Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Ilford; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A London NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Junior Charge Nurse to join their Emergency Department, providing clinical leadership and support to junior staff while ensuring high-quality patient care. This role is perfect for experienced emergency nurses looking to advance their leadership skills. The Trust offers a supportive environment with further training opportunities. Salary ranges from £44,485 to £52,521 per annum inclusive, with the chance to contribute to a team delivering essential emergency services.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in all areas of the Emergency Department.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, efficient and high-quality individualised care to clients.
• Supervise & facilitate the education, training and development needs of staff.
• Ensure inclusive and equitable care within Trust and Local Unit Policies.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal / communication skills

Triage Competence

Reliable and punctual

Education

Intermediate Life Support Course

Capital Nurse Course or equivalent Emergency Nursing

TILS course

Job description

Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse

The closing date is 15 January 2026

We are seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated Band 6 Junior Charge Nurse to join our dynamic and fast-paced Emergency Department team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced emergency nurse looking to develop strong leadership skills while delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.

In this role, you will provide clinical leadership on shift, support junior staff, and help ensure the efficient and safe delivery of emergency services. You will act as a positive role model, championing best practice, promoting a culture of safety, and contributing to ongoing service improvement.

The successful candidate will have proven emergency care experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to remain calm and effective under pressure. We are committed to supporting your professional growth with access to further training, development opportunities and mentorship within a supportive multidisciplinary environment.

If you are passionate about emergency care and ready to take the next step in your leadership journey, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To provide safe, efficient and high-quality individualised care to clients across a wide range of specialities within the Emergency Department. Provide primary education, health advice and promotion to constitute a safe effective discharge to enable client self-care on discharge. To supervise & facilitate the education, training and development needs of both registered, unregistered staff and students. Ensure all care is inclusive, equitable and is provided within the Trust and Local Unit Policies.

About us

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries – live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured in this film.

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online; however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Pubudu Chandrasekera, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5110. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person Specification

Experience/ Knowledge

• Experience of working in all areas of the Emergency Department
• Triage Competent

Education/ Qualifications

• Intermediate Life Support Course
• Completed the Capital Nurse Course or equivalent Emergency Nursing
• TILS course

Skills/ Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal / communication skills, reliable and punctual

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.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

£44,485 to £52,521 a year Per Annum Inclusive