Children's Outpatients Nurse Manager

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Children's Outpatients Nurse Manager

The closing date is 28 October 2025

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Department Nurse Manager to lead our Children and Young People's Outpatient Services. (This includes Children's outpatient department based at Warrington Hospital and the PART service based at Bath street)

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic nurse leader to oversee and develop a high performing service that delivers excellent, family centred care. You will provide visible and compassionate leadership, ensuring safe and effective clinical practice, high quality patient experience, and continuous improvement within the department.

We are committed to recruiting staff that uphold our values and can deliver excellent patient care, putting children, young people and their families at the heart of everything we do, with an emphasis on working in partnership with the families to provide the best possible outcomes.

Main duties of the job

• Provide day to day operational and professional leadership for nursing and clinical support staff.
• Ensure high standards of care, safety, and safeguarding are maintained across all outpatient services.
• Work collaboratively with medical, AHP, and administrative teams to deliver efficient, patient centred services.
• Lead service improvement initiatives and contribute to departmental development plans.
• Manage staff resources, including rotas, appraisals, and performance management.
• Support staff wellbeing, professional development, and continuous learning.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience for our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff, and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti racist approach in all we do.

Job responsibilities

Nurse manager for Children's out patient services in Warrington hospital and PART (Paediatric Acute Response Team) services at Bath Street.

See job description for further details.

Person Specification Experience

• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Qualifications

• Significant paediatric experience at a senior level.
• Evidence of management experience and leading change.

Knowledge and skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Able to manage own workload.
• Ability to lead, motivate, inspire and support a multi disciplinary team.

Specific role requirements

• Flexibility.
• Good time management.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding legislation.
• Evidence of quality improvement and service development.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum, pro rata