Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - ED/UCC

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A busy Emergency Department at a leading hospital in Blackburn seeks a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to deliver high-quality emergency care and lead a dedicated team. Ideal candidates will have significant ED experience and a strong commitment to staff development and patient care.

Benefits

Access to a state-of-the-art staff facility

Opportunity for further study including Leadership courses

Qualifications

• Significant experience within an ED setting or equivalent.
• Proven development of own skills and clinical knowledge.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team and coordinate areas of the department.
• Develop new staff and deliver high standards of emergency care.
• Train junior staff and conduct audits.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Advanced Life Support

Triage

Teamwork

Education

1st Level Registered Nurse

Diploma in Emergency Nursing or equivalent

Teaching/Assessing Qualification

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Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - ED/UCC, Blackburn

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Client:

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Location:

Blackburn, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

25.06.2025

Expiry Date:

09.08.2025

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Job overview

We are a very busy Emergency Department, covering a diverse population, and we are a Major Trauma Unit. We also have a dedicated 24hour Paediatric area.

We accept patients who self present, arrive by ambulance or via Helimed.

We cover Burnley Urgent Treatment Centre, Accrington Minor Injuries Unit along with the ED and Urgent Treatment Centre at Blackburn.

We have recently introduced an appointment system in our Urgent Treatment Centres/ Minor Injuries Unit.

We are looking for self-motivated nurses to help take the department forward – you must be committed, flexible and approachable with substantial ED nursing experience. The role includes unsocial hours including weekends and rotation onto nights.

This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Main duties of the job

You will have a strong interest in developing new staff, and a proactive approach to delivering a high standard of evidence based care is essential. You must be able to demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of current issues in emergency care and be able to translate this into quality nursing.

We value experience and skills learnt elsewhere and will work with you to enable those skills to be utilised and developed further.

As a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse you will assist in promoting change and developing the area.

You will be responsible for leading the team, and the co-ordination of areas of the department, - Majors, Minors, Resus and Urgent Intervention.

You will be supported by a team of Matrons, Senior Sisters, and Practice Educators.

There will be the opportunity for further study including Leadership courses, ALS/APLS/TNCC.

Working for our organisation

Our Emergency Department at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital provides care for both adults and children who attend with serious illness or injury. Due to our large catchment area, we currently provide for approximately 154,000 attendees per year. The department has an 8 bedded resuscitation and 43 major cubicles.

The department is classified as a trauma unit and we have a purpose built helipad onsite that will bring our most serious patients to the department via North West Air Ambulance.

We have a new, state of the art staff facility for staff changing with access to a shower as well as a new staff room, education room and wellbeing retreat for all staff.

We also have 2 Urgent Treatment Centres that are part of the emergency department and 2 Minor Injuries Units which are located in Accrington and Rossendale.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Leadership of the team.

Co-ordination of Resus, Majors, Urgent Treatments Centre's and Urgent Intervention.

Manchester Triage.

Minor injuries - Wound Care, Dressings, Suturing, Plastering etc.

Knowledge and experience of each speciality - Resusitation/Intensive Care, Medical, Surgical, Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Frailty, Paediatrics, Minor Injury and Illness, Major Trauma, ENT, Max Fax, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities.

Advanced Life Support.

Advanced Paediatric Life Support.

Major Incident and Decontamination.

Streaming of patients to the most appropriate pathway.

Supporting Junior Staff.

Supporting the Nurse in Charge.

Staff Training.

Audits.

Person specification

Qualifications

• 1st Level Registered Nurse
• Advanced Life Support Skill
• Manchester Triage / Initial Assessment Skill
• Diploma in Emergency Nursing or equivalent
• ATLS / TNCC/APLS
• Teaching / Assessing Qualification

Experience

• Significant experience within an ED setting/or equivalent
• Proven development of own skills and clinical knowledge

Communication Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills