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Paediatric Emergency Department Charge Nurse
The closing date is 17 August 2025
Are you an Paediatric Registered Nurse, with significant ED experience who is educated to degree level?
We have a vacancy for a Band 7 clinical charge nurse in our Paediatric Emergency Department working 37.5 hours per week and welcome applications from people who meet the essential criteria.
NUH is a major Trauma Centre covering the east Midlands and also the current home of the Channel 4 series "24 hours in A&E" Our busy ED is one of the largest in Europe and has its own separate Paediatric ED.
We are looking for a degree educated, highly motivated individual, who has the ability to solve complex issues, whilst being a visible and supportive clinical advisor and leader.
We offer many opportunities for self-development and progression within the role and we are looking for someone who wants to learn and inspire others.
This role will include full internal rotation covering days, nights, weekends and public holidays.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the brief list above you must familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert prior to applying.
This exciting role requires a high level of clinical expertise, along with the ability to manage a complex department alongside the paediatric nursing and clinical leadership team, negotiating flow into the Children Hospital.
Demanding and challenging, this role will engage all of your existing skills and build on them. It will provide the opportunity to become involved in complex process change and require high levels of staff engagement. The senior nursing team not only drives and delivers patient care in a challenging environment but is looking for a dynamic individual to maximise the consistency and effectiveness of the service provided in the CYPED.
Outside of clinical hours, you will also be responsible for the care and management of the nursing team and the ability to drive standards of patient care, not only on a daily basis but to ensure long term strategies are in place.
About us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Job responsibilities
Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.
Please ensure you read the full job description and personal specification for the finite essential criteria.
Person Specification
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
* Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's behavioural standards
Training & Qualifications
* Degree in health/nursing related studies
* Level 1 Registration RSCN/Child Branch
* Competent in medicines management
* APLS provider
* Further professional qualification
* APLS Instructor
* Relevant post basic study appropriate to role
Experience
* Significant post registration experience to include management/ leadership experience, must have significant experience working at Band 6 level
* Supervision of non registered staff, pre registration and post basic students
* Experience of mentoring
* Ability to manage the clinical area efficiently and effectively
* Ability to lead change and new ways of working
* Experience of recruitment and selection
Communication and Relationship skills
* Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, must be able to disseminate complex information to the team
* Demonstrate negotiation and influence skills
* Demonstrate assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with conflict
* Be a team player, who can initiate, delegate and complete projects
* Be able to demonstrate self-awareness and understanding of personal accountability
* Have the ability to support colleagues, patients and relative/carers in distressing circumstances
* Demonstrate leadership for the management of change
* Team building training/ qualification
Analytical and Judgement skills
* Can complete training needs analysis of mentor team as a result of correct utilisation of the appraisal process
* Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex problems/ situations to ensure effective interventions are put into place
* Ability to interpret data and generate and present reports and documents
* Deal effectively with clinical issues within defines procedures/ guidelines
* Demonstrate insight in the use of data to influence patient care and services
* Demonstrate the personal development of members within a team
* Ability to guide staff during complex situations
* Demonstrate a knowledge of current issues in the NHS strategy and policy
* Ability in the use of appraisal, personal development review and training needs analysis
* Use of knowledge and skills framework
Planning and organisation skills
* Coordinate the activities of the department as a whole, redeploying staff effectively to ensure excellent, timely and safe patient care
* Take responsibility for the management of a staff team
* Excellent planning and organisational skills, demonstrating an ability to prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
* Clinical expert, to have completed all the appropriate scopes of professional practice
* Manage sickness, absence and performance of a mentor team in accordance with Trust policy
* Teaching and coaching skills
Physical skills
* Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties, including manoeuvring patients
* Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
* Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non patient handling manoeuvres
* Evidence of moving and handling training
Other requirements specific to the role (e.g. be able to work shifts/on call)
* Flexible and adaptable
* Caring
* Enthusiastic, well-motivated and positive
* Confidence
* Recruitment and selection of staff
* Work a full range of shifts covering 24 hour service
* Successful implementation of a nursing change process
* Evidence of formal teaching experience
* Attendance at conference and study days
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum pro rota
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