Emergency Senior Charge Nurse

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Calling all A&E Nurses!

New opportunities await at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in our highly acclaimed Emergency and A&E department at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London. We are currently seeking A&E & emergency nurses to join our team.

Check out our Day in the life video- Follow Camilla who works in our Emergency Department as she works through her day.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0UWHOYsyOd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Join us in making a difference in healthcare!

Main duties of the job

You will have the opportunity to work in all areas of the department, where you can develop your own clinical and management skills as you further your career.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has been awarded prestigious Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing at the Charing Cross Hospital site. It is the first acute hospital in London and within the Shelford Group to gain this international recognition. We will now build on this achievement by extending the approach to all our other hospitals.

Our work to build a positive practice environment has included the introduction of shared-decision councils, which have helped staff make improvements in their work areas and have a greater role in decision-making across the Trust. We have also embedded a renewed focus on staff wellbeing by building a culture of recognition and professional development into the hospital's ways of working.

• Experience of shift leading and managing flow is essential.
• Applicants will need to demonstrate a dynamic, hardworking, and passionate approach to delivering high quality patient care.
• Provide specialist nursing advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/clients and relatives/carers
• To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse - Degree level
• Emergency Care Module
• ALS

Desirable criteria

• ATNC/TNCC
• Mentorship
• Masters or working towards

Skills

Essential criteria

• Leadership skills.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post registration experience in emergency medicine at band 6 level

Desirable criteria

• Previous B7 experience
• Critical care or acute ward experience

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 576.5KB)
• Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 108.3KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)