Senior Charge Nurse - Acute Receiving Unit
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- 12-hour shift pattern covering day
- Hours / week
- 36
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Senior Charge Nurse to manage the Acute Receiving Unit at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. The role requires an enthusiastic, dynamic, and innovative senior nurse with a passion for quality and safety, and experience in an Unscheduled Care environment. You will provide effective leadership, manage the nursing team, ensure high-quality patient care, and contribute to service improvement. Strong communication, leadership, and management skills are essential for this demanding role.
Key responsibilities
- Provide effective leadership and management of the Acute Receiving Unit.
- Ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care.
- Lead and support the nursing team, promoting quality and patient safety.
- Manage a varied and demanding workload.
- Supervise, support and develop staff within the team.
- Work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
- Experience of working within an unscheduled care environment.
- Demonstrable experience of nursing leadership and management.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to supervise, support and develop staff.
- Ability to manage a varied and demanding workload effectively.
- Ability to work flexibly and respond positively to change.
- Commitment to quality improvement and patient safety.
- Ability to demonstrate a positive and professional approach to service delivery.
- Experience of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £52,845 – £61,466 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job reference:
257829
Salary:
Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)
Job closing date:
20/09/2026
Job Type:
Nursing and Midwifery
Location:
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Employment type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
36
Job posted date:
03/09/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Department:
Acute Receiving Unit
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.
The role:
Are you an enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative senior Nurse with a passion for quality and safety, and the drive and commitment to get it right for every patient, every time?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Senior Charge Nurse to manage our Acute Receiving Unit. It is essential that you can demonstrate experience of navigating an Unscheduled Care environment and the challenges that it brings.
For this role, you will need to demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills. As th
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