About the role
As the Senior Charge Nurse, you will lead a dedicated multidisciplinary team ensuring patients presenting with medical conditions receive rapid assessment and treatment within the same day, in line with national SDEC standards. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our service, ensuring clinical excellence, staff development, and compassionate patient centred care. Provide visible, effective leadership and professional support to the nursing team.
Responsibilities
- Ensure delivery of safe, high quality care in line with national and trust standards.
- Collaborate closely with the wider multidisciplinary team including consultants, therapists, and specialist nurses.
- Manage staffing levels, recruitment, and the ongoing development of team members.
- Lead on quality improvement initiatives, audits, and patient feedback responses.
- Ensure effective use of resources and contribute to service planning and development.
Qualifications
- Significant post‑registration experience, including band 6 experience in acute medicine/emergency care.
- Proven leadership and people management skills.
- A recognised leadership qualification or willingness to work towards one.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an empathetic approach.
- Ability to inspire and support others while maintaining high clinical standards.
About Barts Health NHS Trust
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients. Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in East London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, with our WeCare values and behaviours visible to all and guiding how we work together. Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting staff through the distress of miscarriage. We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work, will work with you to get the best experience, and recognise that flexible working is not “one size fits all”. If you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager. Barts Health promotes active travel, and has cycle‑to‑work schemes and Brompton hire pods.
Benefits
- A strong focus on staff well‑being and development.
- Comprehensive induction and access to continuous professional development.
- Opportunities to contribute to service innovation and research.
- A workplace culture based on compassion, dignity, and respect.
Equal Opportunities
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received, and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
