Senior Charge Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a permanent, full-time Senior Charge Nurse position in the Emergency Department, requiring an experienced and motivated nurse leader. The role involves providing clinical leadership, support, teaching, and decision-making for patients throughout their emergency department journey, covering 24/7 care. You will be responsible for maintaining standards of nursing care, cleanliness, managing financial resources, and ensuring information governance within your area.
Key responsibilities
- Provide clinical leadership, support, teaching, and decision-making in the Emergency Department.
- Be professionally accountable and responsible for the standards and delivery of nursing care within your area of management.
- Be responsible for standards of cleanliness in your own clinical area.
- Act as the named budget holder and authorised signatory for financial resources.
- Be responsible for information governance on your Ward/Department and the completeness of data.
Essential criteria
- NMC registered
- Evidence of ongoing development related to speciality
- ENB 998 / C&G 7307 or assessor course
- Demonstrable experience at Junior Sister / Charge Nurse level in a relevant clinical setting
- Experience in mentoring, assessing, coaching
- Leading a team
- Have undertaken appraisals
- Transformational leadership style
- Audit / research experience
- Presentation skills
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level
- ECDL
- Experience of change management
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £49,387 — matches the national scale.
Posted 17d ago · Closes in 7d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Charge Nurse
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, motivated nurse leader to join our team of Band 7 nurses in the Emergency Department on a permanent basis covering 24/7 Emergency Nursing Care delivery.
You will be responsible for the provision of clinical leadership, support, teaching and decision making from the patient's arrival to hospital and throughout their journey in the Emergency Department on a rota covering 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
We are looking for a proactive, supportive band 7 nurse with proven clinical leadership and decision-making skills.
You will need to demonstrate expert knowledge surrounding emergency care and a commitment to provide high quality, safe and effective care for patients requiring emergency nursing intervention.
Main duties of the job
Your senior Sister/Charge Nurse role includes being professionally accountable and responsible for the standards and delivery of nursing care within their area of management, responsible for standards of cleanliness in their own clinical area.
You will be the named budget holder and authorised signatory for financial resources and responsible for the information governance on his/her Ward/Department and the completeness of data.
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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation
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