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Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Sister/Charge Nurse
Dewsbury On-site 5-10 yrs exp Hospitals and Health Care 2,191 employees
Paediatric NursingEmergency NursingCritical Care NursingTeam LeadershipDepartment Management
Requirements
Applicants must hold current NMC registration and demonstrate continuing professional development, with a university-accredited post-registration qualification in emergency or critical care nursing (or equivalent). The role also requires a post-registration mentorship or training qualification and significant experience in accident and emergency or critical care.
Job Description
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Paediatric Services provide Paediatric Emergency Department at DDH and PGH 24 hours. There is also a Children's Assessment Unit (CAU) at PGH 24 hours and DDH 10:00-22:00 7 Days a week.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Our Benefits
This exciting opportunity has arisen due to Maternity leave and will offer a 12 month secondment to support leading the teams across Paediatric Emergency Department and Children's Assessment Unit.
The Role
Manage the department and co-ordinate the delivery of skilled, effective care and timely discharge.
Ensure the safety of patients, staff and visitors.
Deliver expert nursing care, leading the team by example.
Provide advice and supervision to junior staff.
Actively participate in the development of the Paediatric Emergency Department service by using innovation and evidence-based practice.
Provide support to the Band 7 Sisters and assist with managing the teams.
Professional Responsibilities
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance:
We understand that more applicants are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Application Tips:
If you need help with your application, take a look at the tips on our .
Our Benefits
You can find out more about skilled worker and health and care visas on our .
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Paediatric Services provide Paediatric Emergency Department at DDH and PGH 24 hours. There is also a Children's Assessment Unit (CAU) at PGH 24 hours and DDH 10:00-22:00 7 Days a week.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Our Benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
- Home electronics scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
- Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
- Career progression, training and support
This exciting opportunity has arisen due to Maternity leave and will offer a 12 month secondment to support leading the teams across Paediatric Emergency Department and Children's Assessment Unit.
The Role
Manage the department and co-ordinate the delivery of skilled, effective care and timely discharge.
Ensure the safety of patients, staff and visitors.
Deliver expert nursing care, leading the team by example.
Provide advice and supervision to junior staff.
Actively participate in the development of the Paediatric Emergency Department service by using innovation and evidence-based practice.
Provide support to the Band 7 Sisters and assist with managing the teams.
Professional Responsibilities
- To write departmental and implement Trust wide/departmental policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Maintain a professional appearance in line with the Trust dress code.
- Uphold the Trust’s values and behaviours (available on the Trust web site) and behave in a manner fitting with the responsible position of the post holder, maintaining the public confidence.
- Maintain professional and courteous working relationships with staff and respect the equality and diversity of each and every person he/she comes into contact within the course of his/her business.
- Uphold the privacy and dignity of the patient and respect the equality of patients at all times.
- Manage the department environment, and be responsible for ensuring co-ordination and delivery of skilled, effective care and safe, timely discharge.
- Assess, prioritise, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care. Supervise others in the aforementioned functions.
- Ensure safe, timely discharge or transfer, of patient, to wards, other hospitals or care settings.
- Perform and ensure others perform patient observations such as blood pressure, pulse, respirations, oxygen saturations, early warning score, pain score, pressure score, peak expiratory flow, temperatures, and electrocardiographs.
- Provide follow up advice, treatment and care.
- Perform procedures such as wound closure, Plaster casts
- Administer plans of care following medication guidance for PGD's, oral, topical or Intravenous administration.
- Current NMC Registration
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
- University Accredited Nurse
- Post Registration Qualification in ED Nursing/Critical Care Nursing or equivalent
- Post Registration Qualification in Mentorship/Training
- Sufficient or significant proven experience in Accident and Emergency/critical care
- A&E Background
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance:
We understand that more applicants are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Application Tips:
If you need help with your application, take a look at the tips on our .
Our Benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
- Home electronics scheme
- Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
- Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
- Career progression, training and support
You can find out more about skilled worker and health and care visas on our .
Education
Professional Certificate
Skills
Paediatric NursingEmergency NursingCritical Care NursingTeam LeadershipDepartment ManagementCare CoordinationPatient AssessmentCare PlanningClinical SupervisionPatient ObservationsSafe Discharge PlanningMedication AdministrationWound ClosurePlaster CastingEvidence-Based PracticePolicy Development
About Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust provides acute, community and specialist health care services to around half a million people living in Wakefield and North Kirklees. We have three hospitals at Dewsbury, Pontefract and Wakefield (Pinderfields), and also provide care in community settings such as GP surgeries, health centres and clinics as well as in people’s own homes. Every one of our 9,000 staff play a vital role in providing quality care to the thousands of people we serve and we are proud to have a hard working, talented, and dynamic work force who strive every day to provide quality care and support to those who use our services. Our mission is to recruit, develop and retain skilled and motivated people who embody the Trust’s core values of caring, respect, high standards and improving. We do this by creating a supportive working environment - in first class facilities - where excellence and innovation is valued and celebrated; by providing excellent training and development opportunities, and by offering a comprehensive package of staff benefits to reward our employees for their hard work and commitment.
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