# Children's Emergency Department Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

**Company**: Barts Health NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £55,524 to £62,652 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated compassionate individual to join our team as a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in the Children's Emergency Department. As an experienced nurse leader, you will be responsible for managing and leading a busy department and team of ED staff, motivating and role modelling high standards, implementing and driving improvements and initiatives, and continuously striving to achieve an outstanding Emergency department.

The post-holder will provide enthusiastic, passionate and innovative nursing leadership to day-to-day operational management and running of the Emergency Department. A Sister/Charge Nurse is expected to take part in supporting staff development, ensuring innovative ways of working are introduced and being an advocate to local & trust wide agenda's as well as own work that will help to make the department an outstanding place to work and visit.

**Job Responsibilities:**

- Provide nursing leadership to the Emergency Department

- Manage and lead a team of ED staff

- Motivate and role model high standards

- Implement and drive improvements and initiatives

- Continuously strive to achieve an outstanding Emergency department

- Support staff development

- Ensure innovative ways of working are introduced

- Advocate for local and trust-wide agendas

**Requirements:**

- Registered children's Nurse

- Degree or equivalent and relevant experience as RCN

- Department leadership experience at band 6

- Specialist A&E/ED course. Mentorship Course or Equivalent

- ALS or equivalent

- Safeguarding Level 3 trained

- Recent and relevant experience in Children's ED Nursing

- Sound ability to work as a team member with good emotional intelligence skills

- Ability to manage own workload

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure

- Adaptability to changing workload

- Role model for junior colleagues

- Sound ability to problem solve and balance risk, safety and performance

- Excellent people management skills with understanding of HR practice/policy

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary: £55,524 to £62,652 a year

- Permanent, full-time position

**Equal Opportunities:** Barts Health NHS Trust is committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

## Skills

### Required
- Registered children's Nurse
- Department leadership experience
- Specialist A&E/ED course
- Mentorship Course
- ALS
- Safeguarding Level 3
- Emotional intelligence
- Problem-solving
- People management
- Communication skills

### Nice to have
- Masters or Masters Level Achievements
- Leadership/Management course
- ED specialist skills
- Budget Management
- Complaint Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Breakaway Training
- Mental Health First
- Roster Management

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