Band 6 Deputy Manager

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Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in York seeks a compassionate Band 6 Deputy Manager for the Paediatric Emergency Department. The role involves delivering patient-centered care, co-ordinating treatment plans, and leading a team for high-quality standards. Candidates must be Registered Children's Nurses with at least 2 years of Band 5 experience. Join us in a dynamic and rewarding environment that values kindness, openness, and excellence. Competitive salary offered along with a variety of staff benefits.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday increasing with service

Confidential Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts on restaurants and shopping

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• 2 years experience at Band 5 level in a Paediatric Emergency Dept.
• Evidence of continued professional development in clinical practice.
• Experience with Children's Safeguarding policy and process.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality patient centred care and triage patients.
• Act as Nurse in Charge of the Department.
• Provide emergency care and treatment to patients.

Skills

Compassionate care

Effective communication

Clinical leadership

Teaching and assessing

Education

Registered Children's Nurse (Level 1 or 2)

Recognised teaching and assessing qualification

Job description

Employer York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site York Hospital Town York Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/02/2026 23:59

Band 6 Deputy Manager

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Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).

Our Values

• We are KIND
• We are OPEN
• We pursue EXCELLENCE

We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.

Job overview

Are you a compassionate, proactive and caring Band 6 Paediatric Emergency Department Nurse looking to join an experienced and established Paediatric Emergency team?

We are looking for kind, highly motivated individuals with a passion for providing excellent patient centred care to the children and families attending our department.

You will play an essential role in the patient’s journey from assessment in the Emergency Department (ED), to ongoing care and interventions from Children’s Assessment Areas and Ward.

As an experienced Children’s Nurse, you will be based in ED and will co-ordinate care of sick children between Department and Paediatric areas, always ensuring effective communication. You will support the assessment of patient care needs in ED, commence treatment plans and be instrumental in navigating medical review of the patient, liaising with the departments to ensure safe transfer of patients.

You will be a role model, promoting quality evidence-based practice, developing the Nursing Team in both ED and Paediatric areas ensuring effective management of the patient. Working in partnership with the Clinical Leads and the teams on the Children’s Ward/Emergency Department to ensure that high standards of nursing care.

If we are describing you and are interested in working in a dynamic, fast paced and rewarding department, we would love to hear from you.

Interviews for this post will be held in person only with no remote option available.

Main duties of the job

Your duties will include but not be limited to:

• Delivering high quality patient centred care in a timely manner, triaging patients and assessing the priority of their clinical presentation.
• Regularly be Nurse in Charge of the Department for full length of shift requiring attendance at wider trust meetings/events.
• Providing emergency care and treatment to patients requiring resuscitation
• To work alongside the wider team to always ensure efficient patient flow
• To work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team
• To be professionally accountable for all actions during working shift.
• To be aware of and engage fully with own training and developmental needs within the clinical environment
• To supervise newly qualified nurses/junior nurses, student nurses and healthcare assistant nurses in the giving of patient care.

Working for our organisation

For more information on working for our Trust, please visit:

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr. [e-mail] .

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

Person specification

Education, Qualifiactions and Training

• Registered Children's Nurse (Level 1 or 2)
• Evidence of continued professional development and implementation in clinical practice within the last 12 months
• Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
• Understanding of training needs in relation job role

Experience and Knowledge

• 2 years experience at Band 5 level in an Paediatric Emergency Dept
• Experience with Children's Safeguarding policy and process
• Insight into current issues in children’s ED nursing/professional issues
• Insight into clinical speciality
• Experience with clinical audit and standard setting

Skills and Attributes

• Ability to communicate effectively with a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to teach, supervise and assess qualified and unqualified staff
• Clinical leadership
• Recruitment and selection training

Values and Behaviours

• Ability to demonstrate our organisational values and behaviours: • We are Kind. • We are Open. • We pursue Excellence

Health and Wellbeing

• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.

Please note that some of our substantive vacancies may be available on a smaller number of hours than advertised. If you would be interested in applying on this basis, we would encourage you to contact the appointing manager to enquire further.

DBS Checks

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if it is required for the role. The cost will be deducted from your salary either in 1 payment or over a six month period once you start employment. By applying you are agreeing to this undertaking. If you are successful you will be asked to confirm if you wish to pay in one amount or in instalments. The charges are currently £27.38 for a standard check and £55.38 for an enhanced check. The level of check will be determined by the post you are applying for.

Please note that Volunteers and Bank only staff will not be charged.

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) offers a confidential checking service for transgender applicants in accordance with the Gender Recognition Act 2004. This is known as the sensitive applications route, and is available for all levels of DBS check - basic, standard and enhanced.

The sensitive applications route gives transgender applicants the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate that could reveal their previous identity. To contact the sensitive applications team, please telephone [phone] or email [e-mail] .

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Please note, the selection processes at York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills. You will be required to acknowledge that you are aware of this before submitting your application.

Agile and Flexible Working

We are committed to helping all staff balance their work with other commitments and have recently launched our new Agile and Flexible Working policy to support this, entitling all staff to request flexible working from day one – for all posts. We encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

All our employees have access to a free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support service. Our EAP is available 24/7, 365 days a year.

Relocation Package

The Trust offers a generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss relocation further, please speak to the recruiting manager at interview.

A bit more about us and the surrounding area

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated in a fantastic part of the country that is home to two national parks, a beautiful coastline, and the city of York - consistently voted one of the best places to live in the UK. We provide a comprehensive range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles.

Our annual turnover is approaching £0.5bn. We manage eight hospital sites and have a workforce of around 10,000 staff working across our hospitals and in the community.

Sponsorship

Please note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are unable to offer sponsorship for roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria. Currently, this rules out sponsorship for Band 2, and some Band 3 roles. In addition to this, there are a number of other roles not eligible for sponsorship, therefore applicants requiring it may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa .

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.