Junior Sister​/Charge Nurse

The Junior Sister/Charge Nurse post at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust sits in the Emergency Department within the Emergency Services Directorate, at band 6. The post-holder leads and develops a nursing team, deputises for the Senior Sister or Charge Nurse, and keeps patients moving through the hospital. The department is very busy, with around 153,000 attendances a year, and works across a rapid assessment area, an Urgent and Emergency Care Centre and a children's area.

Applicants need at least 18 months' acute care experience within the last two years.

• Delivering safe and effective clinical practice
• Managing and developing the performance of a team of nursing staff
• Maintaining patient flow through the hospital
• Sustaining and improving patient pathways
• Enhancing the patient experience through regular and constructive communication
• Ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of organisational objectives
• Making efficient and effective use of resources
• Deputising for the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
• Acting as a professional role model

• RN Diploma or degree

• NMC registration

• Relevant acute nursing experience within the last 2 years
• Minimum of 18 months acute care experience

• Good clinical skills
• Commitment to sustaining and improving patient pathways
• Ability to act as a professional role model

• Valid NMC registration
• Experience of working in an emergency department
• Ability to triage or recent triage training
• Completion of Level 1 RCN Emergency Nursing competencies
• Phlebotomy skills and/or ability to cannulate
• Evidence of leadership within a team

• Flexible working arrangements considered for all requests
• Opportunity to develop leadership, clinical skills and knowledge within the Emergency Services Directorate