Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric Emergency Department - Junior Sister/Charge Nurse
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Job Overview
Sister/Charge Nurse – Paediatric Emergency Department
Frimley Park Hospital
Permanent – 26.5 hours per week
We are looking for a motivated, compassionate Sister/Charge Nurse 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.
Main duties of the job
- 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 departments 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.
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.
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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
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 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
Skills & Knowledge
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
Experience
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
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Full time hours, shift work, including nights and weekends
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT)
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.
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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 continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
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