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Job summary

Main area
Paediatric Emergency Department
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
275-2508CSCN-PED
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway maritime hospital
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/08/2025 23:59

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Clinical Sister/Charge Nurse - Paediatric Emergency Department

Band 6

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

 Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse - Paediatric Emergency Department

Division: Medicine and Emergency Care

Care Group: Emergency & Acute

Band: 6

Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum/pro rata

We are recruiting for a Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The successful post holder will provide high quality care for infants, children and young people who present with a range of clinical presentations from minor injuries to the child requiring rapid stabilisation in the resuscitation environment.

You will be a role model to junior staff members and to share skills, knowledge and experience with other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

As a Sister/Charge nurse you support and guide the development of the team and service to ensure that we provide safe and effective care to our patients.

In addition you will take charge of the Paediatric Emergency Department by managing flow through the department and referral to other services as appropriate. 

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Children's ED has many development opportunities for the band 6 role. All staff will complete the Misti course and online ERMER training,

EPLS/APLS will be essential and training is available in the trust, there are regular STRS training /sim days.

Academic level 6 and 7 training available in line with development of job roles.

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, caring and experienced children’s nurse to join our team.

 The Children’s Emergency Department at Medway Maritime Hospital currently sees more than 30, 000 children per year. We have a completely separate Children’s ED, which provides care for all children and young persons under the age of eighteen years.

 The team consists of a Matron, Band 7, Band 6 (clinical sisters), Band 5 staff nurses and senior clinical support workers. We have a dedicated Senior Play Specialist, who supports the nursing and medical teams and we have the Emerge Advocacy Service and youth workers.

 There is also a separate team of dedicated Children’s Emergency Department Doctors that are supported by junior members of the main Emergency department medical team.

 Our team aims to ensure that all children have a high standard of emergency care, that is research based, current and most importantly child and family focused. We encourage staff to bring forward new ideas and embrace change positively. Our department positively welcomes external inspectors and we are currently proud to be assessed as GOOD by the care quality commission.

 We have a close working relationship with both the Emergency Department and paediatric multidisciplinary teams and have departmental governance days and team training days. We encourage education and are always looking at new courses to improve our skills, time is allocated.

 We are able to send staff on external study days for critical care, burns and safeguarding.  Study time is provided for development and academic courses can be funded for enhancement of roles, including advanced life support courses (EPLS/APLS)

 As a charge nurse you would be expected to have knowledge of caring for children that attend with a wide range of conditions. You would be required to lead a team of nurses on the shift, providing support to junior colleagues and students. You should be able to provide care for children and young persons with mental health concerns, safeguarding issues, minor injuries and critical care presentations.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse (child) with the NMC
Desirable criteria
  • EPLS/APLS

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of the NMC Code of professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives
  • Knowledge of clinical governance and the necessity to report incidents
  • To have a broad knowledge of safeguarding procedures and responsibilities
  • To have a sound knowledge of the care of critically ill children

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Cannulation and venepuncture skills desirable
  • Application of Plaster of Paris
  • IV drug administration

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 2 years’ experience in acute/emergency care

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

Application numbers

Please note this vacancy may close early if the number of applications is met.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nicola Keane
Job title
Lead Nurse Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 825205
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