# Senior Sister / Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Salisbury District Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Charge nurse
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata if part time
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (internal rotation post - days to nights)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-01T08:10:46.733Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Wiltshire/Salisbury/Salisbury_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Emergency_Department_Senior_Sister_Charge_Nurse_Band/Emergency_Department_Senior_Sister_Charge_Nurse_Band-v8335016
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8335016?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

It is an exciting time to join Salisbury Emergency Department as a Band 7; we are in a period of transition within the UEC team. This gives you the unique opportunity to shape the changes in emergency care and pathways to feel the tangible differences you can make.

We are continuing to look to develop our services and care we provide within Urgent and Emergency care including looking at developing a co-located Urgent Treatment Centre

There are also opportunities to expand on leadership skills as you will be responsible for a junior team and OD&P elements of managing junior staff. A band 7 development program is currently being designed, you will have opportunity and support to train and work alongside the coach house in change management, to broaden your experience.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust serves a mostly rural population; we are also a designated Trauma Unit with a track record in handling major incidents successfully which offers a varied and challenging patient workload, and the number of attendances is growing. We currently see approximately 50,000 patients per year.

### Main duties of the job

You will be able to demonstrate expert knowledge in emergency nursing and be able to translate this into effective nursing practice. You will need to be a team player, have proven leadership abilities, be energetic, proactive and committed to your own professional development and that of others.

You will be working in partnership with the ED Matron to manage and provide leadership to the nursing team. Working collaboratively with the Lead Clinician and ED Service Manager, as well as the wider ED Senior team, to continuously improve and develop the service.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To see what some of our staff think about working in our team watch our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osNdoHNbXcE

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Ability to work under pressure in a past paced setting

### Experience and knowledge

**Essential**

- Demonstrable experience at band 6 level in Emergency Nursing or equivalent
- Experience of Leading a Team
- Competent understanding of OD and People Policies
- Registered Nurse with NMC

**Desirable**

- Experience in leading change or transformation within a clinical setting
- Risk Management including Datix
- Complaints Investigation and Management

### Training and Qualifications

**Essential**

- ALS
- EPALS
- Teaching and assessing course

**Desirable**

- Masters level in study in a related area

## Documents

- [facts about salisbury (pdf, 214.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1618)
- [senior sister / charge nurse - emergency department jd (pdf, 190.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10658482)

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