Sister/Charge Nurse Band 6

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous annual leave

Staff health and well-being programs

Job summary

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Sister/Charge Nurse to provide clinical leadership on the High Dependency Unit, coordinating staffing and patients to maintain safe delivery of high-quality care. You will model professional standards and support junior staff within a busy HDU.

The ideal candidate will have HDU credentials, leadership experience, and the ability to work across a rotating shift pattern, including days and nights, within the NHS Trust.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of High Dependency care course.
• Evidence of support, supervision and training of junior staff.
• P.L.S. and A.P.L.S. relevant certifications a plus.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate the HDU unit, staffing and patients to ensure safe delivery of high‑quality care.
• Counsel, appraise and provide guidance and support to staff as required.
• Support the Clinical Nurse Managers in sickness, absence, and staff development.
• Ensure that Trust Management policies and procedures are understood and followed.
• Undertake delegated responsibility for specific areas of operational management.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team management

Problem solving

Staff development

Teaching

Education

High Dependency care course

Support and training of junior staff

P.L.S.

A.P.L.S.

Job description

Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Alder Hey Children's Hospital Town Merseyside Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 30/10/2026 23:59

Sister/Charge Nurse Band 6

NHS AfC: Band 6

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

To provide clinical leadership on the High Dependency Unit by co-ordinating staffing and patients and maintaining safe delivery of high-quality care on the unit. To be a good role model to junior staff and to support the Team Leader with staff issues relating to staff development, poor performance, sickness and absence.

Main duties of the job

Co-ordinate the unit, staff and patients, maintaining safety and deliverance of quality care.

• Counsel, appraise and give guidance and support as required.
• Support the Clinical Nurse Managers in staff issues relating to sickness and absence, poor performance, and staff development.
• Ensure that Trust Management policies and procedures are understood and followed.
• Undertake delegated responsibility for specific areas of operational management.

Working for our organisation

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide clinical leadership on the High Dependency Unit by co-ordinating staffing and patients and maintaining safe delivery of high-quality care on the unit. To be a good role model to junior staff and to support the Clinical Nurse Managers with staff issues relating to staff development, poor performance, sickness and absence.

• Communication Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Planning and Organising Skills
• Responsibility for Patient/Client Care
• Responsibility fir Financial and Physical Resources
• Responsibility for Human Resources
• Responsibility for Information Resources
• Responsibility for Research and Development

Person specification

Education and Training

• Successful completion of High Dependency care course
• Evidence of support, supervision and training of junior staff.
• PLS
• APLS

Experience

• Demonstrated ability to supervise and lead a team of staff undertaking the ATL role under supervision of the coordinator
• Able to describe the responsibilities of the team leader and the key leadership skills required.
• Effective team worker
• Knowledge of co-ordinators role.
• Completion of the ATL competencies or other relevant competencies.
• Completion of Band 5-6 HDU development competencies.

Knowledge

• Able to discuss key issues in relation to the provision of critical care services

Skills

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Good organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload
• Able to act on own initiative
• Active in developing the nursing workforce
• Ability to teach and assess junior nurses
• Committed to the professional development of others
• Evidence of creativity and promoting new ways of working.

Personal Attributes

• Able to work flexibly within the internal rotation roster consisting of days, nights and weekends.
• Approachable
• Role Model
• Professional

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.