# Senior Sister / Charge Nurse Band 7 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-sister-charge-nurse-band-7/b14dd2e5-7ecb-4231-8390-053a58b9dff9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-sister-charge-nurse-band-7/b14dd2e5-7ecb-4231-8390-053a58b9dff9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** Harrow - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 pa Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (must be able to work a mixed roster of Long days (11.5 hour shifts) / nights including weekdays) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-24T11:11:30.224Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Harrow/London_North_West_University_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Intensive_Care/Intensive_Care-v8122309 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8122309?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview LNWUH NHS Trust has 3 Critical Care Units comprising of 42 beds across 3 sites. The 3 Units admit in excess of 2200 patients per year.  Specialities include maxillo facial surgery, complex colorectal, renal,  general medical and surgical patients, along with acute patients form our acute medical wards and accident and emergency department. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate, highly motivated, and proactive individual who supports the vision of our Trust to put quality at the heart of everything  , and who wants to  become part of the senior ICU team. We are looking for a Senior Sister / Charge Nurse, who will support our Critical Care both at  Northwick Park Hospital  and supporting Critical Care  across site, when required. Candidates must embody and demonstrate the Trusts values, uphold the responsibilities of the job description and the person specification. Candidates should be able to demonstrate leadership skills and  Advanced intensive Care skills in line with a Senior Staff / Team leader position. LNWUH NHS Trust offers staff  excellent training and  many opportunities to develop and become a leader, within our innovate Critical care Units.   If you think you fit the job specification and would like to join our Fantastic Team, please apply. ### Main duties of the job Main Duties/ Responsibilities Clinical: As part of our commitment to patients and delivery of a high standard of care; the role involves a structured approach to ensuring that good quality care is delivered by putting the patient first always.   Our culture and ways of working reflect and embed the practices of the Trust values at all times. You are expected, where identified, to attend and complete relevant training and development opportunities to support this. - Accountable for own actions in accordance with Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute towards corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times. - Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high quality service and ensuring timely management and resolution of unexpected events and situations. - Coordinate the care of critically ill patients through the critical care pathway to ensure the effective management of their patient group. - A resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice. - Responsible for identifying and assessing complex clinical and non-clinical issues, implementing resolutions and monitoring/auditing outcomes. - Ensure optimum patient management including; patient monitoring; equipment management and defined expanded clinical roles. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the key responsibilities and person requirements for this role. ## Person Specification ### Desirable **Desirable** - - Leadership qualification or completion of a leadership programme. ### Essential **Essential** - Current NMC Registration - First level degree - Post registration Critical Care Qualification - Evidence of current CPD - Enhanced Professional clinical experience in Critical Care speciality at Band 6 or above in Critical Care. - Highly developed clinical assessment and communication skills - Ability to work autonomously with experience of successfully resolving complex problems - Ability to successfully manage people and change - Extensive experience in managing own workload / and leading a team. - A knowledgeable clinician with the ability to apply evidence based practice - A sound knowledge of professional policies and procedures - A knowledgeable clinician with ability to ensure clinical governance is embedded into practice - A commitment to clinical supervision and staff development - Knowledge of research/audit processes and application - Proven ability to deal with difficult/sensitive situations - 3 Motivated and able to motivate others **Desirable** - Extensive Critical Care nursing experience - Experience in HR and Management Related Issues - Understanding of budget management - A good understanding of current issues relating to the NHS. - Experience in Policy/Service Development - Able to work at a high standard as stipulated in the General provision of Intensive Care document. ## Documents - [heart values (pdf, 158.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2615) - [guidance for applying (pdf, 914.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1549) - [senior sister/ charge nurse job description (pdf, 408.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10418707) ## 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.