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Ward Sister/Charge Nurse - Mersea Ward East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Ward Sister/Charge Nurse for Mersea Ward at East Suffolk North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. This role involves managing a clinical team, ensuring quality patient care, and contributing to service development. Candidates should possess strong interpersonal skills and a thorough understanding of the health agenda. This fixed-term position covers maternity leave from August 2025 to August 2026.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

Access to NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Staff Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

Must understand current health agenda and national guidance.
Experience in managing clinical teams is essential.

Responsibilities

Manage a Clinical Specialist Team of registered nurses and healthcare assistants.
Deliver a cohesive management approach for effective service delivery.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Team management

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Ward Sister/Charge Nurse - Mersea Ward East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Ward Sister/Charge Nurse to join Mersea Ward at East Suffolk North Essex Foundation Trust, based at Colchester Hospital.

We are looking for a highly motivated nurse who is passionate about the care of patients to join our well-established Nursing team team, in delivering a 24/7 service with the ability to work collaboratively in developing our future services.

You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work confidently and collaboratively across professional boundaries.

This role is a Fixed Term/Secondment to cover Maternity Leave from 4th August 2025 to 3rd August 2026.

As a Sister/Charge Nurse you will be responsible for managing a Clinical Specialist Team of registered nurses and healthcare assistants contributing to the Trusts quality and governance agenda.

You will work in partnership with the other Sisters/Charge Nurses in delivering a cohesive management approach to ensure efficient and effective service delivery.

Applicants must have an understanding of the current health agenda and national guidance which informs critical care practice.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring whats widely regarded as the worlds best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the duties & responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Wednesday 28 May 2025

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