Job summary
Are you a passionate and experienced children's nurse with a specialist interest in a medical investigation day unit? We are seeking a highly motivatedBand 6 Sister/ Charge Nurse to support and coordinate care within our regional medical day-case unit.
This is a unique opportunity to take on a senior clinical leadership role in a well-established multidisciplinary team, caring for children with a wide variety of conditions, endocrine, metabolic, respiratory, immunology, neurology, oncology, rheumatology and gastroenterology on a day case basis. This is a nurse led unit for children receiving complex and innovative therapies.
To support the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse, acting as a deputy when the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse is absent
The candidate must deliver quality nursing care by ensuring appropriate systems and processes are in place to ensure the continuity of safe and effective care at all times.
- Interview date: 29 September 2025
- 37 hours 30 minutes/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
Demonstrate effective communication and provide a compassionate leadership approach, maintaining clinical workload, and some management responsibilities of the medical day unit within GNCH.
Act as a guardian for professional accountability and standards, ensuring professional practices in line with the requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the Trust
Ensure environmental standards and cleanliness are maintained in line with national and Trust Standards in the ward/department.
Effectively manage the ward/department nursing resource
Provide evidence based care for all children and participate, as required, in advancing care with research.
Support and contribute to the development of patient care and nursing practice within the Directorate, contributing to Trust projects where required.
Ensure junior staff and students have appropriate supervision and support and are appropriately assessed.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
o Freeman Hospital
o Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
o Newcastle Dental Hospital
o Newcastle Fertility Centre
o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
o Northern Genetics Service
o Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To support the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse, acting as a deputy when the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse is absent.
- In areas within the organisation nurses may be banded at 6 by virtue clinical reasons, for example, critical care.
- Provide effective support and leadership to both staff, patients and carers within the ward or department.
- Act as role model, teacher and supervisor for junior staff and students.
- Ensure systems are in place to provide the continuity of safe effective care for patients at all times.
- Effective member of the multi-disciplinary team
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To support the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse, acting as a deputy when the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse is absent.
- In areas within the organisation nurses may be banded at 6 by virtue clinical reasons, for example, critical care.
- Provide effective support and leadership to both staff, patients and carers within the ward or department.
- Act as role model, teacher and supervisor for junior staff and students.
- Ensure systems are in place to provide the continuity of safe effective care for patients at all times.
- Effective member of the multi-disciplinary team
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- oRegistered Nurse (appropriate to branch) / Operating Department Practitioner
- oCurrent NMC / HCPC registration
- oDiploma in a health related subject, prepared to take degree level study
- oSpecialist qualification if relevant to role or previous experience
- oMeets Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment (formally Mentorship)
Desirable
- oDegree in health related subject
- oRelevant specialist qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- oPrevious post registration experience which must be relevant and recent
- oEvidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development
- oUnderstanding of professional accountability in a leadership role
- oKnowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context.
- oHas understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
Desirable
- oAudit / research experience
- oRelevant clinical skills relating to the specialty e.g. cannulation / IV drug administration / scrub skills relevant to speciality / anaesthetic skills appropriate to speciality.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- oRegistered Nurse (appropriate to branch) / Operating Department Practitioner
- oCurrent NMC / HCPC registration
- oDiploma in a health related subject, prepared to take degree level study
- oSpecialist qualification if relevant to role or previous experience
- oMeets Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment (formally Mentorship)
Desirable
- oDegree in health related subject
- oRelevant specialist qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- oPrevious post registration experience which must be relevant and recent
- oEvidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development
- oUnderstanding of professional accountability in a leadership role
- oKnowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context.
- oHas understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
Desirable
- oAudit / research experience
- oRelevant clinical skills relating to the specialty e.g. cannulation / IV drug administration / scrub skills relevant to speciality / anaesthetic skills appropriate to speciality.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
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.
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
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.
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).
