Senior Charge Nurse

NHS Scotland; Kirkcaldy; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland invites applications for a Senior Charge Nurse on Ward 34 at Victoria Hospital, a 16‑bed unit delivering inpatient and outpatient Haematology/Oncology care. The post requires strong clinical leadership, organisational ability, and a commitment to high standards of person‑centred care.

PVG clearance and UK work eligibility are essential before appointment. You will lead a nursing team, collaborate with MDT colleagues, and contribute to service improvement and delivery of NHS Fife’s

Qualifications

• Leadership experience delivering clinical staff oversight in a fast-paced ward
• Strong communication and organisational skills to support a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to drive improvements and sustain patient‑centred care
• Promotion of safe, high-quality nursing practice and professional development

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical, practical and visible leadership to the Ward 34 nursing team
• Develop performance of the nursing staff and work with the Clinical Nurse Manager on service delivery
• Contribute to NHS Fife objectives and national agendas through strong partnership with colleagues
• Support out-of-hours Duty Charge Nurse coverage and governance within the Acute Services Medical Directorate

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organisational skills

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative and dynamic experienced Registered Nurse to support the leadership of the nursing team within Ward 34 at Victoria Hospital. This unit provides inpatient and Outpatient Haematology/Oncology care and accepts direct admissions from home as well as Acute Admissions and the Emergency Department. It is a 16 bedded unit which works closely with the Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) Unit and the Haematology Supportive Care Unit.

As a Senior Charge Nurse, you will be committed to continuous professional development and possess strong communication and organisational skills with the ability to apply these effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced, high turnover ward environment.

As an experienced leader, you will provide strong clinical, theoretical and practical leadership to the nursing team, whilst promoting a collaborative partnership with multi-disciplinary colleagues both within and out with the unit. You will provide a high standard of nursing care and be able to demonstrate that you can deliver change through effective visible clinical leadership.

Candidates will have Band 6 Charge Nurse experience, experience within Acute Medicine and whilst experience in Haematology/Oncology nursing is desirable it is not essential. They will be able to evidence their ability to inspire and motivate the team and have a passion for providing safe, highly effective, person centred care. There is an expectation if the appointed candidate does not have SACT experience, they undertake SACT training and UKONS Passport through links with NHS Lothian.

As a Senior Charge Nurse, you should also manage and develop the performance of the dedicated nursing team and contribute to the delivery of NHS Fife’s organisational objectives.

This role is pivotal in raising clinical standards of care for patients and managing local and national agendas and as such, you will work very closely with the Clinical Nurse Manager to deliver the key aspects of these agendas. You will also contribute to the wider Acute Services Medical Directorate by supporting with the Duty Charge Nurse role out of hours.

The post is 1.0 WTE funded establishment and the post is predominantly worked over 4 weekdays. There is also a requirement for weekend day working to cover the duty charge nurse shift for the directorate or provide leadership to the unit.

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.