# Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Isle of Wight NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-sistercharge-nurse-emergency-department/8c158bc9-d8f7-4e92-86eb-91cb585f2b37 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-sistercharge-nurse-emergency-department/8c158bc9-d8f7-4e92-86eb-91cb585f2b37.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Isle of Wight NHS Trust - **Town:** Newport - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata, per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T09:00:41.238Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Isle_Wight/Newport_Isle_Wight/Isle_Wight_NHS_Trust/Nursing_Midwifery_Registered/Nursing_Midwifery_Registered-v8060260 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8060260?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.iow.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting for a Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey! We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our dynamic ward team. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care while contributing to the leadership and development of the clinical team. You will work in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code, ensuring the safeguarding, wellbeing, and safety of patients at all times. You will play a key role in supporting the delivery of excellent clinical standards and contributing to a positive and supportive working environment. We are seeking Nurses with Emergency Department experience and expertise to join our team. We are currently building our team and are seeking competent nurses who have the desire to develop and build a team with us. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who can demonstrate a commitment to patient-centred care. You will need to be an experienced adult registered nurse with excellent leadership, organisational, interpersonal and communication skills. You will be fully competent in the RCN Emergency Nurses competency tool level 1. You will be confident in managing areas of a department and be able to develop in to running the main department. ### Main duties of the job Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting. For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached. We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services. We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Maintain your accountability within the role in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council code (NMC), stating you must work together for the safeguarding and wellbeing of the public. Supervise, educate, train and develop the workforce within your area of responsibility. To be accountable and responsible for the delivery of high standards of care  in your area. Act as an advocate for patients at all time, to ensure the highest levels of care are delivered. Deputise for the Sister/Charge Nurse/Team Leader to cover the management of the ward or clinical unit in their absence as and when required in conjunction with the Sister/Charge Nurse/Team Leader provide effective Clinical leadership. In conjunction with the Sister/Charge Nurse be responsible for the delivery of High standards of nursing care to all patients in conjunction with the Sister/Charge Nurse be accountable and responsible for the clinical standards of care delivered within the service area and for leading and managing the department. For more information and an informal meeting to discuss opportunities contact: Jo Hudson (Sister) Tel: (01983) 534660  \[email protected\] ## Job Details We are recruiting for a Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey! We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our dynamic ward team. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care while contributing to the leadership and development of the clinical team. You will work in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code, ensuring the safeguarding, wellbeing, and safety of patients at all times. You will play a key role in supporting the delivery of excellent clinical standards and contributing to a positive and supportive working environment. We are seeking Nurses with Emergency Department experience and expertise to join our team. We are currently building our team and are seeking competent nurses who have the desire to develop and build a team with us. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who can demonstrate a commitment to patient-centred care. You will need to be an experienced adult registered nurse with excellent leadership, organisational, interpersonal and communication skills. You will be fully competent in the RCN Emergency Nurses competency tool level 1. You will be confident in managing areas of a department and be able to develop in to running the main department. ## Job Description Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting. For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached. We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services. We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today. ## Responsibilities The Maintain your accountability within the role in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council code (NMC), stating you must work together for the safeguarding and wellbeing of the public. Supervise, educate, train and develop the workforce within your area of responsibility. To be accountable and responsible for the delivery of high standards of care in your area. Act as an advocate for patients at all time, to ensure the highest levels of care are delivered. Deputise for the Sister/Charge Nurse/Team Leader to cover the management of the ward or clinical unit in their absence as and when required in conjunction with the Sister/Charge Nurse/Team Leader provide effective Clinical leadership. In conjunction with the Sister/Charge Nurse be responsible for the delivery of High standards of nursing care to all patients in conjunction with the Sister/Charge Nurse be accountable and responsible for the clinical standards of care delivered within the service area and for leading and managing the department. For more information and an informal meeting to discuss opportunities contact: Jo Hudson (Sister) Tel: (01983) 534660 \[email protected\] ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Minimum of 2 years relevant post basic clinical experience - ENB 998 or other mentorship qualification; - Registered General Nurse with Current NMC registration **Desirable** - Completion of work based competency modules - Completion of required The Trusts mandatory training updates - Develop oneself and contribute to the development of others - Enable people to learn and develop - Contribute to developing, testing and reviewing new concepts, models, methods, practices, products and equipment ## Documents - [job description & person specification (pdf, 1016.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10350467) - [rehabilitation of offenders act information (doc, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=248) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.