Junior Sister

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT; King's Lynn and West Norfolk; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS hospital in King's Lynn is seeking a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse for the Acute Medical Unit. The role involves ensuring high-quality care, managing daily operations, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates should possess a teaching qualification and demonstrate clear innovative practices in clinical settings. This position offers a salary between £38,682 and £46,580 per annum, pro rata, within a supportive environment focused on continuous development.

Qualifications

• Evidence of Post registration Educational Continuing development.
• Can demonstrate their experience of collaborative working.
• Demonstrates experience of clinical risk management.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality care is maintained on the Acute Medical Unit.
• Attend bed meetings and work with the flow coordinator.
• Ensure that staff and patients are well cared for.

Skills

Ability to prioritise

Understands specific needs of patients complex cases

Knowledge of NHS plan and national nursing strategy

Able to influence other professional groups

Successful change management

Experience of managing colleagues

Audit experience / research skills

Education

NMC Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Junior Sister/Junior Charge Nurse - AMU

The closing date is 27 January 2026

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse on the Acute Medical Unit.

There is an opportunity for the right candidate to join our dynamic and fast‑paced environment on the AMU.

We are a 39‑bedded AMU, over 6 bays, with an aim of length of stay of less than 24 hours.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role include ensuring quality care is maintained on our Acute Medical Unit. You will be in charge on a day to day basis, attending bed meetings, working with the flow coordinator and ensuring that staff and patients are well cared for.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state‑of‑the‑art hospital due to open in 2031/32 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper‑based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined‑up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community‑based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award‑winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

Job responsibilities

The main duties of the role include ensuring quality care is maintained on our Acute Medical Unit. You will be in charge on a day to day basis, attending bed meetings, working with the flow coordinator and ensuring that staff and patients are well cared for.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Evidence of Post registration Educational Continuing development
• Recognised NMC Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent, or willingness to undertake, or in progress.

Experience

• Evidence of innovation and achievements in clinical practice
• Can demonstrate their experience of collaborative working
• Can demonstrate the use of appropriate criteria to prioritise patient case load
• Evidence of working as part of a multi‑disciplinary working experience
• Demonstrates experience of clinical risk management
• Community experience

Skills

• Ability to prioritise
• Understands specific needs of patients complex cases
• Knowledge of NHS plan and national nursing strategy
• Able to influence other professional groups
• successful change management
• Experience of managing colleagues
• Audit experience / research skills

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.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

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