Senior Sister/Charge Nurse for Children Ward | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's hospital in London is seeking a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to provide clinical leadership and ensure high-quality care for children and young people. You will manage a team in a busy clinical environment, focusing on neuro-musculoskeletal conditions. This role offers opportunities for professional development and is vital for achieving outstanding care outcomes. Applications are welcomed from both paediatric and adult nurses.

Qualifications

• Experience in neuro-musculoskeletal or paediatric nursing.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a busy clinical environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to nursing staff.
• Ensure high-quality nursing care for children and young people.
• Manage department resources efficiently.
• Promote quality improvement through initiatives and practice.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Expert nursing care

Quality improvement initiatives

Job description

Overview

At Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, we are on a mission to grow our Children Hospital and make it the best Neuro-musculoskeletal provider for Children and Young People.

Are you excited with service development and improvement? Are you ready to take your nursing leadership career to the next level with demanding yet rewarding responsibility? Are you ready to lead and champion a team where Children and young people's needs are at the heart of everything they do? Do you thrive in a busy yet effective clinical environment? Then it’s an exciting time to join our dynamic and innovative team as Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.

Team and specialties

Our team includes senior clinical and management staff, Neuro-musculoskeletal and orthopaedic surgeons, paediatricians, clinical educator and therapists. We share collective responsibility of delivering high quality, safe and effective care to Children, Young people and their families in a 27 bedded ward. Our specialties include spinal deformity, spinal injury rehabilitation, sarcoma, metabolic bone diseases, and upper and lower limb reconstruction.

While a passion for the care that Children and Young people receive is essential, we would welcome both paediatric and adult nurses applications, based on experience.

Development and support

You will have opportunities to develop and further improve your leadership skills and knowledge through formal and informal education, networking, coaching and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• To provide clinical leadership and positive role model to their team; creating and maintaining positive work environment and thus facilitates positive staff experiences.
• To act as expert practitioner in the nursing care of neuro-musculoskeletal conditions to ensure provision of high- quality nursing care to children, young people and families.
• To ensure responsiveness to care and maintain positive experience for children, young people and families.
• To maintain safe, effective and efficient management of the department within allocated resources.
• To promote can do attitude for continual improvement of care through Quality improvement initiatives, research and evidence-based practice.
• To undertake delegated responsibility for the department in the absence of Matron and Associate Chief Nurse for Children and young people.
• To be familiar with, adopt and lead the team with the principles of the NHS Chief Nursing Officers vision for Compassion in Practice (NHS Commissioning Board Dec 2012).

Additional information

This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH’s journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.

Our team consists of multidisciplinary professionals including clinical and management nurses, neuro-musculoskeletal and orthopaedic surgeons, paediatricians, operational and service management, other clinical specialists and therapists. We share collective responsibility of delivering high quality, safe and effective care to Children, Young people and their families in a 27 bedded ward. Our specialties include surgery for spinal deformity, spinal injury rehabilitation, sarcoma, metabolic bone diseases, upper and lower limb reconstruction.

The successful candidate will be supported by the Matron for Children and Young People and other senior nursing leaders. They will have access to internal and external opportunities to develop and further improve their leadership skills and knowledge through formal and informal education, networking, coaching and mentoring.

Please see the attached Job description and Person specification, for more information on the Job responsibilities and Role requirements.

This advert closes on Monday 13 Oct 2025