Sister/ Charge Nurse | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cancer care center in Greater London is seeking a dedicated Sister/Charge Nurse to join their Critical Care Unit. This role involves providing excellent clinical leadership and mentorship while ensuring patient care quality. The ideal candidate will have a Registered Nurse qualification and extensive experience in critical care, ready to foster a supportive work environment while delivering top-notch patient services.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Learning and development programs

Dynamic working environment

Qualifications

• Experience in a critical care environment is essential.
• Proven track record of providing clinical leadership.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate nursing care delivery.
• Provide support and mentorship to staff.
• Act as key decision-maker for patient admissions.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Mentorship

Coordination of patient care

Incident management

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

Are you an experienced critical care nurse ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? Do you have a passion for delivering outstanding patient care while supporting and developing a high-performing team? If so, The Royal Marsden’s Critical Care Unit wants to hear from you.

As a Sister/Charge Nurse in our Critical Care Unit, you will play a key role in shaping patient outcomes and nursing practice. You’ll lead by example, providing strong clinical leadership while ensuring a safe, compassionate, and effective environment for patients, families, and staff. Working closely with the Lead Nurse and multidisciplinary teams, you’ll coordinate patient care, manage resources, mentor staff, and maintain excellence in clinical governance. You’ll have the autonomy to make real decisions and the support of one of the world’s leading cancer centres.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That’s why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do. At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees’ work-life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and coordinate nursing care delivery, ensuring the highest standards of safety and quality.
• Support staff through clinical supervision, debriefing, and mentorship.
• Act as a key decision-maker in patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Contribute to the strategic direction of the unit, including audits, incident reviews, and policy development.
• Create and maintain a safe, therapeutic clinical environment for all patients and their families in the Critical Care Unit; proactively coordinate all functions and activities within the Critical Care environment.
• In conjunction with the Critical Care Matron, manage Critical Care resources of the clinical area within budgetary limitations (e.g., finance, equipment and staff, including temporary staff).
• Provide strong clinical leadership of the nursing and support workers that is motivating, supportive and sets clear boundaries, resulting in high-quality safe patient care.
• Support a clinical learning environment that enables nursing staff to develop professionally and promotes the use of evidence in practice.
• Manage a coordinated nursing service in liaison with the Matron and all members of the multidisciplinary team, maximising high-quality patient care; monitor and review nursing practice, participate in audits, and ensure documentation in line with Trust policy and NMC guidelines.
• Maintain continuity of quality nursing care that responds flexibly to patients’ and carers’ needs, including safe transfer to relevant care settings. Work closely with and support team leaders, ensure appraisals are up to date, provide guidance and mentorship for designated team leaders.
• Monitor trends and prevalence of clinical incidents with the Matron and CNS, and develop strategies to prevent recurrence in line with Trust Risk Management Guidance.

Note: This advert closes on Thursday 2 Oct 2025.