Paediatric Junior Sister/Charge Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is a permanent part-time opportunity for an experienced Band 6 nurse on Ward 7D, Paediatric Assessment and Short Stay Unit (PASSU) in the Royal London Children's Hospital. The role involves providing high-quality nursing care for babies, children, and young people across various specialities, focusing on family-centred care. The post holder will provide clinical leadership and develop new skills within a fast-paced, challenging clinical environment, including shift work.
Essential criteria
- RSCN / RN Child with current registration
- Practice supervisor/Assessor
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level or working towards it.
- Leadership course, development programme
- Proven record of caring for children and young people with complex and long-term conditions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal and excellent communication skills including deliberation on complex matters and issues.
- Proven ability to deal with difficult situations.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Qualifications and knowledge
- RSCN / RN Child with current registration
- Practice supervisor/Assessor
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Educated to degree level or working towards it.
- Leadership course, development programme
- Proven record of caring for children and young people with complex and long-term conditions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal and excellent communication skills including deliberation on complex matters and issues.
- Proven ability to deal with difficult situations.
- Excellent organizational skills.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Barts Health NHS Trust
Paediatric Junior Sister/Charge Nurse
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 6 nurse on Ward 7D, Paediatric Assessment and Short Stay Unit in the Royal London Children's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust.
The contract is for a permanent part-time role at 0.53 WTE = 6 shifts per month of 11.5 hours a shift.
PASSU is fast paced area with a varied patient profile, providing high-quality nursing care for Babies, Children and Young People under different specialities including, General Paediatrics, Paediatric Oncology, Orthopaedics, Acute mental health and General Paediatric Surgery. The ethos of the unit is working in partnership with the children and their families.
The post holder will have every opportunity to develop new skills and knowledge, working closely with all multi-disciplinary team members. Staff are also encouraged and given the opportunity to continue their professional development through attendance on relevant courses in Barts Education Academy, and externally, with City St George's and London Southbank Universities.
Barts Health has a busy and demanding Children's service, requiring staff to be flexible in their working. The post holder will be required to work within a challenging clinical environment and undertake shift work which will include nights and weekends.
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