• Job Description

  Req#: C9409-26-0182?language=en&page=107&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Sister / Charge Nurse Band 6

  36 hour contract

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Children's nurse to work in our Paediatric Accident & Emergency Department in Ormskirk Hospital.

  We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Children's nurse, who is an excellent role model, self-motivated and committed to the delivery of high standards of quality care. A commitment to staff development and training is essential.

  If you are an experienced Children's nurse with a background in acute Paediatric nursing, committed to providing high quality care and would like to further develop your existing clinical and management skills whilst supporting both senior and junior colleagues in a supportive team, this position could be for you.

  You must have post registration clinical experience within a Children's Accident & Emergency Department environment or transferable skills and evidence of proven leadership in that area. The post is shift work, rotational to night duty and the ability to work as part of a team is essential. This post will be subject to an Enhanced DBS (with barred list for children disclosure)

  Due to current service demands, we are only able to consider applicants who have relevant UK experience. Candidates must also be available to commence employment immediately or within a very short timeframe. We regret that we cannot progress applications that do not meet these essential requirements.

  Main duties of the job

  • Provide leadership, management and team development as delegated by the Department/Ward Manager to the team, allocating workloads.
  • Contribute to setting goals and benchmarking standards of care. Develop tools to improve the quality of the service and co-ordinate clinical services across the ward.
  • To co-ordinate and manage patient flow within the unit including timely admission and discharge, ensuring national targets are met where possible.
  • To promote the unit and the Trust as a whole in the most positive manner to patients, relatives and the local population.
  • To have knowledge of relevant national and local health policies and their impact on the service.
  • To inform/escalate to Department/Ward Manager / Matron if acceptable levels of care, standards, practice and patient safety is compromised and develop appropriate actions
  • To assist and or lead in the development/implementation of local and trust policies and protocols relevant to the specialty, ensuring effective implementation in local area.
  • To manage control and quality of levels of stock and equipment within the clinical and non-clinical areas and promote and ensure economic use of all resources

  About us

  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

  We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

  Our Services:

  Acute Care

  Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

  Primary Care

  Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

  Community Services

  Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

  Specialist Regional Services

  We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

  Achievements:

  o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

  oTop 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

  o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

  Details

  Date posted

  24 February 2026

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum, pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  409-7816608

  Job locations

  Ormskirk Hospital

  Wigan Road

  Ormskirk

  L39 2AZ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

  Advertising date: 24th February 2026

  Closing date: 9th March 2026

  Shortlisting date: 10th March 2026

  Proposed Interview date: 17th March 2026

  Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

  Advertising date: 24th February 2026

  Closing date: 9th March 2026

  Shortlisting date: 10th March 2026

  Proposed Interview date: 17th March 2026

  Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse Diploma / degree level or equivalent experience
  • Current NMC Registration
  • Evidence of continuous professional development.
  • Leadership training or qualification (minimum Level 3 ILM or equivalent) or working towards.

  Knowledge & Experience

  Essential

  • Able to demonstrate knowledge of NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code
  • Experience of leading a team in a clinical environment.
  • Research awareness and commitment to evidence-based practice.
  • Experience of clinical risk assessment & management of identified risk
  • Understanding key features of Clinical governance
  • Knowledge of audit & audit procedures

  Skills

  Essential

  • Up to date clinical skills in order to ensure quality of services being provided by ward.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent organisational skills - prioritise and coordinate own workload.
  • Able to act as a leader, effectively managing staff in the department.
  • Ability to co-ordinate & liaise with MDT members.
  • Computer literacy eg experience of electronic patient record.
  • Ability to act as a change agent

  Other

  Essential

  • Frequent sitting or standing in a restricted position; occasional moderate effort for several short period.
  • Frequent concentration, work pattern unpredictable Concentration for patient clinical work
  • Frequent concentration, work pattern unpredictable Concentration for patient clinical work
  • Working in ward environment providing direct clinical care.
  • Potential blood or body fluids exposure.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse Diploma / degree level or equivalent experience
  • Current NMC Registration
  • Evidence of continuous professional development.
  • Leadership training or qualification (minimum Level 3 ILM or equivalent) or working towards.

  Knowledge & Experience

  Essential

  • Able to demonstrate knowledge of NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code
  • Experience of leading a team in a clinical environment.
  • Research awareness and commitment to evidence-based practice.
  • Experience of clinical risk assessment & management of identified risk
  • Understanding key features of Clinical governance
  • Knowledge of audit & audit procedures

  Skills

  Essential

  • Up to date clinical skills in order to ensure quality of services being provided by ward.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent organisational skills - prioritise and coordinate own workload.
  • Able to act as a leader, effectively managing staff in the department.
  • Ability to co-ordinate & liaise with MDT members.
  • Computer literacy eg experience of electronic patient record.
  • Ability to act as a change agent

  Other

  Essential

  • Frequent sitting or standing in a restricted position; occasional moderate effort for several short period.
  • Frequent concentration, work pattern unpredictable Concentration for patient clinical work
  • Frequent concentration, work pattern unpredictable Concentration for patient clinical work
  • Working in ward environment providing direct clinical care.
  • Potential blood or body fluids exposure.

  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.

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

  Address

  Ormskirk Hospital

  Wigan Road

  Ormskirk

  L39 2AZ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

  Address

  Ormskirk Hospital

  Wigan Road

  Ormskirk

  L39 2AZ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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