Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric Junior Sister
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Job Overview
We are looking for a well-organised, motivated, and enthusiastic nurse to join our team. F1ward offers a wide range of experience, caring for children and young people with a range of medical and surgical conditions. The ward consists of 26 beds including a 4 bedded Level 1 HDU and designated teenage beds. There is also an 8 bedded Paediatric Assessment Unit attached.
The role of Band 6 sister requires a proactive, forward-thinking nurse. The successful candidate will help further develop the team, whilst delivering exceptional levels of care and family support.
You will require excellent organisational, communication, and team-working skills and the ability to support and deliver paediatric care with effective leadership and management skills. As well as supporting the junior nursing and clinical team, you will be expected to support and share the vision of the Senior Nursing team.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the Paediatric Ward team, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, family-centred care to children and young people with a broad spectrum of medical and surgical conditions.
- You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care in collaboration with children, families, and the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Your duties will include the safe administration of medications, monitoring and responding to changes in clinical condition, maintaining accurate documentation, and contributing to discharge planning.
- You will support children and their families during potentially stressful times, offering reassurance, education, and emotional support.
- Working within an integrated children’s service, you will liaise with various health and social care professionals to ensure continuity of care and a holistic approach to treatment.
- You will participate in safeguarding processes, attend relevant meetings, and follow up on concerns appropriately.
- You will also be expected to contribute to service improvement initiatives, uphold infection control standards, and promote a positive and inclusive environment.
- The role includes opportunities for personal development through regular supervision, training, and involvement in clinical audits or projects.
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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.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Sick Children’s Nurse/Registered RN Child
- HDU Competencies
- IV trained
- Central line trained
Desirable criteria
- Undertaking or completed further academic study
- Relevant specialist course
- Practice Assessor/Supervisor course
- Leadership course
- APLS/EPLS course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post-registration experience in an acute setting
- Experience of taking charge in a Paediatric setting
- Post-qualification experience in a relevant setting.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of line managing junior members of staff.
- Previous experience using EPIC.
- Experience of leading a team.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- IV Competencies.
- Central Line Competencies
- Able to work to deadlines
- Good communication skills.
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, saving 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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