Senior Sister​/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

Senior Sister/Charge Nurse post leading the Emergency Department nursing team at The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the only acute hospital in Hillingdon. The role centres on keeping clinical standards high and developing staff through appraisal, working alongside the Matron and the multidisciplinary team. It serves a diverse urban population, and the post holder must work under pressure while acting as a role model and driving service improvement.

Applicants need current NMC registration and proven Band 6 emergency care experience.

• Provide clinical nursing and managerial expertise across the speciality, ensuring high standards of nursing and equipment care with efficient use of resources
• Work independently with patients who are assessed, treated, and discharged or admitted after unscheduled care
• Work alongside the Matron to maintain excellent clinical standards of care
• Develop and maintain a department philosophy of care based on the Trust's core objectives
• Lead staff, build positive working relationships, and monitor and appraise performance
• Assist in the development of individual staff through appraisal, in line with the Trust's CAREs values
• Work within the multidisciplinary team and refer patients to the correct specialty teams where discharge would be unsafe
• Create an environment conducive to learning, practice development and research, within evidence-based practice
• Act as a role model and provide professional leadership, motivation and direction to the multidisciplinary team
• Initiate and effect change for service improvement

• Degree or diploma in nursing
• Emergency and unscheduled care course or equivalent
• Mentorship course or equivalent

• Current NMC registration

• Significant experience at Band 6 level
• Significant emergency care nursing experience
• Demonstrable post-registration experience relevant to emergency care
• Experience of audit, benchmarking and standard setting

• Knowledge of current emergency care issues
• Proven communication and leadership skills
• Good time management skills
• Ability to be flexible and work under pressure
• Ability to initiate and effect change for service improvement

• Leadership course
• Masters-level study
• Advanced Life Support (ALS)
• Advanced Trauma Nurse Course (ATNC) or EPLS
• Evidence of guideline or policy development
• Experience of teaching patients, parents and colleagues
• Ability to lead, train and motivate a team of staff