Clinical Sister/Charge Nurse

NHS; Middlesbrough; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust seeks a motivated Clinical Sister/Charge Nurse for its high-demand Emergency Department. The successful candidate will oversee patient care, lead a dedicated team, and engage in various leadership and improvement training opportunities. This position offers significant development prospects in a specialist trauma center.

Benefits

Leadership training programs

Development and improvement opportunities

Qualifications

• Current NMC Registration.
• Specialist experience/training in nursing.
• Up to date ILS and mandatory training.

Responsibilities

• Lead and influence emergency care at department level.
• Demonstrate effective leadership and innovation.
• Challenge and influence practice in a busy Emergency Department.

Skills

Leadership

Emergency care

Commitment to evidence-based practice

Education

Degree or Diploma in Nursing

Job description

Go back South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Sister/Charge Nurse

The closing date is 27 June 2025

This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust and North tees Trust If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and innovative clinical sister / charge nurse to influence and lead care at department level. This is a very busy and demanding Emergency Department dealing with approximately 120,000 patients per annum and rising. The department is a designated Major Trauma Centre and as such is a regional specialist for many specialties, including Spinal, Neuro surgical, Cardio- Thoracic and Maxillary Facial. The team is friendly and motivated and committed to providing an expert emergency service for the patients we treat.

Main duties of the job

As part of the senior nursing team the successful candidate will be experienced in Emergency Department care and have up to date knowledge of emergency care issues. You will demonstrate effective leadership and innovation, be receptive to change and able to challenge and influence practice. You will show evidence of a professional approach underpinned by honesty and integrity, and alongside existing clinical sisters, lead on issues such as change management and service development. This post offers excellent development opportunities for the successful candidate. Full orientation and support will be given.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust values and behaviours

Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills

Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current NMC Registration
• Degree or Diploma in Nursing plus specialist experience/training
• Evidence of personal and professional development
• Up to date ILS and mandatory training

Knowledge

• An understanding of government policies and targets specifically for ED
• Commitment to evidence based practice
• Ability to work within the boundaries of the NMC Code of Professional conduct.

Experience

• Equivalent post grad study experience

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.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearPer annum (pro rata)