Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Sister/Charge Nurse for the Emergency Department at Warrington Hospital. The role is NHS AfC Band 6, offering substantial clinical leadership within a busy ED with allied units for paediatrics and same day care.

Flexible working and part-time consideration are noted. The post involves overseeing nursing care delivery, staff development, and inter-professional collaboration to meet patient needs in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Broad clinical experience
• Post-registration ED experience
• NMI duty planning and delivery

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care.
• Provide management and organisation of a clinical area.
• Participate in education, development and line management of staff.
• Collaborate with others to meet patient and family needs.
• Contribute to service improvement and quality of care.
• Support patients with NIV/CPAP and major trauma care within a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Paediatric ED nursing

Nursing care planning

Team collaboration

Education

RN (Adult) Degree

RGN/A/E mentorship qualification

PILS

APLS

NTACC

Job description

Employer North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Warrington Hospital Town Warrington Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/2026 23:59

Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our already well-established team within the Urgent and Emergency Care Clinical Business Unit at Warrington Emergency Department.

The Emergency Department has a co-located Paediatrics Unit, Minor Injuries, Emergency Ambulatory Care Unit, Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC). We also have an Urgent Care Centre at Halton.

We are committed to providing the best work life balance possible, flexible working and part time hours considered.

If you are committed to making a difference, and want to work in a busy, vibrant environment, then this will be the opportunity for you.

Main duties of the job

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidence-based nursing care.
• Provide management and organisation of a clinical area.
• Participate in the education, development, and line management of other staff members.
• Work collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families.
• Participate in improvement of services and the quality-of-care provision
• Clinical:
  • evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs and varying levels of complexity.
  • Collect, collate, evaluate, and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
  • Involve patients and carers / relatives in the planning and delivery of care.
  • Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
  • Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers / relatives.
  • Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
  • Have significant experience of managing patients who require NIV, CPAP and Nasal Hi Flow O2 therapy.
  • Have significant experience of working in a multidisciplinary team in the management of major trauma patients.

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification..............

Person specification

Experience

• Broad range of clinical experience and experience in paediatric A/E Nursing
• post registration experience in ED

Qualifications

• RN (Adult) Degree or equivalent experience
• RGN or post basic qualification related to in A/E Mentorship
• PILS
• APLS
• NTACC
• Participated in service development and implementation of change
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
• Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting
• Ability to communicate unpleasant and sensitive information
• Able to present written information in a logical manner
• Basic IT skills in work processing and spreadsheets
• Able to manage own workload, co-ordinate the work of others and work with minimal supervision
• Participation in staff management
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
• APLS

Further Information

NCM hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship, there is a minimum set of criteria that must be met and not all roles are eligible. You can find more information on the Government website

Please review your eligibility and the eligibility of the role before submitting your application.

All advertised roles may close early if there are high numbers of suitable candidates.

Pre‑employment checks for applicants with previous NHS service will include confirmation of any Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme (MARS), Voluntary Redundancy or Compulsory Redundancy payments received.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy is due to close on the advertised date. However, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible.