University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Sister/Charge Nurse

The closing date is 01 July 2025

Job summary

This is an opportunity for someone who wants to be a Sister/ Charge Nurse in the Children's Emergency Department with us in Brighton. It is a 12 month fixed term role.

The Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital is a CQC rated 'Outstanding' regional, dedicated children's hospital located in Brighton overlooking the sea, next to the Royal Sussex County Hospital. The hospital opened the only dedicated children's emergency department on the South Coast in 2012 and we currently see around 29,000 children and young people annually.

There is a full resuscitation room, minors/majors cubicles and a four bedded observation unit. We were the first children's ED in the country to have a dedicated sensory cubicle for children with additional needs. There is a comprehensive paediatric emergency nurse practitioner service and ACORNS a community emergency nursing team based in CED to follow up an appropriate cohort of discharged patients.

This is your opportunity to work within the children's emergency nursing team and continue to develop your career. You will beworking in a bright purpose built children's hospital with support from the children's nursing team and paediatric consultants. The CED team has a focus on multi-disciplinary learningin the department.

Successful applicant would need significant experience working with children and young people in an emergency department. They must be competent and comfortable in all areas of emergency care and shift leading experience.

Main duties of the job

To provide effective clinical leadership that ensures quality patient care; good communication; safe and efficient management of the service/department within allocated resources; facilitates the development of all the staff within the team
To act as role model and expert practitioner
To undertake delegated responsibility and support the Matron.

Please note that if you currently work for another NHS Trust or UHSussex and you are applying to accept this position as asecondmentopportunity, before applying you must seek agreement andauthorisationfrom your current Trust/Manager.Secondmentscan't be agreed without this approval. If you are unable to gain approval you should refrain from applying unless you wish to take this role as a fixed term position.

About us

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

Date posted

17 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

279-7262142-JUN25

Job locations

Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital

Eastern Road

Brighton

BN2 5BE

Job description

Job responsibilities

To support the Matron and senior sisters/charge nurses to ensure that high quality patient focused care is delivered within the Childrens Emergency Department (CED)
To actively participate in the day-to-day clinical and operational management of the department
To act as a clinical leader and role model whilst providing direct quality patient care, sharing expertise with colleagues
To work within the CED team on professional nursing issues and management of clinical governance issue
To guide the activity of nursing, medical and other staff to ensure rapid assessment, treatment and ultimately transfer/discharge of children and young people
To participate in educational and training programmes for junior members of the team, including acting as a preceptor to newly qualified nurses
To lead a team of nurses on a shift by shift basis.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To support the Matron and senior sisters/charge nurses to ensure that high quality patient focused care is delivered within the Childrens Emergency Department (CED)
To actively participate in the day-to-day clinical and operational management of the department
To act as a clinical leader and role model whilst providing direct quality patient care, sharing expertise with colleagues
To work within the CED team on professional nursing issues and management of clinical governance issue
To guide the activity of nursing, medical and other staff to ensure rapid assessment, treatment and ultimately transfer/discharge of children and young people
To participate in educational and training programmes for junior members of the team, including acting as a preceptor to newly qualified nurses
To lead a team of nurses on a shift by shift basis.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Significant experience in working with children and young people in the ED setting.
APLS
CEMENT / PANICC or other ED relevant course
Mentorship

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registration

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Essential

Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Significant experience in working with children and young people in the ED setting.
APLS
CEMENT / PANICC or other ED relevant course
Mentorship

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registration

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Essential

Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital

Eastern Road

Brighton

BN2 5BE

Employer's website

https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital

Eastern Road

Brighton

BN2 5BE

Employer's website

https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)