Sister/Charge Nurse Children & Young People's Emergency Department

Sister/Charge Nurse Children & Young People's Emergency Department

Go back Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 08 February 2026

We are looking for an experienced individual who is looking to progress further in their career and would like to join our existing team over a 7 day rota. You will be a dynamic and highly motivated individual and have flexibility to be able to work within a busy and demanding environment.

An Enhanced DBS with Children's & Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

NHS Employees should secure their manager's agreement for a secondment prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made. This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis to provide cover for an employee on maternity leave and will end 23-April 2027 or when the substantive postholder returns. Whilst this post is advertised on an fixed term basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.

Main duties of the job

• Support senior colleagues in the management and organisation of the Emergency Care Centre and to work in all areas. Play a key role in coordinating the day-to-day activities in the Emergency Care Centre.
• To supervise and develop the nursing team, ensuring that a high standard of patient care is delivered.
• To ensure the efficient running of the Children's Emergency Care Centre acting as a supervisor and care giver.

About us

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

On-Call

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

Job responsibilities

• Perform triage and a comprehensive assessment of the patients nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery in accordance with their individual health care needs and varying level of complexity.
• Support the delivery of nursing care, ensure safe discharge, referral or transfer to other areas.
• Support the provision of health education during patient consultations.
• Ensure that patients are properly informed about their condition, treatment and expected outcomes.
• Ensure the accurate maintenance of records is compliant with legal, professional and organisational standards.
• Collect, analyse and evaluate information, report and act in accordance with unit protocols and guidelines.
• Maintain effective communication, both written and verbal with all professional colleagues, hospital departments and other agencies.
• Work in close collaboration with members of multidisciplinary team to ensure that patient needs and service demands are met.
• Maintains safe administration of medicines, concordant with the NMC and Trust policies.
• Supervise and direct the work of staff and support workers by taking responsibility in ensuring that instructions regarding ongoing patient care needs are followed.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
• Responsibility to maintain their professional accountability and self-development through the practice of safe standards in compliance with the NMC Code of Conduct.
• Records and reports accidents and untoward incidents as per policy and actively carries out steps to minimise further risk as appropriate.
• To ensure effective communication and sensitivity is maintained when dealing with people regarding difficult matters and/or in difficult situations, in highly complex situations with both patients and relatives, e.g. sudden bereavement, violence and aggression.
• To manage highly complex patient needs in resuscitation e.g. trauma, cardiac arrest, thrombolysis, intubated patients, sudden death and paediatric acute illness.
• Support staff in dealing with sudden, traumatic difficult situations.
• Responds to complaints and takes appropriate action.
• To work as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner, following appropriate training. To receive patients directly with undiagnosed minor injuries / illness. Assess, diagnose, prescribe and treat those patients consulting with senior colleagues as necessary.
• Ensure effective verbal and written communication both within the department and with relevant external agencies or individuals, ensuring confidentiality is maintained.
• Utilise the trusts IT resources appropriately and in adherence to policies and procedures.
• Maintain legible and accurate records.

Person Specification Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work without supervision

Additional

• Flexible
• Internal rotation
• Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation

Knowledge

• Evidence of up to date Emergency Nursing issues
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Demonstrates specialist knowledge

Experience

• Relevant experience within Emergency Care / acute setting.
• Experience of teaching/assessing/supervising others in a clinical setting
• Evidence of change management in clinical practice

Qualifications

• RSCN 1st level / and or relevant children's qualification.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• In possession of or working towards Diploma/Degree qualification in health care subject
• Accredited Teaching / assessing certificate

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.

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year, pro rata