Band 5 or above.
• Mentorship and child protection qualifications or experience are required.
• Desirable: minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in an urgent care setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide care as a patient advocate in a busy Emergency Department.
• Deliver high-quality, individualised care by assessing care needs.
• Monitor and improve standards of paediatric nursing care.

Skills

Leadership skills

Team working

Child protection

Education

Registered Children's Nurse

Mentorship qualification

Job description

Overview

We are very busy Emergency Department, treating on average 50,000 patients a year. We are looking for a Band 6 Sister / Charge Nurse to join our pro-active and dynamic team.

Are you a qualified registered Children's Nurse with broad and relevant post registration experience at Band 5 or above in ED nursing or general paediatrics? Do you hold a mentorship qualification and have a child protection qualification or experience? Do you have leadership skills and can you effectively contribute to team working in a busy and dynamic work environment?

This is your opportunity to help shape the development of children's designated emergency care area within Emergency Department. You will have the ability to assess and commence high impact interventions supported by PGDs while awaiting assessment by paediatrician.

Responsibilities

• Be part of a team of paediatric nurses working in the Emergency Department, providing care being confident in the role of patient\'s advocate in order to maintain safe and compassionate care of children and families within ED.
• Competent and/or willing to undertake further relevant training in the management of paediatric minor illnesses and minor injuries.
• A minimum of 2 yrs post-qualification experience in an urgent care setting is desirable.
• Provide high quality, effective, individualised care to all patients by assessing care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating them without supervision.
• Assist the matrons in supporting the nursing team in regard to paediatric nursing care.
• Monitor standards of paediatric nursing care and take appropriate action to maintain and improve them.
• Respond to patients and their relatives/carers concerns as they arise and take remedial action as required.
• Provide children and carers/parents on-going referrals for support/treatments when necessary in the community.
• Respond to patients, relatives and carers concerns as they arise and take remedial action as required.
• Provide assessment, recognition, prioritisation and evaluation of children with minor injuries / serious illness / injury presenting for urgent care.
• Manage paediatric minor illnesses and minor injuries within scope of competency using PGD where available and seek clinical support from U&EC consultants or paediatric consultants or senior paediatric doctor when required.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Qualified registered Children's Nurse with broad and relevant post registration experience at Band 5 or above in ED nursing or general paediatrics.
• Mentorship qualification and child protection qualification or experience (where applicable).
• Leadership skills and ability to contribute to team working in a busy, dynamic environment.
• Desirable: minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in an urgent care setting.

About us

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work. We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000+ members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes. In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’. In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.

Contact / Informal discussion

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact Ross Williams – Head of Nursing on 0300 131 4500 requesting switchboard connect you.

This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Sep 2025