Children's Unit Sister

Our Children's Unit provides high-quality inpatient, day-case, and assessment care for infants, children, and young people with a diverse range of medical, surgical, and complex health needs. As a Band 6 nurse, you will play an essential part in ensuring safe, effective care delivery, supporting junior colleagues, coordinating the shift, and acting as a positive role model for excellent paediatric practice. You will bring strong clinical expertise, sound decision-making, and a commitment to family-centred care. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to support seamless care pathways, safeguard vulnerable children, and promote the Trust's core values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. If you are passionate about paediatrics, ready to develop your leadership skills, and eager to make a meaningful impact on the experience of children and families at Tameside, we would love to hear from you., As a Band 6 Paediatric Staff Nurse on the Children's Unit, you will provide senior clinical leadership and coordinate safe, effective care for infants, children, and young people with a wide range of medical and surgical conditions. You will act as the Nurse in Charge of the shift when required, ensuring safe staffing, appropriate skill mix, and smooth patient flow throughout the unit. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate high-quality, evidence-based nursing care while maintaining a strong focus on family-centred practice and safeguarding responsibilities. You will support, supervise and mentor Band 5 nurses, support workers and student nurses, promoting a positive learning environment and ensuring all staff work in accordance with Trust policies, NMC standards and paediatric best practice. You will communicate effectively with children, families and the multidisciplinary team, acting as a key point of escalation for deteriorating patients and ensuring timely clinical decision-making. Your role will include contributing to clinical governance, quality improvement, infection prevention and risk management initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and service standards. You will uphold the Trust values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence, ensuring every child and family receives safe, compassionate and personalised care.

Tameside Hospital is seeking an experienced, motivated, and compassionate Band 6 Paediatric Staff Nurse to join our dedicated Children's Unit. This is an exciting opportunity for a confident and skilled paediatric clinician to take on a key leadership role within a friendly, supportive, and forward-thinking team.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population. We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people. Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.