Senior Charge Nurse - Critical Care

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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

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Senior Charge Nurse within Imperial Critical Care at the St Mary's site. We are a fast paced Trauma unit that cares for patients from a range of other specialties.

The position will allow the successful candidate to join our existing established and highly motivated team of experienced Critical Care nurses to lead our services and promote a high standard of care.

We are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic about implementing change and can motivate and generate ideas. As a Senior Charge Nurse you will be instrumental in the day to day running of the unit. You will also lead a team to manage service improvement projects to raise standards of patient care. You will assist our team of Clinical Educators to provide training and education in your areas of expertise. You will also work closely with our existing team of committed and motivated Critical Care staff.

This post requires motivation, enthusiasm, excellent communication skills and demonstration of people management skills. You should also have extensive experience in Critical Care at Band 6 level, successful completion of a recognised Critical Care Course, and be a qualified mentor.

Main duties of the job

• Ensure patients are assessed, have care plans that are implemented and evaluated in accordance with Trust's evidence based procedural documents
• To have local open and transparent communication channels that support the ward team to do the right thing for people we care for, to be bold when they have good ideas and to speak up when things go wrong
• Act as a clinical expert within sphere of work
• Have continuous responsibility for the ward area, providing visible professional leadership and line management for a team of nursing and support staff
• Ensure staffing is in line with Trust policy
• Manage budgets and resources efficiently and effectively
• Be responsible for the safety and cleanliness of the clinical environment
• Champion a culture of learning and quality improvement in 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. Please talk to us at interview.

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 & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse
• Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
• Relevant clinical post registration course completed
• Graduate (degree/diploma with specialist expertise across a range of procedures

Desirable criteria

• Management qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience at Band 6 in a relevant clinical setting
• Extensive experience within speciality
• Experience of leading and developing a team
• Knowledge of budget management
• Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit

Desirable criteria

• Experience of being a Band 7 team leader

Skills/knowledge/abilities

Essential criteria

• Organisational, administrative and management skills
• Teaching
• IT skills including use of MS Outlook
• Competency in medication administration including IV drugs
• Knowledge of budget management
• Performance management, PDP setting and appraisal

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

• Job description (PDF, 383.4KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 302.1KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)