Sister/Charge Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for an experienced Sister/Charge Nurse in a busy Same Day Emergency Care department, operating 7 days a week. You will coordinate the unit, manage nursing and medical teams, and ensure timely patient treatment and discharge. The position requires strong clinical knowledge, leadership skills, and a proactive management style to support continuous improvement and maintain high standards of care. You will also be involved in teaching, training, and supervising staff.
Essential criteria
- NMC Registration
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Substential post registration experience
- Shortlist Criteria
- High level of clinical skills and knowledge
- Evidence of leading a team, coordinating team on a day to day basis
- Shortlist Criteria
- NMC Registration
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Substential post registration experience
- Shortlist Criteria
- High level of clinical skills and knowledge
- Evidence of leading a team, coordinating team on a day to day basis
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Sister/Charge Nurse
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
This is your opportunity to work in a busy and ever adapting Same Day Emergency Care department. We operate 7 days per week servicing patients within the Shropshire and Welsh borders. We provide same day services to patients that may otherwise have required admission to an acute hospital. We provide rapid assessment, diagnosis and treatment for a wide range of conditions including DVT, PE, Chest pain, Headaches and various other ailments. The role involves coordination of a busy unit with high turn over of patients, as well as effectively managing both Nursing and Medical Teams to ensure timely treatment and discharge of patients.
You will be an experienced RGN and be able to lead and supervise the work of the nursing team, building upon your own clinical and managerial experience. Sound clinical knowledge and experience in an acute setting is essential. The successful candidate must have a proven ability in supervising, managing and controlling the activities of a department in an efficient and effective manner.
You must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you will have a proactive management style, anticipating and dealing with issues constructively within the multidisciplinary team setting. You must be flexible in your approac
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