Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (rostered 12.5 hours shifts -days and nights)
- Job ref
- 343-7331516-RB-UB
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Paediatric ED, Epsom Hospital
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £44,485 - £52,521 pa incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Paediatric Junior Sister
Band 6
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
Paediatric Junior Sister - Band 6
Main duties of the job
• will be professionally accountable for their standards of professional practice as set by the NMC Code of Professional Standards of practice and behaviour and relevant professional guidelines
• will undertake the nurse in charge role for the department
• will supervise, support and educate other team members, including nursing and medical students
• will ensure safe and effective clinical practice and enhance patient experience.
• will ensure the promotion and implementation of trust policies and the effective delivery of organisational objectives.
• will promote the Trusts’ visions, values and divisional objectives
Working for our organisation
The Trust’s mission is ‘to put the patient first and deliver great care to every patient, every day’. Our priorities are to create a “one team, one trust” culture and focus on the delivery of the following five objectives to ensure we provide high quality, compassionate care to all of our patients:
- Delivering safe and effective care across our sites
- Creating a positive experience that meets the expectations of our patients, their families and carers
- Providing responsive care that delivers the right treatment, in the right place at the right time
- Being financially sustainable
- Working in partnership with our patients, commissioners, other health and care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, the NHS TDA, NHS England and Monitor in the interests of our patients and a sustainable local health and social care economy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Nursing role at Epsom and St Helier.
Person specification
core skills
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse – Child (RSCN/RNC) with current NMC registration
- Be able to demonstrate experience within an acute or emergency Paediatric setting
- • Within an acute or emergency Paediatric setting Experience of effective shift coordination, management of patient care, staffing + resources
Desirable criteria
- Module in relevant specialist area e.g. children’s emergency nursing module and Degree (or working towards) in relevant health subject
- Experience of Paediatric emergency nursing at a Band 5
core skills
Essential criteria
- mentorship, teaching and assessing
Desirable criteria
- Advanced competency in nursing skills, e.g. triage and assessment, plastering, IV/ Capital Nurse, central line management
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Donnelly
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07721816682
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