University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Paediatric Deputy Sister

The closing date is 13 July 2025

Job summary

Children's Nurse, Band 6

Children's Day Case Unit

The Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital [RACH] is located on the Royal Sussex County Hospital site in Brighton. In June 2007 RACH opened on the current site in its brand new state of the art facility. It has won an international design award and continues with offering pioneering children's care. The RACH has a long history of progressive and innovative Children's care embracing medicine, nursing and related professions, children's nurse training and research. It is one is of the leading children's centre's on the South Coast and has a 24 hour dedicated children's emergency department. RACH works closely with the neonatal service providing support and services for neonates such as surgery.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dedicated team player to join our dynamic paediatric departments.

Our Day Case Ward is a busy unit which cares for children having surgery or investigations and treatment of medical conditions from a wide range of specialties.

This post offers an excellent learning opportunity for both new and experienced Children's Nurses.

We are looking for a committed, adaptable, hard working Children's Nurse with good interpersonal and communication skills.

For an informal discussion or visit please contact Ruth de mello.

Ruth.demello@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

Liaise effectively with colleagues, the multi-disciplinary team, the Sister and other departments to allow the timely management of patient throughput.

Following appropriate training, take part in the children's services nursing bleep-holder rota with the support of the senior nurse 'on call'.

Contributes to the recruitment and retention strategy for Children's Services, assisting the Ward Manager with interviewing.

To honour the core values established by the organisation in respect to how you should relate to other staff, volunteers, patients and the population which you serve.

Work with the other deputy sister/charge nurse and ward Manager to complete appraisals and the development of staff.
The post holder will continue to develop their own knowledge and skills through locally agreed personal development plans and facilitates the development of others.

The post holder will participate in change management and clinical audit within own area of work, and work in partnership with other agencies.

About us

At UHSussex (UHSx), diversity is our strength, & we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness & 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, & can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) & a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients & staff with the same compassion & empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above & beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our candidate information pack & wellbeing programme,for staff which is extensive & 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 & training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us & throughout your career we will help you to grow & develop.We hope that in choosing UHSx you are choosing a long & happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make & feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application & the start of your journey with UHSx.

Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/

Date posted

27 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

279-7295229-JUN25

Job locations

Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital

Eastern Road

Brighton

BN2 5BE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Maintain an age and development appropriate environment that promotes safety, security and optimal health for the child and the family.

Facilitate and support the link worker role and support the development of other staff to undertake a link nurse role as designated by the Sister.

Lead and delegate mandatory and other audit as required by the Trust

Lead Unit meetings and deputise for Sister in their absence.

Facilitate the cascading of information from other sources in the absence of the Ward Manager

Awareness of organisational structure and the function of the Directorate within the organisation.

Participation in and promote others participation in Trust wide forums as designated by the Sister

Prioritise care and delegate duties to others as appropriate ensuring they are supervised and mentored taking into account knowledge, skills and ability of others.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Maintain an age and development appropriate environment that promotes safety, security and optimal health for the child and the family.

Facilitate and support the link worker role and support the development of other staff to undertake a link nurse role as designated by the Sister.

Lead and delegate mandatory and other audit as required by the Trust

Lead Unit meetings and deputise for Sister in their absence.

Facilitate the cascading of information from other sources in the absence of the Ward Manager

Awareness of organisational structure and the function of the Directorate within the organisation.

Participation in and promote others participation in Trust wide forums as designated by the Sister

Prioritise care and delegate duties to others as appropriate ensuring they are supervised and mentored taking into account knowledge, skills and ability of others.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Children's Nurse
3 years post qualification
Assessor/sign off assessor

Desirable

Experience of working within an acute paediatric setting
Experience of managing a ward/unit

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Essential

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Children's Nurse
3 years post qualification
Assessor/sign off assessor

Desirable

Experience of working within an acute paediatric setting
Experience of managing a ward/unit

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Essential

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

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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)