Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital for a confident, compassionate and clinically credible Practitioner to join the team as  a Sister/Charge Nurse for Ward 83.

This is a 11 bedded unit that cares for children with a wide variety of medical issues, including long term ventilation and complex respiratory conditions. 

The successful applicant will be required to provide leadership to the team  with particular focus on patient safety, workforce management and quality improvement. You will work closely with the senior nursing and medical team to ensure delivery of these high standards of care.

You will have an RSCN/RN Child with a post-registration qualification and relevant experience in the specialty. You will be team-orientated and also able to work autonomously; you will have excellent leadership, management, communication and interpersonal skills and be committed to the advancement of practice in this field. 

Main duties of the job

As a Sister/Charge Nurse you will be responsible for leading the ward through the improving quality agenda, responsible for patient safety and patient experience

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.