Sister/Charge Nurse | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks an experienced paediatric nurse to join the nursing team on the inpatient unit. The role involves caring for patients from neonates to adulthood, ensuring high standards of clinical governance and collaboration with other critical services. Career development, flexible working, and various benefits are offered.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in paediatric nursing.
• Ability to maintain nursing documentation to Trust standards.
• Awareness of clinical governance and compliance with policies.

Responsibilities

• Ensure nursing documentation is maintained to the Trust standard.
• Initiate investigations of incidents and complaints.
• Delegate tasks and activities to team members.

Job description

Overview

Fast forward your paediatric nursing career at Imperial. With five world-renowned hospitals, we are full of opportunities for nurses looking for progression within their paediatric nursing career. Get involved in quality improvement and collaborate with leading paediatric teams at St Mary’s; the major acute hospital for North West London.

Join our dynamic and friendly nursing team on our 22 bedded inpatient unit: Great Western ward. You’ll utilise your experience caring for patients that range from neonates to adulthood. Great Western ward looks after a wide range of patients being admitted from the emergency department as well as paediatric intensive care and neonatal intensive care units at St Mary’s and Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea hospitals. You’ll be able to use your clinical skills to look after these acute admissions ranging from the complex needs patient to the acute trauma admission.

Our teams have excellent inter-professional working relationships with services for children including critical care, emergency department, community nursing teams and the ambulatory care unit.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that nursing documentation is maintained to the Trust standard (including electronic records).
• In the absence or as delegated by the Ward / Department Manager initiate investigations of untoward incidents, accidents, complaints and other relevant information.
• To delegate tasks and activities to a range of team members in relation to patient care. (for example when taking charge or as link nurse)
• In conjunction with the staff team, to assist in developing and maintaining a Ward/Department philosophy and model of care.
• To comply with and participate in the Trust’s framework of clinical governance within the ward or department area, seeking advice or guidance where necessary.
• To demonstrate awareness and compliance with Trust policies, procedures, guidelines and standards. This will include identification of risk (clinical, health, safety and security). To work towards promoting this to others.
• Record and report all incidents/complaints involving staff, patients and visitors in accordance with St Mary’s NHS Trust policies and assist in any investigations as required.

Benefits

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

Equal Opportunities & How to Apply

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Thursday 9 Oct 2025