Job summary
Paediatric Planned Care Sister/Charge Nurse
Department: Paediatric Planned Care
Band 6, £38,682 - £46,580 Per annum, pro rata
Hours: Full time, 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
If you are passionate about delivering excellent paediatric care and ready to take the next step in your leadership journey, we would love to hear from you.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced and motivated nurse to join our Paediatric Planned Care team as a Sister/Charge Nurse at Milton Keynes University Hospital. This role offers the opportunity to work across a range of paediatric settings including the Paediatric Outpatient Department, Day Care, Day Surgery and Acute Paediatric areas, supporting babies, children and young people attending for planned care.
You will play a key role in coordinating care, supporting consultant-led and nurse-led clinics and ensuring children and their families receive safe, high-quality, family-centred care throughout their hospital journey.
'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'
Interview date: 27 April 2026
Main duties of the job
About our team
Our Paediatric Planned Care team is proud to be part of #TeamMKUH. We are a supportive and collaborative team who place children and families at the centre of everything we do. As a Sister/Charge Nurse you will be a visible clinical leader and role model, supporting junior staff and students while helping to maintain a positive, compassionate and learning-focused environment.
Leadership and development opportunities
This role offers the opportunity to further develop your leadership skills while supporting the day-to-day running of the Paediatric Outpatient Department and wider planned care services. Working closely with the senior paediatric team, you will contribute to service improvement, quality initiatives and the development of pathways that support children and families to receive care closer to home.
You will also play an important role in supporting staff development, mentoring colleagues and helping to shape the future of paediatric planned care within Children's Services at MKUH.
We welcome applications from experienced paediatric nurses who are passionate about leading teams, supporting colleagues and delivering excellent care for children and young people.
About us
Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting-edge research and education. With a "Good" rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.
As a medium sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.
We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre.
Further investment is underway, including the construction of Oak Wards - a new ward block featuring two 24-bed wards - and the recently approved Women and Children's Centre, set to open by 2030.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
NHS Staff Survey: Were proud to be a leader in Flexible Working and Work-Life Balance, with scores of 6.40 and 6.49 respectivelyboth significantly above average.
To provide the highest standard of evidence-based nursing care for both the children and their families in line with local and nationally agree standards and guidelines
To holistically assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of patients within their spere of responsibility
To ensure an ongoing, welcoming, caring and safe environment is provided for the children and their families
Please refer to attached Job description for further information.
We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouragingdiversity,and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.
MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date onceenoughapplications have been received.
MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.
By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This isin accordance withthe streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Uponcommencingemploymentwith theTrust,allemployees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions)aresubjectto aprobationary periodlastingaperiod of sixmonthswithanoptiontoextendfor afurther sixmonths toatotalof 12months.
Job description
Job responsibilities
NHS Staff Survey: Were proud to be a leader in Flexible Working and Work-Life Balance, with scores of 6.40 and 6.49 respectivelyboth significantly above average.
To provide the highest standard of evidence-based nursing care for both the children and their families in line with local and nationally agree standards and guidelines
To holistically assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of patients within their spere of responsibility
To ensure an ongoing, welcoming, caring and safe environment is provided for the children and their families
Please refer to attached Job description for further information.
We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouragingdiversity,and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.
MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date onceenoughapplications have been received.
MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.
By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This isin accordance withthe streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Uponcommencingemploymentwith theTrust,allemployees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions)aresubjectto aprobationary periodlastingaperiod of sixmonthswithanoptiontoextendfor afurther sixmonths toatotalof 12months.
Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledg
Essential
- RSCN/RN Child
- Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
- Practice/assessor training
- PILS
- HDU module or equivalent
- Willingness to work towards further qualifications
- Knowledge of quality issues and clinical governance
- Sound knowledge of safeguarding children
- Knowledge of current policies relating to best practice within outpatients
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent appropriate clinical experience, including supporting junior staff or students in practice
- Experience working within a clinical and/or outpatient environment
- Experience of managing a caseload
- Ability to work under pressure to manage workload and meet deadlines
Desirable
- Experience of successful change management
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team
- Ability to develop relevant examination and clinical skills in speciality, to have transferable skills that support this role
- Demonstrates ability to place child and family at centre of care
- Excellent consultation skills, able to assess, plan and implement care, supporting informed choice and gaining consent
- Good facilitation/ presentation, teaching and assessing skills
- Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise
- Demonstrates excellent teamwork
- Knowledge of relevant quality issues
- Ability to Perform ECG
Desirable
- Basic computer skills (Word, Excel, adobe, Outlook, Microsoft Teams
- Experience of eCare
- Ability to Perform Skin Prick Testing
- Venepuncture & Cannulation
- CVC access
Personal and people development
Essential
- Articulate. Decisive, Assertive, Innovative, Calm, Motivated.
- Flexible approach to working hours and areas of work
- Team player
- Able to support and contribute to the development and improvement the service
- Able to work autonomously within guidelines and protocols and support others to do the same
Communication
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good communication skills with children and families
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Be able to communicate effectively via telephone, individual or group discussion
- Ability to communicate with all members of the multidisciplinary team on regular basis
- Ability to make informed decisions. Ability to keep calm and cope under pressure and in a stressful situation
Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledg
Essential
- RSCN/RN Child
- Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
- Practice/assessor training
- PILS
- HDU module or equivalent
- Willingness to work towards further qualifications
- Knowledge of quality issues and clinical governance
- Sound knowledge of safeguarding children
- Knowledge of current policies relating to best practice within outpatients
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent appropriate clinical experience, including supporting junior staff or students in practice
- Experience working within a clinical and/or outpatient environment
- Experience of managing a caseload
- Ability to work under pressure to manage workload and meet deadlines
Desirable
- Experience of successful change management
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team
- Ability to develop relevant examination and clinical skills in speciality, to have transferable skills that support this role
- Demonstrates ability to place child and family at centre of care
- Excellent consultation skills, able to assess, plan and implement care, supporting informed choice and gaining consent
- Good facilitation/ presentation, teaching and assessing skills
- Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise
- Demonstrates excellent teamwork
- Knowledge of relevant quality issues
- Ability to Perform ECG
Desirable
- Basic computer skills (Word, Excel, adobe, Outlook, Microsoft Teams
- Experience of eCare
- Ability to Perform Skin Prick Testing
- Venepuncture & Cannulation
- CVC access
Personal and people development
Essential
- Articulate. Decisive, Assertive, Innovative, Calm, Motivated.
- Flexible approach to working hours and areas of work
- Team player
- Able to support and contribute to the development and improvement the service
- Able to work autonomously within guidelines and protocols and support others to do the same
Communication
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good communication skills with children and families
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Be able to communicate effectively via telephone, individual or group discussion
- Ability to communicate with all members of the multidisciplinary team on regular basis
- Ability to make informed decisions. Ability to keep calm and cope under pressure and in a stressful situation
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.
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
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
