Paediatric Nurse in Emergency Department - Band 6
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Band 6 Paediatric Nurse to join the Paediatric Emergency Department team at East Cheshire NHS Trust. The role involves assessment, triage, and leading the professional development of the paediatric team. You will support senior nursing staff in coordinating the Paediatric Unit to ensure timely and efficient patient care, maintaining safety and high quality. The position requires an enthusiastic, proactive, and motivated individual with strong communication, organisational, and clinical skills, evidenced by previous paediatric emergency department experience.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Adult/Child/Mental Health) with current NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) registration.
- Evidence of continuous professional development and upto-date portfolio.
- Teaching, assessing, or mentorship qualification (e.g., ENB 998, Mentorship Module, Practice Assessor).
Desirable criteria
- Leadership/management qualification or willingness to work towards.
- Evidence of specialist training relevant to the clinical area
- Significant post-registration experience within the relevant clinical specialty
- Previous experience mentoring students or supervising junior staff
- Experience of taking charge or leading a shift
- Experience contributing to service improvement or change
- Experience using audit or reporting tools
- Experience of complaint resolution or patient liaison
- Experience of rota management, staffing allocation, or redeployment
- Experience of contributing to financial/resource awareness
- Knowledge & Skills
- Up-to-date knowledge of evidencebased practice and national guidance (e.g. NICE, NSF).
- Understanding of clinical governance, audit, and risk management processes.
- Knowledge of safeguarding, infection prevention and control, and patient safety standards.
- Advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills.
- Ability to coordinate safe admission, transfer, and discharge planning.
- Strong leadership, team-building, and supervisory skills.
- Effective communication skills with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work under pressure.
- Competent in IT systems and electronic patient records.
- Knowledge of budgetary processes and workforce planning.
- Knowledge of digital systems for patient flow, rostering, and incident reporting
- Presentation and teaching skills for education sessions.
- Skills in service evaluation and change implementation.
- Further Information
- Please provide any additional relevant information to support your application. Please note that this is a non-scoring question
- Other Role Requirements
- Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details
- Registered Nurse (Adult/Child/Mental Health) with current NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) registration.
- Evidence of continuous professional development and upto-date portfolio.
- Teaching, assessing, or mentorship qualification (e.g., ENB 998, Mentorship Module, Practice Assessor).
- Leadership/management qualification or willingness to work towards.
- Evidence of specialist training relevant to the clinical area
- Significant post-registration experience within the relevant clinical specialty
- Previous experience mentoring students or supervising junior staff
- Experience of taking charge or leading a shift
- Experience contributing to service improvement or change
- Experience using audit or reporting tools
- Experience of complaint resolution or patient liaison
- Experience of rota management, staffing allocation, or redeployment
- Experience of contributing to financial/resource awareness
- Knowledge & Skills
- Up-to-date knowledge of evidencebased practice and national guidance (e.g. NICE, NSF).
- Understanding of clinical governance, audit, and risk management processes.
- Knowledge of safeguarding, infection prevention and control, and patient safety standards.
- Advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills.
- Ability to coordinate safe admission, transfer, and discharge planning.
- Strong leadership, team-building, and supervisory skills.
- Effective communication skills with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work under pressure.
- Competent in IT systems and electronic patient records.
- Knowledge of budgetary processes and workforce planning.
- Knowledge of digital systems for patient flow, rostering, and incident reporting
- Presentation and teaching skills for education sessions.
- Skills in service evaluation and change implementation.
- Further Information
- Please provide any additional relevant information to support your application. Please note that this is a non-scoring question
- Other Role Requirements
- Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East Cheshire NHS Trust
Paediatric Nurse in Emergency Department - Band 6
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
Looking for a new challenge? This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, forward thinking Band 6 Paediatric Nurse to become part of our Paediatric Emergency Department team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive, motivated individual who can demonstrate both a good level of communication plus organisational and clinical skills as is evidenced by previous paediatric emergency department experience. We offer a supportive work environment that is committed to providing high quality care and supporting staff development.
Hours per week: 37.50
Non-UK or Irish applicants should check their visa and this role's eligibility for sponsorship before applying. For further information please visit Visas and immigration - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
For Graduate visa holders; it is important to note that you must have a minimum of 12 months before this expires at the start of your employment for training and operational reasons.
Please be advised we are unable to provide Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship to non-UK residents.
Main duties of the job
- Assessment and triage
- To take lead responsibility with the support of the Senior Nursing team to facilitate and develop the Paediatric Team's professional development needs to meet individual a
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