Are you a passionate and innovative Paediatric Nurse ready to make a real difference?
We’re thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced Paediatric Nurse who is dedicated to delivering exceptional, evidence-based care to Children and Young People. If you're driven to elevate quality standards and inspire positive change, this could be the perfect role for you.
About The Role:
This is a full-time, 37.5-hour per week fixed-term position for 2 years. Secondments will be considered with prior agreement from your line manager. Join us and become a vital part of shaping the future of paediatric care — your voice will influence service development and drive improvements across the department.
What You’ll Do:
As a Sister / Charge Nurse with a special interest in Mental Health and Wellbeing, you’ll lead with innovation, demonstrating outstanding communication and organisational skills. Your leadership will inspire change, support your team, and enhance the experience for children, families, and staff alike.
Why Join Us?
This is more than just a nursing role — it’s an opportunity to develop your leadership skills, share your expertise, and truly make a difference in the lives of children and young people. You’ll be supported by a dynamic leadership team and benefit from a tailored 4-week induction to ensure a smooth transition into your new role.
We are looking for an inspiring Sister / Charge Nurse to join our team and lead with compassion, expertise, and innovation. If you thrive on making a difference in patient care and enjoy supporting your team to deliver excellence, this is the opportunity for you.
About The Role:
As a key leader in our department, you will be responsible for assessing the care needs of our young patients, developing tailored care programs, and evaluating their outcomes. You will serve as the named care provider for a specific group of children and support the overall care of all patients within your unit.
Your Leadership And Expertise:
In this role, you will provide daily clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and support staff, championing evidence-based practice. You will work closely with the Ward/Unit Manager, stepping in confidently when needed, to ensure the smooth running of the department.
Collaboration And Development:
You will liaise with our dedicated Mental Health teams, ensuring that our practices align with local and national guidelines. Supporting staff wellbeing and promoting a positive, nurturing environment will be a key part of your role. You’ll also have the opportunity to provide training and development to colleagues, sharing your expertise and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Join Us:
If you’re ready to lead with passion, support your team, and positively influence the care experience for children and their families, we’d love to hear from you.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to
make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -
care,
appreciate and
inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ricky Barber Job title: Childrens Unit Manager Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01616278637
Additionally, please contact Charlotte Bennett (Lead Nurse for Paediatrics) on 0161 778 5708.
