Job Summary
Are you an experienced Emergency Department nurse ready to take the next step in your leadership career? Join one of the UK's largest and most innovative NHS Trusts as a Senior Charge Nurse within our dynamic Adult Emergency Department.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced Emergency Nurse to lead operational activity on shift, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, drive patient flow, and ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care. You will act as a clinical role model, support the achievement of the 4-hour operational standard, and contribute to service improvement, education, workforce development and governance.

The successful candidate will be a Registered Adult Nurse with significant Emergency Department experience at Band 6 level or above, strong clinical decision-making skills, and a passion for developing others. You will have experience managing teams, supporting quality and safety initiatives, handling operational pressures, and delivering excellent patient outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, you will benefit from outstanding professional development opportunities, leadership training, research and quality improvement initiatives, and a supportive culture built around our values of Kind, Collaborative, Expert and Aspirational.

Main duties of the job

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care, providing specialist advice and actively seeking evidence based practice which will improve the quality of care and meet the needs of a group of patients.
• Demonstrate a holistic approach to caring including appropriate level of physiological; pathological; spiritual, socio-economical and cultural aspects for your patients.
• Demonstrate specialist advanced clinical skills in all aspects of emergency nursing.
• Exercise effective leadership and maintain an awareness of the individual needs of the staff.
• Promote and facilitate the development of professional nursing practice.
• Provide a positive learning environment and role model for students, staff and patients.
• Organise your teams to ensure all staff attend mandatory training and maintain appropriate records.
• To undertake such duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the grade and the needs of the service. To have responsibility for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and others and to comply at all times with the requirement of the Health and Safety Regulations.

About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainabilityClimate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Adult)
• Post-registration emergency nursing education (A&E Course, acutely unwell Adult, Emergency Practice or Equivalent Experience)
• Practice Assessor
• ILS/ALS

Desirable

• Relevant Master's Degree
• Leadership Training
• Advanced Trauma Nursing Course (Or Equivalent Level 2 Trauma course) Or ability to undertake in a year

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience minimum of 2 years or more in emergency medicine at Band 6 level

Desirable

• Experience of Audit or Research
• Experience in critical care setting

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential

• Organisation, administrative and management skills
• Teaching and the ability to lead a team.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Ability to perform clinical activities specific to speciality
• Ability to work within all areas of the emergency department
• Competency in medication administration including IV drugs
• Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit
• Performance management, PDP setting and appraisal

Desirable

• Knowledge of budget management

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.