Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

Job overview

 Band 6 Sister - Full Time 37.5 hours per week

The Department of Paediatrics & Child Health provides a wide range of acute services, which include 24 inpatient beds (2 high dependency),  an  established Physical Assessment Unit, Paediatric Ambulatory care Unit, outreach nursing team and dedicated children’s outpatients department.

The acute inpatient ward and the physical assessment unit offers a wide range of experience caring for children with general and acute medical, surgical, orthopaedic, oncology conditions and high dependency care. You must have a significant years of experience on a general paediatric ward and proven shift management skills.

You can have the opportunity to develop your clinical and management skills within our well-established team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to work effectively as part of the team to ensure a high standard of care is provided. They will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of care. She/he will co-ordinate care on the children’s ward providing clear professional leadership. The post holder will act as an advisor on paediatric issues throughout the Trust out of hours. The post holder will liaise closely with parents/carers and all members of the multidisciplinary team and thus ensure effective communication of all relevant information.

Working for our organisation

Development and staff wellbeing

Your growth and personal happiness matters to us.  After all, we can't expect the best from you if we don't invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing.  From the moment you join us,  we're committed to fostering your professional and personal development with a supportive, empowering environment.  Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed.  We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.

To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme,  and a range of other support and activities. 

We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly "shoutouts" and patient feedback, monthly and staff awards.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it's our behaviours that tell people who we are.  We expect all colleagues to bring values to life in their work.

• Compassionate
• Inclusive
• Collaborative
• Inspiring