Closing date: 16 July 2026

Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced, compassionate and highly motivated Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to lead our Early Pregnancy Unit and Urgent Gynaecology Service. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic nurse leader to play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, responsive and patient-centred care within a specialist women's health service.

Reporting to the Matron for Gynaecology Services, the post holder will provide both operational and clinical leadership for the service, taking day-to-day responsibility for the effective running of the unit across its full operating hours. You will lead by example, ensuring the delivery of safe, efficient and compassionate care for women accessing urgent and early pregnancy services.

This role includes direct line management of a multidisciplinary team of registered nurses and healthcare support workers, with responsibility for workforce planning, rostering, appraisal, performance management and the ongoing professional development of staff across all shifts. You will be instrumental in creating a positive team culture, supporting staff wellbeing, and driving excellence in clinical practice and service delivery.
Main Duties of the Job

• The post holder provides operational and clinical leadership for the Early Pregnancy Unit and Urgent Gynaecology Service, reporting to the Matron for Gynaecology Service and taking day-today responsibility for the running of the unit across its full operating hours.
• The role carries direct line management of a multidisciplinary team of registered nurses, and healthcare support workers, with accountability for rostering, appraisal, performance management, and professional development across all shifts.
• As a devolved budget holder, the post holder manages the unit's pay and non-pay budget, ensuring resources are used efficiently and safely to maintain effective service delivery and timely access to care.
• The role involves working within a complex multidisciplinary environment, collaborating closely with consultants, resident doctors, sonographers, ward and theatre teams, the emergency department, radiology and operational managers, and the midwifery team, while maintaining effective liaison with GP services, patients, and their families.
• The post holder exercises autonomous professional judgement within national guidelines, NMC standards and Trust policies, resolving clinical and operational issues independently while escalating significant risks and capacity concerns appropriately.

About Us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Experience at Band 6 (or equivalent), including evidence of team leadership and/or deputising responsibilities.
• Experience of managing and supervising staff, including rostering, appraisal, and performance management.
• Experience of coordinating patient flow, capacity, and escalation in a busy clinical environment.
• Experience of clinical governance activity incident investigation, complaints handling, audit, and quality improvement.
• Experience of assessing and managing acute gynaecological presentations (e.g. pelvic pain, bleeding, miscarriage).

Desirable

• Experience specifically within an EPU and/or Gynaecology service.
• Experience of budget or resource management.
• Experience of EPR system

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration.
• Mentorship/Assessor qualification.
• Evidence of leadership development through formal training, or quality improvement initiatives.

Desirable

• Participation in clinical audits, research, or quality-improvement initiatives.

Skills & Knowledge
Essential

• Excellent computer Literacy including presentation skills
• Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise
• In-depth understanding of women's health, early pregnancy, and urgent gynaecology conditions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team members.

Additional Information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Contact Details
For questions about the job, contact:
Gynaecology Matron
MJ Ojajuni
mojisola.ojajuni@nhs.net
07920261269