Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Stanton Hill; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom is recruiting a Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse for the Emergency Department. This role provides clinical leadership, coordinates daily patient flow and staffing, and ensures safe, compassionate care in a fast-paced emergency setting.

You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team, support junior colleagues, drive quality improvement, and promote best practice across the department.

Qualifications

• Good communication skills with clear written and oral skills.
• Evidence of personal and professional development in critical care practice/ management.
• Diploma level study, or the willingness to undertake.

Skills

Good communication skills

Education

1st level Registered Nurse

Diploma level study or willingness

Job description

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

The closing date is 15 November 2026

Due to exciting developments within our Emergency Department, we are seeking enthusiastic, motivated and forward-thinking Registered Nurses to join our team as Deputy Sister/Charge Nurses. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced nurses who are passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and strong clinical leadership within a fast-paced and rewarding emergency care environment.

Our Emergency Department is innovative, dynamic and recognised for delivering excellent patient outcomes and high standards across key quality indicators. We are committed to continuous improvement and providing outstanding care, whilst creating a positive, supportive and inclusive workplace for our staff.

As a Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse, you will play a vital role in the daily coordination of the department, leading and supporting colleagues to ensure safe, effective and compassionate care. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will help maintain patient flow, promote clinical excellence and drive quality improvements across all areas of the department.

We are committed to supporting your professional and leadership development. With guidance from our Lead Nursing Team, you will have access to tailored learning opportunities to help you reach your full potential whilst making a real difference to patients, colleagues and the wider organisation. Join us and help shape the future of emergency care.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

• Good communication skills with clear written and oral skills

Qualifications

• 1st level Registered Nurse
• Evidence of personal and professional development in critical care practice/ management
• Diploma level study, or the willingness to undertake

Experience

• Experience within Accident & Emergency

Contractual Requirements

• Ability to work flexibly

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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust