# Senior Sister/Charge Nurse -Emergency Department (St Helier Site) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-sistercharge-nurse-emergency-department-st-helier-site/1d92a185-09c2-40a0-979b-20f89109d87c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-sistercharge-nurse-emergency-department-st-helier-site/1d92a185-09c2-40a0-979b-20f89109d87c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Charge nurse - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 pa inc HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent: Full Time - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T09:02:07.861Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Carshalton/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Emergency_Department/Emergency_Department-v8226944 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8226944?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse Emergency Department St Helier base site Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is rated as Good by the CQC and we’d welcome applications from individuals committed to being part of the team to maintain and build on this. Can you help St Helier Hospital to deliver the best quality and safest care to our local community? If you enjoy working in a busy demanding environment and are able to work on your own initiative, then this may be the job for you. We are looking for an experienced professional who is looking for a genuine opportunity to demonstrate their managerial skills. You must have the ability to ‘think on your feet’ to meet the challenges of this exciting and dynamic role. This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team within the Epsom Emergency Department. We are a friendly team and always strive to deliver a compassionate high quality standard of care. Our top priority is the safety of our patients and their best possible care, and being part of a close-knit, hardworking and supportive team will help you settle in with us. Applicants must be flexible in shift working patterns to include weekdays, Weekends, nights and bank holidays. No two days are the same in the emergency department, however, what we can promise to offer is an opportunity to develop and enhance your skills within a friendly and knowledgeable team. ### Main duties of the job The Band 7 role within the ED is a rewarding role. You will lead our dynamic, multi-disciplinary team on a daily basis, ensuring the smooth running of shifts in a challenging and diverse environment. Your clinical leadership and people skills are vital to delivering the responsibilities and accountabilities outlined in this job description. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse role at Epsom and St Helier ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Well developed leadership skills - Excellent verbal, written communication skills and interpersonal skills - Ability to effectively prioritise and organise workload of self and others - Ability to work flexibly within an emergency setting - Triage trained - Computer literate **Desirable** - Working with excel - Ability to chair and organise meetings ### Personal **Essential** - Commited to team working, motivated and able to motivate others - Demonstrates caring and sensitive approach - Flexible and adaptable approach - Well organised and resourceful **Desirable** - Creative and lateral thinker ### Knowledge **Essential** - Application of evidence based practice and knowledge of current clinical and professional issues - Understanding of Clinical Audit & Clinical Governance - Understanding of quality assurance - Ability to create an environment which facilitates learning - Commitment to self development and development of others **Desirable** - Knowledge and experience of change management theories ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive post registration experience within specialty - Experience of team and shift management - Experience in conducting appraisals **Desirable** - Experience in serivce improvement implementation - Experience in research and audit ### Qualifications **Essential** - NMC Registered Nurse - Post graduate courses relevant to specialty - BSc or evidence of study at level 6 - Teaching and assessing course - ILS - Safeguarding level 3 **Desirable** - MSc or evidence of study at level 7 - ALS - Level 1 or 2 Trauma qualifications - Management and leadership course ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10536221) - [dbs policy (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=677) - [we're here to care (doc, 39.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=678) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2413) ## 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.