Job overview
Are you a passionate and experienced nurse ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? Or perhaps you're already working at Band 7 and want to join a team where you'll feel supported, challenged, and valued? Either way, you could feel right at home in our brilliant and innovative Emergency Department here at Queens Hospital .
As a Senior Sister / Charge Nurse you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering outstanding emergency care to our vibrant North East London community. We’re one of the busiest EDs in the region, seeing around 300 patients every day across Majors, Resus, RAFT, Triage, and SDEC. It’s demanding, unpredictable, and no two shifts are the same
As a Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in our Emergency Department, you will play a crucial leadership role by providing specialist advice, coordinating patient care and acting as a clinical leader and role model for your team.
Fostering effective communication and positive relationships within the multidisciplinary team, you will maintain a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors by adhering to best practice and risk management guidelines. In addition, you will support the Matron with clinical and operational management, staff development, and clinical governance, actively participating in recruitment, mentoring, and retention of staff.
Through your leadership, you will promote our Trust’s values and cultivate a culture of respect, compassion, and continuous learning.
Main duties of the job
You’ll also benefit from, University-linked postgraduate study and specialist ED training, Leadership development through the “World Class Manager Licence” programme, In-house training days (e.g. TILS, Resus SIM) and "Keep in Touch" days and a team culture that genuinely feels like family.
You’ll need to have extensive ED experience at Band 6 or above and in return, we’ll support you to continue growing clinically and as a leader.
Our Trust is committed to delivering excellent patient care, supporting staff development, and maintaining a safe, inclusive, and sustainable working environment. You will be part of a team that values respect, open communication, and continuous improvement.
To coordinate patient care within the Emergency Department, to act as a role model and provide specialist advice.
To support the Matron in ensuring that high-quality patient-focused care is delivered by actively participating in the day-to-day clinical and operational management of the department.
To work with the A & E team on professional nursing issues and management of clinical governance. Act as a Team Leader for junior members of staff.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in ; we’ve opened at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named by the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our in Ilford; an in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at and at in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited. We’re proud to be a employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered Nurse
Desirable criteria
2. ALS provider or working towards
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
3. Extensive recent ED experience at Band 6
Desirable criteria
4. Experience of change management in the working environment
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
5. Excellent interpersonal / communication skills with patients and their carers.
Desirable criteria
6. Ability to facilitate learning and provide clinical supervision for others
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.