Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse for the Women's Health Unit. The role demands strong leadership and clinical skills, with responsibilities including managing a nursing team and ensuring high standards of patient care. Candidates must be a registered nurse with current NMC registration and experience at Sister/Charge Nurse level. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to innovative gynaecological care.

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration required.
• Experience leading a nursing team at Sister/Charge Nurse level.
• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements for mentorship if relevant.

Responsibilities

• Act as a guardian for professional accountability and standards.
• Ensure safe and effective patient care.
• Manage Theatre/Department nursing resource.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical skills

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Degree level knowledge

Job description

Go back The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse

The closing date is 02 October 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in the Women\'s Health Unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. The Unit specialises in Gynaecology and offers a comprehensive range of outpatient and day-case treatments for gynaecological conditions. The successful candidate must have experience leading or managing a team at Sister/Charge Nurse level. They must have excellent clinical and leadership skills, and be able to communicate effectively with the multi-disciplinary team and work well in a team.

• Interview Date: 13th October 2025
• 32 Hours/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

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Main duties of the job

• Act as a guardian for professional accountability and standards, ensuring professional practices in line with the requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) / Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Trust
• Ensure the provision of safe and effective patient care
• Ensure environmental standards and cleanliness are maintained in line with national and Trust Standards in the Theatre / Department
• Effectively manage the Theatre /Department nursing / ODP resource
• Support and contribute to the development of patient care and practice within the Directorate, contributing to Trust projects where required
• Ensure junior staff and students have appropriate supervision and support and are appropriately assessed
• Please see full Job Description and Person Specification for all details.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under "Documents to download" or "Supporting documents".

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

• The Senior Sister / Charge Nurse has 24 hour accountability, including line managing, for their Theatre / Department. They must deliver quality care by ensuring appropriate systems and processes are in place to ensure the continuity of safe and effective care at all times
• Deputises for Matron as required / appropriate

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
• Current NMC registration
• Degree level knowledge or working towards completion (i.e., on pathway)
• Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements for mentorship if relevant to role

Knowledge & Experience

• Evidence of achievement in current post and on-going professional development
• Knowledge and understanding of current relevant NHS policy context.
• Experience of leading a nursing team at SR/CN level or equivalent
• Extensive clinical practice or specialist qualification in relevant specialty
• Experience of adult / child safeguarding
• Audit / research experience
• Specialist course in area of practice
• Experience of developing a nursing team at SR/CN level

Skills & Abilities

• Have developed skills in professional accountability in a leadership role.

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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