Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Children's Day Ward
| Posting date: | 27 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 May 2026 |
| Location: | Norwich, NR4 7UY |
| Company: | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7969177/234-25-D2360 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you enthusiastic, compassionate, self-motivated and want to develop your clinical and leadership skills? If so, this is the post for you! We are looking for a Deputy Sister for our Children’s Day Ward.
The Children’s Day Ward (CDW) provides care and treatment to a range of patients; from those requiring medical day case treatment, such as chemotherapy, specialist infusions, and bloods and cannulation; to elective surgeries and for pre-assessment..
Ensuring that patient safety is at the heart of everything we do. We’re looking for someone with excellent communication and organisational skills, overseeing and delivering a high standard of care to our Children’s Day Unit. The post holder will also be responsible for supporting with the safe staffing, governance and service development.
If you share our passion for providing best possible care to children and their parents when they need it the most and want to work in a team which consistently strives to provide every patient with the care we want for those we love most then we would like to hear from you.
The candidate would work within the CDW team providing care and treatments to a range of patients requiring medical or surgical interventions.
This opportunity would allow the successful candidate to work on a nurse led department where the team hold extensive specialist knowledge and skills, and it would allow the candidate to become experts in specialist skills, such as chemotherapy and cannulation.
The successful candidate would work with the multi-disciplinary team to provide care and specialist treatment to a range of patients, but specially building professional relationships with some of our long-term patients and their families. The candidate would need to be willing to develop their knowledge and skills and undertake further training, if skills were not held already.
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
• Ensure practice is in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and work within limits of competence.
• Assist the Ward/Department manager in maintaining standards of nursing practice.
• Carry out and advise/supervise junior staff in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluating of nursing care.
• Carry out the daily personal care of patients.
• To take charge of the clinical area in the absence of the Ward/Department Sister/ Charge Nurse.
• To ensure the patient administration systems e.g. PAS are up-dated to ensure real time data collection and confidentiality.
• To ensure the effective use of information technology for the benefit of patient care in accordance with the Trust’s Cyber Code of Conduct.
• To ensure the confidentiality of information (written, verbal, electronic) is maintained, whilst being aware of the Freedom for Information Act.
• To co-ordinate and monitor the progress of patients within their plan of care and to promptly and effectively communicate relevant changes in patient status to the multi-disciplinary team.
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 2237 does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa. The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role due to it being part time hours.
This advert closes on Wednesday 6 May 2026
Are you enthusiastic, compassionate, self-motivated and want to develop your clinical and leadership skills? If so, this is the post for you! We are looking for a Deputy Sister for our Children’s Day Ward.
The Children’s Day Ward (CDW) provides care and treatment to a range of patients; from those requiring medical day case treatment, such as chemotherapy, specialist infusions, and bloods and cannulation; to elective surgeries and for pre-assessment..
Ensuring that patient safety is at the heart of everything we do. We’re looking for someone with excellent communication and organisational skills, overseeing and delivering a high standard of care to our Children’s Day Unit. The post holder will also be responsible for supporting with the safe staffing, governance and service development.
If you share our passion for providing best possible care to children and their parents when they need it the most and want to work in a team which consistently strives to provide every patient with the care we want for those we love most then we would like to hear from you.
The candidate would work within the CDW team providing care and treatments to a range of patients requiring medical or surgical interventions.
This opportunity would allow the successful candidate to work on a nurse led department where the team hold extensive specialist knowledge and skills, and it would allow the candidate to become experts in specialist skills, such as chemotherapy and cannulation.
The successful candidate would work with the multi-disciplinary team to provide care and specialist treatment to a range of patients, but specially building professional relationships with some of our long-term patients and their families. The candidate would need to be willing to develop their knowledge and skills and undertake further training, if skills were not held already.
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
• Ensure practice is in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and work within limits of competence.
• Assist the Ward/Department manager in maintaining standards of nursing practice.
• Carry out and advise/supervise junior staff in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluating of nursing care.
• Carry out the daily personal care of patients.
• To take charge of the clinical area in the absence of the Ward/Department Sister/ Charge Nurse.
• To ensure the patient administration systems e.g. PAS are up-dated to ensure real time data collection and confidentiality.
• To ensure the effective use of information technology for the benefit of patient care in accordance with the Trust’s Cyber Code of Conduct.
• To ensure the confidentiality of information (written, verbal, electronic) is maintained, whilst being aware of the Freedom for Information Act.
• To co-ordinate and monitor the progress of patients within their plan of care and to promptly and effectively communicate relevant changes in patient status to the multi-disciplinary team.
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 2237 does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa. The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role due to it being part time hours.
This advert closes on Wednesday 6 May 2026