Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - A&E

Job overview

The post holder carries continuing responsibility for the assessment and delivery of care needs to patients attending ED including resource management of the area, capacity and patient pathways.

They will be expected to provide professional leadership outside the department by actively contributing to Directorate and Trust wide nursing projects. They will be responsible for escalation of issues which will adversely affect performance and problem solve.

Other duties include deployment of nursing staff and teaching of students. They will be an expert resource in all clinical matters.

Previous applicants need not apply again

Main duties of the job

The post holder carries continuing responsibility throughout the 24 hours period for the assessment and delivery of care needs, resource management of the Emergency Department including budgets, capacity and patient pathways. This post also carries continuing responsibility for the management of the department team, including deployment of nursing staff and teaching of students.  They will be expected to provide professional leadership outside the department by actively contributing to Directorate and Trust wide nursing projects.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a detailed description of the Job roles and responsibilities please see the  attached job description.