Band 6 Children’s Sister/Charge Nurse
| Posting date: | 20 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 May 2026 |
| Location: | Romford, RM7 0AG |
| Company: | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7950730/162-7663-WC-A |
Summary
A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Our Children’s Nursing team is expanding under the leadership of the Director of Nursing forBabies, Children and Young People, ensuring high-quality care forbabies, children and young people across the Trust. You will be supported byPractice Development Nurses, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, Quality Managers, and a friendly multidisciplinary team, including our 24/7 team of Childrens' Site Practitioners,alongside corporate training, and development opportunities. We offer in-house leadership programmes and strong links with universities to support your academic and career progression.We are committed to creating a positive working environment, guided by our PRIDE values: Passion, Responsibility, Innovation, Drive, and Empowerment.
We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a band 6 Sister/Charge Nurseto join our team on our Level 2 Children's High Dependency area,that has 6 commissioned beds. This role provides a fantastic learning and development opportunity for a motivated nurse looking to build leadership and advanced clinical skills within a supportive team environment. We work closely with the North Thames Paediatric Network to provide training and development opportunities.
All new staff will be subject to a probationary period. For queries, please contact the HR Recruitment Department or the hiring manager.
The post holder will act as a role model and provide leadership in the clinical area and will be responsible for overseeing assessment of care needs of patients, planning programmes of care, implementation and evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision. Responsible in education and supervision of staff as coordinated with the Children’s PDN. To demonstrate advanced clinical specialist skills in order to provide the highest standard of individualised evidence based patient centred care while supervising the work of others. To expect to take charge on each shift and to supervise and co-ordinate other staffs as appropriate develops self and others professionally.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a newelectronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have beenrated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of theNorth East London Cancer Alliance.
We run aWomen’s Health Hub in Ilford; anAgeing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospital and atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wage employer.
Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured inthis film.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Rachna Srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 Ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Sunday 3 May 2026
Our Children’s Nursing team is expanding under the leadership of the Director of Nursing forBabies, Children and Young People, ensuring high-quality care forbabies, children and young people across the Trust. You will be supported byPractice Development Nurses, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, Quality Managers, and a friendly multidisciplinary team, including our 24/7 team of Childrens' Site Practitioners,alongside corporate training, and development opportunities. We offer in-house leadership programmes and strong links with universities to support your academic and career progression.We are committed to creating a positive working environment, guided by our PRIDE values: Passion, Responsibility, Innovation, Drive, and Empowerment.
We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a band 6 Sister/Charge Nurseto join our team on our Level 2 Children's High Dependency area,that has 6 commissioned beds. This role provides a fantastic learning and development opportunity for a motivated nurse looking to build leadership and advanced clinical skills within a supportive team environment. We work closely with the North Thames Paediatric Network to provide training and development opportunities.
All new staff will be subject to a probationary period. For queries, please contact the HR Recruitment Department or the hiring manager.
The post holder will act as a role model and provide leadership in the clinical area and will be responsible for overseeing assessment of care needs of patients, planning programmes of care, implementation and evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision. Responsible in education and supervision of staff as coordinated with the Children’s PDN. To demonstrate advanced clinical specialist skills in order to provide the highest standard of individualised evidence based patient centred care while supervising the work of others. To expect to take charge on each shift and to supervise and co-ordinate other staffs as appropriate develops self and others professionally.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a newelectronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have beenrated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of theNorth East London Cancer Alliance.
We run aWomen’s Health Hub in Ilford; anAgeing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospital and atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wage employer.
Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured inthis film.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Rachna Srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 Ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Sunday 3 May 2026
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