Ward Sister/Charge Nurse - Birch Ward

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a band 7 ward sister/Charge Nurse to lead a caring and compassionate team specialising in the delivery of Care of Older People services within Colchester Hospital.

We provide the highest quality of nursing care to both male and female patients. The ward is a 36 bedded ward.

The applicant must be enthusiastic and motivated to lead in a busy environment. They should also have excellent written and oral communication skills, be able to organise and prioritise workload, be an effective, approachable leader and have a history of managing change and developing a safety culture and promote harm free care.

If you believe that you have the skills to lead the team on Birch ward, then this is the job for you!

This is a Fixed Term post to cover maternity leave until 01/01/2026.

Internal candidates will be offered the role on a secondment basis.

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality nursing care and continuing responsibility for the management of Birch ward.

To provide direction and leadership to the nursing team.

To implement and manage effective change management.

Establish and maintain effective professional networking relationships with the multi-professional team across ESNEFT.

To take operational responsibility for the effective utilisation of all appropriate resources.

To deputise in the absence of the Matron.

To be involved in clinical audit and teaching

About us

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook

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

Find out about living and working with us -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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