Senior Sister / Charge Nurse | University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

UHCW NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Coventry is seeking an experienced Senior Sister / Charge Nurse to oversee clinical leadership in the Emergency Department. The role requires strong leadership and clinical skills, along with substantial experience in Emergency Nursing. Applicants should be ready for rotational shifts and provide a vaccination report. Join a dynamic team focused on high-quality patient care and excellence in healthcare innovation.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in Emergency Nursing.
• Ability to provide clinical leadership and management support.
• Expertise in managing complex clinical and non-clinical issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and management support in the Emergency Department.
• Accountable for own actions in accordance with professional standards.
• Contribute to corporate objectives and adhere to local policy.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical skills

Communication skills

Complex patient monitoring

Job description

Senior Sister / Charge Nurse – Emergency Department

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 substantial experience in Emergency Nursing.

Shift pattern: rotational shift pattern.

Interview date: 14th November 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

About the Trust

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)

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.

This advert closes on Thursday 30 Oct 2025.