Senior Sister / Charge Nurse

NHS; Coventry; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a motivated Senior Sister / Charge Nurse for the Emergency Department. The role requires strong leadership and clinical skills, with comprehensive responsibilities in patient management, staff support, and adherence to healthcare policies. Applicants should have substantial experience in Emergency Nursing. The position involves a rotational shift pattern and commitment to trust values.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in Emergency Nursing is essential.
• Excellent leadership and clinical skills are crucial.
• Ability to act as a team leader and provide management support.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for actions according to the Code of Professional Conduct.
• Maintain high-quality service and manage unexpected events.
• Support staff and contribute to service and policy development.

Job description

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Senior Sister / Charge Nurse

The closing date is 30 October 2025

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Sister /Charge Nurse to join our dynamic team within the Emergency Department. You will need to have excellent leadership and clinical skills and be able to effectively act as a team leader, providing clinical leadership and management support to ensure agreed standards, objectives and targets are met. Suitable candidates should have a substantial experience in Emergency Nursing.

Please be advised that this post will involve a rotational shift pattern

Please be advised that the interviews for this post will take place on 14th Nov 2025

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute towards corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high quality service and ensuring timely management and resolution of unexpected events and situations.
• A knowledgeable team leader, supporting staff, service and policy development within a defined area/speciality.
• A resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
• Responsible for identifying and assessing complex clinical and non-clinical issues, implementing resolutions and monitoring/auditing outcomes.
• Undertake highly specialised technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including; complex patient monitoring; equipment management and defined expanded clinical roles e.g suturing.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Job responsibilities

• Responsible for training provision of identified staff groups within defined areas.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data available.
• Regularly manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need.
• Support patients, carers and staff during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g breaking bad news or following an unexpected event.
• Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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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.

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