Senior sister​/Senior Charge Nurse

Are you an experienced Emergency Department nurse ready to take the next step in your leadership career? Join one of the UK’s largest and most innovative NHS Trusts as a Senior Charge Nurse within our dynamic Adult Emergency Department.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced Emergency Nurse to lead operational activity on shift, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, drive patient flow, and ensure the delivery of safe, high‑quality, patient‑centred care. You will act as a clinical role model, support the achievement of the 4‑hour operational standard, and contribute to service improvement, education, workforce development and governance.

The successful candidate will be a Registered Adult Nurse with significant Emergency Department experience at Band 6 level or above, possess strong clinical decision‑making skills, and have a passion for developing others. You will have experience managing teams, supporting quality and safety initiatives, handling operational pressures, and delivering excellent patient outcomes in a fast‑paced environment.

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care, providing specialist advice and actively seeking evidence‑based practice to improve quality of care and meet the needs of patients.
• Demonstrate a holistic approach to caring, including appropriate consideration of physiological, pathological, spiritual, socio‑economic and cultural aspects.
• Demonstrate specialist advanced clinical skills in all aspects of emergency nursing.
• Exercise effective leadership and maintain awareness of the individual needs of staff.
• Promote and facilitate the development of professional nursing practice.
• Provide a positive learning environment and act as a role model for students, staff and patients.
• Organise teams to ensure all staff attend mandatory training and maintain appropriate records.
• Undertake any duties consistent with the responsibilities of the grade and the needs of the service, including responsibility for health, safety and welfare in accordance with health and safety regulations.

At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, you will benefit from outstanding professional development opportunities, leadership training, research and quality improvement initiatives, and a supportive culture built around our values of Kind, Collaborative, Expert and Aspirational.

Benefits include career development, flexible working, wellbeing support and a staff recognition scheme. Optional benefits such as Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loans and membership options for onsite leisure facilities are also available.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications for flexible, part‑time or job‑share arrangements. Please talk to us at interview.

The Trust is committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All employees have a role to play, and we maintain an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensure our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our environmental impact.

• Registered Nurse (Adult)
• Post‑registration emergency nursing education (A&E Course, Acutely Unwell Adult, Emergency Practice or equivalent)
• Practice Assessor
• ILS/ALS
• Relevant Master’s Degree
• Leadership Training
• Advanced Trauma Nursing Course (or equivalent Level 2 Trauma course) or ability to undertake in a year

• Significant post‑registration experience of at least 2 years in emergency medicine at Band 6 level
• Experience of audit or research
• Experience in a critical care setting

• Organisation, administrative and management skills
• Teaching and leadership ability
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Ability to perform clinical activities specific to the specialty
• Ability to work within all areas of the emergency department
• Competency in medication administration including IV drugs
• Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit
• Performance management, PDP setting and appraisal
• Knowledge of budget management

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure, Barring and Criminal Records Check will be required before employment.