Charge Nurse

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Cottingham; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Band 7 Charge Nurse for the Intensive Care Unit on the Castle Hill site. The post covers weekend on-call duties across Castle Hill and Hull Royal sites, with leadership to staff and collaboration across the ICU team.

The successful candidate will lead in delivery of excellent patient care, promote governance, and support staff development through appraisals and training opportunities. A commitment to flexible working is expected.

Qualifications

• Substantive Critical Care experience
• Experience as a senior nurse with managerial responsibility
• Demonstrable experience of leading others

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage ICU staff; support governance and quality improvement
• Oversee staff development, appraisals and training
• Ensure delivery of high quality patient care and effective teamwork

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Confidentiality

Organisational skills

Change management

Workload prioritisation

Mentoring

Staff education

Clinical governance

Benchmarking

Education

Adult registered Nurse

Leadership evidence

CPD evidence

Teaching/mentorship certificate

Critical care competencies steps 1-3

Clinical supervision training

ILS/ALS

Job description

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Charge Nurse

The closing date is 30 September 2026

An exciting opportunity for a full time band 7 in Intensive Care on the Castle Hill site. The post holder will work both operationally with other band 7's to manage the elective and emergency work at the Castle Hill Site, and manage both the Hull Royal site and Castle Hill site on a weekend on a rota.

The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills and work collaboratively with the wider ICU team to ensure delivery of excellent patient care.

Main duties of the job

The candidate must have excellent leadership and people management skills, and be able to support staff. They must be an excellent role model and promote an open and honest culture. They should have good problem solving skills and have enthusiasm for professional development.

The band 7 will support quality improvement initiatives and help to strengthen governance procedures.

The band 7 will support staff development through appraisals and training opportunities, be inclusive and gain an awareness of support services that are available

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.

Application Completion

• All sections of application form fully completed

Education/ Qualifications

• Adult registered Nurse
• Evidence of leadership
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Teaching/ mentorship certificate
• Completion of steps 1,2,3 critical care competencies
• Clinical supervision training
• ILS/ALS

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Substantive Critical Care experience
• Experience working as a senior nurse with managerial responsibility
• Demonstrable experience of managing/ leading others

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• Proven ability to communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team (both verbal and non-verbal)
• Good interpersonal skills and demonstrable ability to manage challenging situations
• Proven ability to deal with difficult or sensitive issues
• Understanding of confidentiality in the workplace
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to facilitate change
• Proven ability to prioritise own workload and manage tasks (i.e., staffing, patients, beds)
• Proven ability to mentor/preceptor junior members of staff
• Proven ability to educate colleagues
• Must be aware of benchmarking and clinical governance

Special Attributes and other

• Confident and approachable
• Proven ability to work on own initiative
• Enthusiasm and motivation to develop knowledge and skills
• Motivation to promote change
• Good interpersonal skills
• Must be willing to work flexibly
• Participate in standard setting and research projects
• Facilitate learning of others
• Must have awareness of clinical governance and benchmarking
• Must be confident decision maker

Other Requirements

• Must possess good time management and organisational skills
• Must be willing to work on both hospital sites

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.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust