Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated nurse to join the Same Day Emergency Care Unit at Whipps Cross Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust.
As the Senior Charge Nurse, you will lead a dedicated multidisciplinary team ensuring patients presenting with medical conditions receive rapid assessment and treatment within the same day, in line with national SDEC standards. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our service, ensuring clinical excellence, staff development, and compassionate patient centred care.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide visible, effective leadership and professional support to the nursing team.
Ensure delivery of safe, high quality care in line with national and trust standards.
Collaborate closely with the wider multidisciplinary team including consultants, therapists, and specialist nurses.
Manage staffing levels, recruitment, and the ongoing development of team members.
Lead on quality improvement initiatives, audits, and patient feedback responses.
Ensure effective use of resources and contribute to service planning and development.
Main duties of the job
About You:
We are looking for a registered nurse (Adult) with:
Significant post-registration experience, including band 6 experience in acute medicine/emergency care.
Proven leadership and people management skills.
A recognised leadership qualification or willingness to work towards one.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an empathetic approach.
Ability to inspire and support others while maintaining high clinical standards.
Why Join Us?
Barts Health NHS Trust is one of the largest and most respected healthcare providers in the UK. The Same Day Emergency Care Unit is a well-established, highly regarded unit delivering acute medical care within a supportive and collaborative environment.
We offer:
A strong focus on staff well-being and development.
Comprehensive induction and access to continuous professional development.
Opportunities to contribute to service innovation and research.
A workplace culture based on compassion, dignity, and respect.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent and relevant experience as an RN
- REACT and SIREN. Mentorship Course or equivalent.
- ILS or equivalent.
Desirable
- Leadership/management course
- Masters or masters level achievements.
- ALS or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Recent acute/emergency medicine leadership experience at band 6.
- Relevant SDEC experience
- Relevant SDEC experience.
- Clinical experience within emergency care.
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of continual professional development of self and others
- Service quality improvement in practice.
- Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy.
- Audit and analysis skills
- Knowledge and application of health and safety policy and legislation.
Desirable
- Service quality improvement in practice
- Audit and analysis skills
Skills
Essential
- Ability to manage own workload.
- Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure.
- Adaptability to changing workload.
- Role model for junior colleagues.
- Excellent people management skills with understanding of HR practice/policy.
- Excellent emotional intelligence to situations and people.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially during times of pressure.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisational and problem solving skills.
- Ability to cope and implement change and manage resilience.
- Practices openness, honesty and transparency.
- Ability to identify and provide ranges of feedback, Ability to manage risk, risk assess and mitigate against risk.
- Ability to delegate authority to people and monitor against required outcomes.
- Ability to easily share Knowledge.
- Demonstrate understanding in the management of operational standards.
Desirable
- Budget Management
- Complaint Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Breakaway Training.
- Mental Health First. Aid/Awareness.
- Roster Management
Other
Essential
- Take responsibility for own learning and performance manages staff in relation to recruitment, performance and absence.
- Shift work will be required through the 24 hours period
- Ensures performance reviews are undertaken (minimum of yearly).
- Ability to self-reflect.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent and relevant experience as an RN
- REACT and SIREN. Mentorship Course or equivalent.
- ILS or equivalent.
Desirable
- Leadership/management course
- Masters or masters level achievements.
- ALS or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Recent acute/emergency medicine leadership experience at band 6.
- Relevant SDEC experience
- Relevant SDEC experience.
- Clinical experience within emergency care.
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of continual professional development of self and others
- Service quality improvement in practice.
- Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy.
- Audit and analysis skills
- Knowledge and application of health and safety policy and legislation.
Desirable
- Service quality improvement in practice
- Audit and analysis skills
Skills
Essential
- Ability to manage own workload.
- Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure.
- Adaptability to changing workload.
- Role model for junior colleagues.
- Excellent people management skills with understanding of HR practice/policy.
- Excellent emotional intelligence to situations and people.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially during times of pressure.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisational and problem solving skills.
- Ability to cope and implement change and manage resilience.
- Practices openness, honesty and transparency.
- Ability to identify and provide ranges of feedback, Ability to manage risk, risk assess and mitigate against risk.
- Ability to delegate authority to people and monitor against required outcomes.
- Ability to easily share Knowledge.
- Demonstrate understanding in the management of operational standards.
Desirable
- Budget Management
- Complaint Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Breakaway Training.
- Mental Health First. Aid/Awareness.
- Roster Management
Other
Essential
- Take responsibility for own learning and performance manages staff in relation to recruitment, performance and absence.
- Shift work will be required through the 24 hours period
- Ensures performance reviews are undertaken (minimum of yearly).
- Ability to self-reflect.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
