Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric Senior Sister/ Ward Manager

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Are you passionate about Paediatrics? Looking to inspire and share your knowledge and skills?
Are you able to lead a team and ensure service delivery and growth? Can you inspire the next generation of Children’s nurses and maintain standards whilst delivering expert care?
If so, we could be the team for you. Following restructuring, a new opportunity has arisen. We are looking for a Paediatric Senior Sister to come join our team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated leader to manage Hascombe Children's Ward. Hascombe ward is our inpatient Children’s ward caring for children 0-16 years. It consists of 18 inpatient beds and is collocated with our busy Paediatric Assessment Unit. We cover a variety of specialities including general medicine and surgery, orthopaedics, oncology, ENT and maxillofacial.
You will be able to manage and lead the team effectively, providing support to staff and whilst ensuring the provision of safe, efficient and quality care to children, young people & their families, driving service development and transformation. You will work closely with the Paediatric Matron and the Practice development team to ensure the safe running of the unit.
- Have continuing responsibility for the department based personnel service over a 24-hour period.
- Manage the department taking responsibility for the delivery and coordination of care delivery.
- Ensure an effective, efficient and quality service is delivered.
- Develop a team culture of dynamic solution-based thinking, working and behaving.
- Understanding of care group objectives and assisting in the management of activity in line with key performance indicators.
- In conjunction with the Matron, support and manage Clinical leaders and all staff to achieve excellence in all aspects of care delivery throughout the patient journey.
- Provide effective leadership and line management to all grades of staff, directing and monitoring activities against defined objectives.
- Planning service innovations and developments in conjunction with Matron and clinical Leaders to ensure an effective working and learning environment for the multidisciplinary team.
- Ensure that the ward environment meets national, local and care group required standards.
- Lead on patient safety and quality measures.
- Developing successful working relationships with key users/MDT and other senior clinical and non-clinical managers.
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About Us
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.


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We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.
To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Ellen Parker
- Job Title: Matron
- Email Address: ellenparker1@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 01483571122
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