Junior Sister/Charge Nurse

Company: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
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Location: Birmingham
Job Description:

Job overview

Come and join our fantastic team! Birmingham Children’s Hospital is part of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and is the UK’s leading specialist paediatric centre, caring for sick children and young people between 0 and 16 years of age. Based in the heart of Birmingham city centre, the hospital is a world leader in some of the most advanced treatments, complex surgical procedures and cutting edge research and development.

In liaison with the Ward 17 Sister and Lead Nurse; participate in the development and management of day care and 23hr services in Surgery for the Trust. Be responsible for the day to day delivery of care on Surgical Day Care/ or W17 waterfall House.

To deliver safe, effective and high quality care to children, young persons and their families.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for individuals who have excellent clinical and organisational skills and can provide leadership to the nursing team in order to ensure high quality care is delivered to our patients. The successful candidates will be required to take charge of the department on a day-to-day basis and coordinate flow of patients from arrival through to discharge whilst ensuring patient safety and the sustainability of good staff morale.

You will manage the department whilst upholding and promoting the Trust Values. Managerially the successful candidate will be expected to manage a team of staff and guide them in their personal and professional development.

We are committed to developing our nursing staff. We also offer access to PILS, EPALS and management matters. As well as lots of opportunities to develop yourself further in a chosen area via a link worker role.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world‑class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world‑leading neo‑natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family‑centred care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

  • NMC Current Registration
  • RN Part 1 – Child
  • Non-Medical Prescribing
  • Paediatric Assessment Skills Course
  • Tracheostomy training
  • Blood Taking and Cannulation
  • Course in Mentoring and Assessing in Clinical Practice

KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

  • Experience of Assessing children for procedures
  • Experience of Cannulating children

ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS

  • Be able to analyse, evaluate and reflect on different situations
  • Ability to think quickly and respond to a rapidly changing environment.

PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

  • Able to engage with IT programmes to support patient care and be able to communicate effectively via email
  • Able to organise daily workload to ensure high quality and safe care and work well and support surrounding team.
  • Organise and delegate within the nursing team on a day to day basis.
  • Ability to work with more junior staff and provide a learning and supportive environment.
  • Ability to offer support to staff in satellite areas

PERSONAL SKILLS / ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES

  • High level communication skills to enable communicating with children, families and other health professionals within the Trust.

Sponsorship:

Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles in line with current UKVI regulations. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for sponsorship before submitting your application. If you would like more information, please visit: UK Visas and Immigration – GOV.UK

Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.

Reasonable Adjustments:

BWC is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive environment for those with a disability, long term health or mental health condition. The Disability Confident scheme means we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, long term health or mental health conditions, and we want to ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and accessible to all. Our aim is to get the best out of every individual and if successful for interview, you will be asked if you require any reasonable adjustments (special requirements). We will strive to support and accommodate these requests where possible.

Safeguarding

As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with. This information will be treated in a confidential manner.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Posted: June 25th, 2026