Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated Band 6 Junior Charge Nurse to join our dynamic and fast-paced Emergency Department team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced emergency nurse looking to develop strong leadership skills while delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
In this role, you will provide clinical leadership on shift, support junior staff, and help ensure the efficient and safe delivery of emergency services. You will act as a positive role model, championing best practice, promoting a culture of safety, and contributing to ongoing service improvement.
The successful candidate will have proven emergency care experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to remain calm and effective under pressure. We are committed to supporting your professional growth with access to further training, development opportunities, and mentorship within a supportive multidisciplinary environment.
If you are passionate about emergency care and ready to take the next step in your leadership journey, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To provide safe, efficient and high-quality individualised care to clients across a wide range of specialities within the Emergency Department. Provide primary education, health advice and promotion to constitute a safe effective discharge to enable client self-care on discharge. To supervise & facilitate the education, training and development needs of both registered, unregistered staff and students. Ensure all care is inclusive, equitable and is provided within the Trust and Local Unit Policies.
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.
They are benefitting from a new (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the.
We run a in Ilford; an in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at and at. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 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.
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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
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. Experience of working in all areas of the Emergency Department
Desirable criteria
2. Triage Competent
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
3. Mentorship/Practice Assessor course completed
4. Intermediate Life Support Course
Desirable criteria
5. Completed the Capital Nurse Course or equivalent Emergency Nursing
6. TILS course
Skills/ Abilities
Desirable criteria
7. Excellent interpersonal / communication skills, reliable and punctual
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.