Job summary
- Main area
- High Dependency Unit
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 411-ACU-26-8351124
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Children's Hospital
- Town
- Merseyside
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Sister/Charge Nurse Band 6
NHS AfC: Band 6
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
To provide clinical leadership on the High Dependency Unit by co-ordinating staffing and patients and maintaining safe delivery of high-quality care on the unit. To be a good role model to junior staff and to support the Team Leader with staff issues relating to staff development, poor performance, sickness and absence.
Main duties of the job
Co-ordinate the unit, staff and patients, maintaining safety and deliverance of quality care.
· Counsel, appraise and give guidance and support as required.
· Support the Clinical Nurse Managers in staff issues relating to sickness and absence, poor performance, and staff development.
· Ensure that Trust Management policies and procedures are understood and followed.
· Undertake delegated responsibility for specific areas of operational management.
Working for our organisation
Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide clinical leadership on the High Dependency Unit by co-ordinating staffing and patients and maintaining safe delivery of high-quality care on the unit. To be a good role model to junior staff and to support the Clinical Nurse Managers with staff issues relating to staff development, poor performance, sickness and absence.
- Communication Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Planning and Organising Skills
- Responsibility for Patient/Client Care
- Responsibility fir Financial and Physical Resources
- Responsibility for Human Resources
- Responsibility for Information Resources
- Responsibility for Research and Development
Person specification
Education and Training
Essential criteria
- Registered children’s nurse
- Successful completion of High Dependency care course
- Evidence of support, supervision and training of junior staff.
- PLS
Desirable criteria
- APLS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated ability to supervise and lead a team of staff undertaking the ATL role under supervision of the coordinator
- Able to describe the responsibilities of the team leader and the key leadership skills required.
- Effective team worker
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of co-ordinators role.
- Completion of the ATL competencies or other relevant competencies.
- Completion of Band 5-6 HDU development competencies.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to discuss key issues in relation to the provision of critical care services
- Embraces change
Desirable criteria
- Change management experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Good organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to plan and prioritise workload
- Able to act on own initiative
- Active in developing the nursing workforce
- Ability to teach and assess junior nurses
- Committed to the professional development of others
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of creativity and promoting new ways of working.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexibly within the internal rotation roster consisting of days, nights and weekends.
- Approachable
- Role Model
- Professional
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Rachael Deans
- Job title
- HDU Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
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- Address
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