Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a full-time Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in the busy Emergency Department at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals. The successful candidate will manage the ED, ensuring safe staffing, coordination, and practice, while promoting the Trust's vision and values. They will also lead on and ensure staff training needs are met to maintain high-quality patient-centred care. The department offers extensive learning and development opportunities.
Essential criteria
- Computer literate
- Able to produce structured and relevant reports
- Problem-solver and lateral thinker
- Able to demonstrate success in managing and motivating people
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Evidence of expanded Clinical Skills within portfolio
- Evidence of leadership/managerial skills
- Evidence of change management
- The ability to communicate effectively in English
Desirable criteria
- Health promotion
- Publication record
- Significant post registration in the speciality and worked as band 6 in speciality
- Clinical credibility - regarded as a successful clinician by peers or supervisors
- Experience of co-ordinating and leading a clinical area, to manage service developments
- Management/treatment of Minor injuries/ ailments
- Understanding the role of research and development activities in A&E and upon Clinical Effectiveness
- Ability to demonstrate understanding of the current issues affecting A&E services including Clinical Governance and the NHS Plan
- Effective leadership skills
- Teaching and presenting lectures to staff
- Experience in completing and presenting research
- RGN/Senior Paramedic/Senior ODP
- 1st Level degree or working towards it
- Safeguarding children level 3
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification
- Management Qualification
- ALS certificate or working towards
- Emergency Department qualification
- Skills & Attributes
- Computer literate
- Able to produce structured and relevant reports
- Problem-solver and lateral thinker
- Able to demonstrate success in managing and motivating people
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Evidence of expanded Clinical Skills within portfolio
- Evidence of leadership/managerial skills
- Evidence of change management
- The ability to communicate effectively in English
- Health promotion
- Publication record
- Significant post registration in the speciality and worked as band 6 in speciality
- Clinical credibility - regarded as a successful clinician by peers or supervisors
- Experience of co-ordinating and leading a clinical area, to manage service developments
- Management/treatment of Minor injuries/ ailments
- Understanding the role of research and development activities in A&E and upon Clinical Effectiveness
- Ability to demonstrate understanding of the current issues affecting A&E services including Clinical Governance and the NHS Plan
- Effective leadership skills
- Teaching and presenting lectures to staff
- Experience in completing and presenting research
- RGN/Senior Paramedic/Senior ODP
- 1st Level degree or working towards it
- Safeguarding children level 3
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification
- Management Qualification
- ALS certificate or working towards
- Emergency Department qualification
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
Our department covers and provides a service to a population of approximately 450,000 residents, increasing during our busy holiday seasons. The learning and development opportunities are vast with dedicated training and development nurses based in the department. We offer both internal and external courses to help you to develop to your full potential in Emergency Nursing. We consider the Department to be an innovative, creative and friendly environment for those nurses who wish to provide high quality patient centred care. Our team is multi-disciplinary including Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Emergency Nurse Practitioners, Mental Health Liaison, Emergency Department Assistants, Assistant Practitioners, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Medical Staff, Ward Clerk, Housekeeper, Volunteers and a team of over 90 registered nurses. Fully rotational to a variety of shifts including night duty is a requirement of the post.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit a full time Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurses for our busy and transforming Emergency Department. As a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse you will manage the ED to ensure safe staffing, co-ordination and practice promoting the Trust's Vision and Values within self and oth
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