Senior Charge Nurse – Same Day Emergency Care

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work

Car lease schemes

Season ticket loan

Onsite leisure facilities

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Charge Nurse to lead the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) at St Mary’s Hospital in London. You will deliver high-quality, safe, compassionate emergency care, contribute to service development, and provide visible clinical leadership within a fast-paced environment.

The role requires excellent communication, strong clinical nursing expertise, and the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong clinical expertise in emergency nursing.
• Excellent patient assessment skills.
• Sound management knowledge and visible leadership.
• Ability to lead and develop the SDEC team.

Responsibilities

• Provide sound clinical leadership and develop support mechanisms for sharing good practice within the clinical setting and Trust wide.
• Maintain effective communication both verbally and in writing with the multi-disciplinary team and other wards/departments; present information formally.
• Manage episodes of care within own/joint/shared caseload and discharge patients per protocol.
• Lead the implementation of new ways of working and reinforce their use.
• Ensure compliance with Trust policies and procedures by the multidisciplinary team and maintain a safe environment for staff and patients.

Skills

Emergency nursing leadership

Clinical assessment

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

NMC registered nurse

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the SDEC at St Mary’s Hospital as a Senior Charge Nurse and unit leader.

You need to be passionate about providing high quality, emergency same day care in this fast paced, evolving and exciting area of acute emergency care. You must have excellent communication skills and be excited about being part of an innovative nursing team.

This is an exciting time to join Same Day Emergency Care as we increase the numbers of patients attending the service. We see approximately 60-70 patients a day on each site, with varying presentations including renal colic, DVT, cellulitis, low risk chest pain and many more. We work closely with the Emergency Department, taking many patients from the Urgent Care Centre and ED triage, as well as patients from General Practice, London Ambulance Service and 111.

As Senior Charge Nurse for SDEC, you will lead the delivery of high-quality, safe and compassionate care, support the implementation of new ways of working, and collaborate with the wider multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes and experience.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong clinical expertise in emergency nursing, excellent patient assessment skills and sound management knowledge. They will provide visible, consistent leadership, communicate effectively and build positive working relationships across the department and wider organisation.

• To provide sound clinical leadership and develop support mechanisms for sharing good practice within the clinical setting and Trust wide.
• Maintain and promote effective communication both verbally and in writing with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and other Wards or Departments, including formal presentation of information relating to your service. Communication will take place using formal and informal methods.
• Work within the clinical area, managing episodes of care as own/joint/ shared caseload, discharging patients as per protocol.
• Maintain and update own clinical expertise and contribute as role model to ensure the delivery of nursing care is at highest possible level to meet patient care.
• To be actively involved in the development of Trust policies and procedures, providing specialist input, leading their implementation and reinforce their use.
• To take the lead in ensuring compliance to Trust policies and procedures amongst the multi-disciplinary team.
• Have continuing responsibility for the provision of a suitable, clean, uncluttered and safe environment for the physical and psychological wellbeing of staff, patients/clients and their relatives.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainability

Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Brown Job title: Lead Nurse for Urgent and Emergency Care Email address: [e-mail]