Senior Sister​/Charge Nurse EPU​/UGCC

Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse – Early Pregnancy Unit & Urgent Gynaecology Service
• Permanent | 37.5 hours per week

We are seeking an experienced, compassionate and highly motivated Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to lead our Early Pregnancy Unit and Urgent Gynaecology Service
. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic nurse leader to play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, responsive and patient-centred care within a specialist women s health service.

Reporting to the Matron for Gynaecology Services
, the post holder will provide both operational and clinical leadership for the service, taking day-to-day responsibility for the effective running of the unit across its full operating hours. You will lead by example, ensuring the delivery of safe, efficient and compassionate care for women accessing urgent and early pregnancy services.

This role includes direct line management of a multidisciplinary team of registered nurses and healthcare support workers
, with responsibility for workforce planning, rostering, appraisal, performance management and the ongoing professional development of staff across all shifts. You will be instrumental in creating a positive team culture, supporting staff wellbeing, and driving excellence in clinical practice and service delivery.

• The post holder provides operational and clinical leadership for the Early Pregnancy Unit and Urgent Gynaecology Service, reporting to the Matron for Gynaecology Service and taking day-to-day responsibility for the running of the unit across its full operating hours.
• The role carries direct line management of a multidisciplinary team of registered nurses and healthcare support workers, with accountability for rostering, appraisal, performance management, and professional development across all shifts.
• As a devolved budget holder, the post holder manages the unit s pay and non-pay budget, ensuring resources are used efficiently and safely to maintain effective service delivery and timely access to care.
• The role involves working within a complex multidisciplinary environment, collaborating closely with consultants, resident doctors, sonographers, ward and theatre teams, the emergency department, radiology and operational managers, and the midwifery team, while maintaining effective liaison with GP services, patients, and their families.
• The post holder exercises autonomous professional judgement within national guidelines, NMC standards and Trust policies, resolving clinical and operational issues independently while escalating significant risks and capacity concerns appropriately.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to inclusive recruitment and delivering high-quality care across our services. We value flexibility and work-life balance to support staff and patients alike.

• Experience at Band 6 (or equivalent), including evidence of team leadership and/or deputising responsibilities.
• Experience of managing and supervising staff, including rostering, appraisal, and performance management.
• Experience of coordinating patient flow, capacity, and escalation in a busy clinical environment.
• Experience of clinical governance activity, incident investigation, complaints handling, audit, and quality improvement.
• Experience of assessing and managing acute gynaecological presentations (e.g. pelvic pain, bleeding, miscarriage).
• Experience specifically within an EPU and/or Gynaecology service.
• Experience of budget or resource management.
• Experience of EPR system.

• Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration.
• Evidence of leadership development through formal training, or quality improvement initiatives.
• Participation in clinical audits, research, or quality-improvement initiatives.

• Excellent computer literacy including presentation skills.
• Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise.
• In-depth understanding of women s health, early pregnancy, and urgent gynaecology conditions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team members.

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.

Salary: £51,657 to £58,785 per annum incl HCAs.