Main area Paediatric Emergency Department Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (minimum 30 hours) Job ref 164-7337540
Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site QMC Campus Town Nottingham Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 09/09/2025 23:59
Paediatric Emergency Department Deputy Charge Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
Are you an Paediatric Registered Nurse, with significant ED experience ?
We have a substantive vacancy for a Band 6 clinical charge nurse in our Paediatric Emergency Department, to cover internal promotion, 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 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main 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.
Person specification
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
* Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s behavioural standards
Training & Qualifications
* RSCN/RN Child Branch or RN adult within a dual emergency department and significant Paediatric experience
* Possession of a mentor course
* Competent in medicines management
* APLS / EPLS certificate or equivalent
* Educated to degree level
* Completion of NUH ED scopes of professional practice or equivalent local competency package
* Formal leadership and management training
Experience
* RN Child branch with post registration experience in an acute paediatric setting (Appropriate ward level experience with transferrable skills will be considered). Or a registered nurse with experience in a paediatric or shared adult/paediatric emergency department.
* Supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students
* Experience of teaching & assessing
* Evidence of personal professional development
* Experience of working in an area that has undergone change/modernisation
* Experience in service improvement
Communication and Relationship skills
* Ability to take charge of a busy Emergency department whilst adhering to Trust and National targets
* Able to work with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure high quality patient experience.
* Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills
* Produce timely, accurate written/electronic records and documents.
* Demonstrate computer literacy and use of IT skills e.g. emails PowerPoint and word.
* Recognition of own level of competence and limitations and ability to communicate these to appropriate staff
* Ability to constructively challenge others and formulate resolutions in conflict situations
Analytical and Judgement skills
* High level of clinical knowledge and skill
* Knowledge of Trust and Department initiatives and future planning
* Able to identify potential challenges in the field of Emergency Care.
* Ability to respond to problem situations and to ensure that effective interventions are put in place
* Ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care
* Ability to identify own learning needs.
Planning and organisation skills
* Assist the Sister/Charge Nurse to professionally develop a team of more junior staff by undertaking PDR’s & training needs analysis
* Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
* Ability to contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of local objectives and action plans
* APLS/PILS instructor status.
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
* Competent and capable of using medical equipment
* Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres
Other requirements specific to the role (e.g. be able to work shifts/on call)
* Flexible and adaptable
* Enthusiastic, well-motivated and positive
* Able to work a variety of shifts including nights, bank holiday and weekends
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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 the 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.
Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:
* Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
* Start an Apprenticeship
* Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.
Consent:
* Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Departmentconfidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
* Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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