Paediatric Sister/Charge Nurse - Band 6

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Paediatric Sister/Charge Nurse for their 7F Children's wards at The Royal London Hospital. The successful candidate will deliver high-quality care, manage a team, and support patients undergoing surgery and long-term chronic illness. This role requires strong leadership, communication skills, and adaptability to work in a dynamic clinical environment.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered RSCN/RN Child.
• Experience in acute paediatric settings is required.
• Ability to provide leadership and multi-disciplinary collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Support ward manager and oversee day-to-day ward operations.
• Ensure high standards of nursing care and assessment.
• Provide guidance to junior staff and multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Communication

Adaptability

Leadership

Education

Degree level education or working towards it

Preparation for mentorship course or equivalent

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Paediatric Sister/Charge Nurse - Band 6, London

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Client:

Barts Health NHS Trust

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

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Job overview

We are looking for a Band 6 paediatric nurse to work within our 7F Children’s wards at The Royal London Hospital.

7F specialise in Surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedics, providing a continuation of care service for children following surgery and long term chronic illness. Additionally, we are lucky enough to be one of a few centres offering spinal surgery to our patients, with our dedicated spinal team. We also have an enhanced monitoring bay that is working towards High Dependency status. This area looks after the sickest patients in the children’s hospital, and acts as an intermediary between the wards and the Paediatric Critical Care Unit. Across 7F, emphasis is placed on multi-disciplinary working to ensure holistic care of the highest quality.

These areas are part of a versatile and dynamic service and the post holder will have excellent communication skills and be adaptable. They will be keen to learn and develop new skills and knowledge through the availability of a variety of training opportunities whilst facilitating the learning needs of others. We currently have access to a wide range of university modules including the HDU course, Evidence Based Orthopaedic Care as well as the paediatric in house trauma study days and APLS.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to take a role in supporting the ward manager to develop services, manage the day to day running of the ward and be involved in the management of a team of staff.

Barts Health has a busy and demanding children’s service requiring staff to be flexible in their working. The post holder will be required to work within a challenging clinical environment and undertake shift work which will include nights, weekends and bank holidays.

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 where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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. Provide leadership and management to the staff team at all times ensuring effective use of human resources on the ward to ensure safe and efficient service delivery
4. Ensure that a child and family-centred approach to care is provided in inpatient areas, which takes account of children’s individual medical, psychological, emotional and social
needs.
5. Identifies and receives clinical supervision in line with Trust Policy.
6. Responsible for providing clinical support and guidance to peers, junior members of staff/students and other members of the multi disciplinary team and identification of
opportunities for continued professional development and competencies.

Person specification

Qualifications and knowledge

• RSCN/RN Child with current registration
• Preparation for mentorship course or equivalent
• Educated to degree level or working towards it

Experience

• Experience of working within an acute paediatric setting