Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Paediatrics

You will be an organised, enthusiastic and compassionate leader with excellent communication skills and a passion for delivering high-quality care to children, young people and their families. As a visible role model across Children's Services, you will inspire and support the teams, promoting a positive culture of learning, professional development and compassionate care.

Working as part of an experienced and supportive senior nursing team, you will provide day-to-day clinical and operational leadership across the service. Using your paediatric expertise, sound clinical judgement and critical thinking skills, you will help ensure high standards of care, patient safety and service performance are maintained.

The role includes responsibility for supporting the effective management of the ward and department, ensuring a safe, clean and child-friendly environment for patients, families and staff. You will contribute to workforce planning, performance management, clinical governance, risk management, quality improvement and staff wellbeing.

As a senior nurse, you will be professionally accountable for the standards of care delivered within your area. You will maintain a clinical presence, support and supervise practice, contribute to audit and teaching, and help develop the workforce. Through compassionate leadership, you will drive continuous improvement and help ensure the best possible outcomes and experiences for children, young people and their families.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Qualifications

Essential: - *Registered Child Branch Nurse on NMC register; - *PILS

Desirable: - *Health care management / Leadership Qualification; - *EPALS/ APLS

Experience

Additional Criteria