Sister/Charge Nurse - Paediatric Emergency Department

Job Overview

Junior Sister/Charge Nurse (Part-Time, 23 hours)

Location: Frimley Park Hospital – Paediatric Emergency Department

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to join the friendly and dynamic team in the Paediatric Emergency Department at Frimley Park Hospital.

In this role, you will support the Senior Ward Sister/Charge Nurse by leading a team of nurses and taking charge of clinical shifts in their absence. This is a vital position within a busy department that cares for nearly 30,000 children annually, aged 0–17, presenting with a wide range of conditions from minor injuries to major trauma and resuscitation needs.

Our department is known locally and nationally for delivering consistently high-quality clinical care. We attribute this to our strong emphasis on staff training and professional development. You will benefit from access to a dedicated Practice Development Lead, a structured Staff Nurse Development Programme, and opportunities for both internal and external training—including emergency nurse skills, leadership development, ED specialist courses, and departmental simulation training (SIM).

If you are passionate about paediatric emergency care and looking to grow within a supportive and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for the assessment of care needs on a wide range of different paediatric conditions that present to the Emergency Department.

On a shift-by-shift basis, co-ordinate and monitor the progress of patients along their critical pathway, reporting any variance from the pathway.

Have the ability to co-ordinate a shift as the nurse in charge being responsible for managing a team and ensuring patients receive safe care.

Take named responsibility for co-ordinating individual patient’s discharge From the Emergency Department.

Ensure that all nursing practice within the clinical area complies with Trust Nursing policies and procedures.

To comply at all times with the NMC Code of Conduct.

Working for our organisation

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.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please do refer to the job description and job specification for further information about this role.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post registration experience
• Experienced as Senior Band 5 in Emergency Care
• Experienced in supervising ED Team
• Ability to manage complex situations, prioritise workload effectively, and implement effective solutions
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Co-ordinator in charge course
• Experience as a shift leader. Allocate staff appropriately to create a safe and effective skill mix
  
  

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Child Nurse Bsc or equivalent
• Current NMC registration
• Post registration Emergency Care module or equivalent
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Leadership course i.e yellow belt, ACLP
  
  

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Supporting learners in practice (SLIP) or equivalent mentorship course
• Completed RCN level 1 competencies book (band 5 book)
• Able to demonstrate communication skills both written and oral
• Competent to clinically provide nursing care in all areas
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Completed ESI competency or equivalent
• Knowledge of EPR systems
  
  

Special requirements

Essential criteria

• PILS
• Flexible approach to own working including working unsocial hours reflexive to departmental requirements
  
  

Desirable criteria

• APLS
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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