Deputy Sister/ Charge Nurse

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in the UK is seeking a Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse to join its dynamic team in Colchester. This role involves delivering high-quality nursing care and supporting the development of staff. Candidates must be NMC registered with proven NHS experience. A commitment to improving patient outcomes is essential. Competitive salary ranges from £38,682 to £46,580 per year, pro rata.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

Access to NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Proven NHS experience.
• Evidence of managing and improving the patient experience.
• Coaching/Mentoring experience.
• Previous experience at Band 6.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, individualized nursing care.
• Develop clinical and managerial skills by taking charge of the ward.
• Supervise and educate ward staff and students.
• Contribute to the continuing development of nursing practice.

Skills

Understanding of Band 6 role

Managing clinical risk

Bed management and patient flow

Education

NMC Register

Ongoing professional development

Job description

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Sister/ Charge Nurse

The closing date is 04 December 2025

Are you looking for a new challenge? Exciting opportunities have arisen within the Older Peoples Wards (Birch, Peldon, D'Arcy and Tiptree) for a Deputy Sister or Charge Nurse to join us on one of our dynamic friendly teams.

Our goal is to provide our patients with the highest standards of care, if you think you have the commitment and skills to join our team and be able to deliver high quality care, we are waiting for your application.

As a team we are committed to recruiting staff that uphold our values and can deliver excellent care putting patients at the heart of everything we do, with an emphasis on working in partnership with patients and their families to provide the best possible experience and outcomes.

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality, individualised nursing care to patients and their parents/carers through working as an effective member of the inter-disciplinary team.
• To develop clinical and managerial skills by taking charge of the ward in the absence of the Ward Manager
• To contribute to the supervision, assessment and education/development of ward staff and students.
• To contribute to the continuing development of nursing practice through research and audit.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC Register
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Experience

• Proven NHS experience
• Evidence of managing and improving the patient experience
• Coaching/Mentoring
• Previous experience at Band 6

Knowledge and Skills

• Articulates understanding role of Band 6
• Articulates understanding of managing clinical risk
• Bed management and patient flow

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.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata