Sister​/Charge Nurse - Paediatric Emergency Department

Overview

Sister/Charge Nurse – Paediatric Emergency Department, Frimley Park Hospital. Permanent – Full time and part-time roles available.

We are looking for motivated, compassionate Sister/Charge Nurses to join our friendly, dynamic, and supportive team in the Paediatric Emergency Department at Frimley Park Hospital. In this leadership role, you will play a vital part in delivering high-quality, safe, and family-centred emergency care for children and young people. Working closely with the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, you will support and lead the nursing team, coordinating and overseeing shifts in their absence and ensuring excellent standards of care are consistently maintained.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills within a fast-paced and rewarding paediatric emergency setting, supported by an experienced and welcoming multidisciplinary team.

• To support the ED Sister/Charge Nurse in leading the nursing team, ensuring that high standards are met and maintained for all children and their families
• To support the ED Sister/Charge Nurse ensuring the department s ethos reflects the Trust values, and assist with the delivery of patient safety, a good patient experience and the effective running of the department.
• To act as a skilled practitioner and senior nurse within the Emergency Department to ensure that the highest quality of care is given to patients.
• Ensuring that all clinical practice is evidence based, in accordance with local and national standards for good practice.
• To assist in the clinical management of the Emergency Department by ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources, and providing clinical leadership, supervision and support to the team.
• In conjunction with the Clinical Matrons / Team Leaders and other Sisters / Charge Nurses facilitate the development of the service and personal development of all nursing staff within the clinical area of responsibility.
• To take the lead on projects as appropriate.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance;

this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Qualifications

• NMC registration
• Registered Sick Children’s Nurse
• Evidence of recent Continued Practice Development

Desirable criteria

• APLS
• Module in High Dependency Care
• Module in Paediatric Emergency Care

Essential criteria

• Ability to take charge of a clinical unit
• Excellent leadership skills
• Good, effective interpersonal & communication skills (written & verbal)
• Able to work without supervision
• Teaching & assessing experience
• Competent in - Triaging/streaming, IV medication, PGD, Plastering, Venepuncture and IV cannulation

Desirable criteria

• Nurse-led competencies
• X-ray requesting
• Suturing

Essential criteria

• Evidence of experience within emergency care or an acute setting
• Evidence of up-to-date clinical practice
• Able to demonstrate MDT working

Desirable criteria

• Experience of audit
• Experience of implementing change
• Demonstrate the ability to provide teaching in paediatrics

• Full time hours, shift work, including nights and weekends

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We are investing in services and facilities, including the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, expanded diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and digital improvements including the Epic electronic patient record.