Emergency Department Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

NHS; Derby; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse for a pivotal role in the Emergency Department at RDH. This position offers an opportunity to provide leadership and foster a supportive environment while ensuring excellence in clinical governance and patient safety. Ideal candidates are compassionate, engaged, and ready to lead a dynamic multi-disciplinary team.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Significant post registration experience, with leadership experience.
• Mentoring and developing staff is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Providing expert clinical and management advice to the ED team.
• Ensuring delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate nursing care.
• Coordinating daily operations of the ED.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Education

NMC Registration

Degree or relevant experience

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Emergency Department Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

The closing date is 03 July 2025

This is an opportunity to become Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, for a large Emergency Department (ED) at RDH, as a 12 month secondment/fixed term contract. This is a pivotal time for the department, and we are looking for a leader who will drive and empower change.

You will work in partnership and in a supportive way with the Matron and lead senior sister, to provide strong, empowering leadership to the ED nursing team, providing clinical effectiveness, excellence in governance and patient safety principles, and provide excellence in operational leadership.

Within ED, we work as a large, supportive and dynamic MDT and are looking for a compassionate, engaged and collaborative leader.If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Leadership:

• Providing expert clinical and management advice and guidance to the ED team
• Ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate nursing care
• Managing patient flow and escalating/managing potential issues
• Acting as a role model and developing the junior staff
• Participating in the development and implementation of clinical guidelines and protocols
• To lead and manage the 45 minute ambulance hand over in pitstop.

Operational Management:

• To work directly with the senior management to ensure all targets are maintained
• Coordinating and managing the daily operations of the ED
• Working with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure seamless patient care
• Contributing to the development and implementation of service improvements

Staff Development:

• Supporting , mentoring and performance managing junior nurses and other healthcare professionals
• Leading and implementing the education and training of staff
• Providing feedback and performance management

Professional Development:

• Maintaining and updating their own clinical knowledge and skills
• Participating in professional development activities, such as clinica

Other Responsibilities:

• Working with the Matron and other senior staff to ensure high standards of care
• Contributing to the development of the ED as a learning environment
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations

Closing date of applications: 3 July 2025

Interview date: 18 July 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Edudation, Training & Qualifications

• NMC Registration
• Degree/working towards higher degree or relevant experience

Experience & Knowledge

• Significant post registration experience, and experience at a band 6 post
• Mentoring and developing staff
• Leadership Experience
• Specific knowledge of the clinical area/speciality

Skills & Ability

• Has overall responsibility and is accountable for all delegated nursing care within the clinical environment
• Manages the clinical workload, prioritising and re-prioritising
• Work across division during unit cover and deputising for matron

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.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust