Same Day Emergency Care Senior Charge Nurse

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Greater London seeks a Senior Charge Nurse for the Same Day Emergency Care Unit. The ideal candidate will lead a multidisciplinary team, ensure excellent patient care, and have significant experience in emergency medicine. Join a collaborative environment focused on staff development and quality improvement. This role demands strong leadership, communication skills, and a commitment to patient-centered care.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction

Continuous professional development

Supportive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience in acute medicine/emergency care.
• Proven leadership and people management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in high-pressure situations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team providing high quality care.
• Collaborate with consultants and therapists in patient care.
• Manage staffing and ongoing team member development.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication

Emotional intelligence

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Education

Degree or equivalent as an RN

Leadership/management course

Masters or equivalent

Tools

Health and safety policy knowledge

Job description

Same Day Emergency Care Senior Charge Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated nurse to join the Same Day Emergency Care Unit at Whipps Cross Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust.

As the Senior Charge Nurse, you will lead a dedicated multidisciplinary team ensuring patients presenting with medical conditions receive rapid assessment and treatment within the same day, in line with national SDEC standards. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our service, ensuring clinical excellence, staff development, and compassionate patient centred care.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide visible, effective leadership and professional support to the nursing team.

Ensure delivery of safe, high quality care in line with national and trust standards.

Collaborate closely with the wider multidisciplinary team including consultants, therapists, and specialist nurses.

Manage staffing levels, recruitment, and the ongoing development of team members.

Lead on quality improvement initiatives, audits, and patient feedback responses.

Ensure effective use of resources and contribute to service planning and development.

Main duties of the job

About You:

We are looking for a registered nurse (Adult) with:

Significant post-registration experience, including band 6 experience in acute medicine/emergency care.

Proven leadership and people management skills.

A recognised leadership qualification or willingness to work towards one.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an empathetic approach.

Ability to inspire and support others while maintaining high clinical standards.

Why Join Us?

Barts Health NHS Trust is one of the largest and most respected healthcare providers in the UK. The Same Day Emergency Care Unit is a well-established, highly regarded unit delivering acute medical care within a supportive and collaborative environment.

We offer:

A strong focus on staff well-being and development.

Comprehensive induction and access to continuous professional development.

Opportunities to contribute to service innovation and research.

A workplace culture based on compassion, dignity, and respect.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent and relevant experience as an RN
• REACT and SIREN. Mentorship Course or equivalent.
• ILS or equivalent.
• Leadership/management course
• Masters or masters level achievements.
• ALS or equivalent.

Experience

• Recent acute/emergency medicine leadership experience at band 6.
• Clinical experience within emergency care.

Knowledge

• Evidence of continual professional development of self and others
• Service quality improvement in practice.
• Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy.
• Audit and analysis skills
• Knowledge and application of health and safety policy and legislation.
• Service quality improvement in practice
• Audit and analysis skills

Skills

• Ability to manage own workload.
• Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure.
• Adaptability to changing workload.
• Excellent people management skills with understanding of HR practice/policy.
• Excellent emotional intelligence to situations and people.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially during times of pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent organisational and problem solving skills.
• Ability to cope and implement change and manage resilience.
• Practices openness, honesty and transparency.
• Ability to identify and provide ranges of feedback, Ability to manage risk, risk assess and mitigate against risk.
• Ability to delegate authority to people and monitor against required outcomes.
• Ability to easily share Knowledge.
• Demonstrate understanding in the management of operational standards.
• Budget Management
• Complaint Management
• Breakaway Training.
• Mental Health First. Aid/Awareness.
• Roster Management

Other

• Take responsibility for own learning and performance manages staff in relation to recruitment, performance and absence.
• Shift work will be required through the 24 hours period
• Ensures performance reviews are undertaken (minimum of yearly).
• Ability to self-reflect.

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.