# Senior Sister/Charge Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-sistercharge-nurse/e3c9bacb-4aa3-40b7-99b0-578f34937e4c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-sistercharge-nurse/e3c9bacb-4aa3-40b7-99b0-578f34937e4c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Northern General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Charge nurse - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pa pro rata for part time staff - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-27T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-21T00:03:07.956Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nursing_Midwifery/Nursing_Midwifery-v8290091 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8290091?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking an experienced and motivated nursing professional to provide clinical and operational leadership within the Emergency Department. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-focused care that meets the needs and expectations of patients while supporting the wider objectives of the Directorate and clinical teams. You will lead and manage staff within a defined team, overseeing appraisals, rota management, recruitment, staff development, and student supervision. Working closely with the Matron, Deputy Nurse Director and Nurse Director, you will help deliver a safe, effective and compassionate service across the department. The role includes responsibility for maintaining high standards of evidence-based nursing practice, promoting Emergency Department competencies, and ensuring compliance with professional standards, Trust policies and clinical guidelines. You will also act as a clinical specialist, providing expert advice to colleagues and external agencies where required, and contribute to the department’s teaching and development programmes. This position combines both clinical and managerial responsibilities and requires a visible leader who consistently demonstrates STH PROUD values: Patient First, Respect, Ownership, Unity and Diversity. ### Main duties of the job Clinical Leadership and Management Provide visible leadership within the Emergency Department, ensuring safe, effective, patient-focused care. Support day-to-day operational management, including staffing, rotas, and resource allocation. Lead and supervise nursing teams, healthcare support workers, and students. Contribute to recruitment, appraisal, induction, and staff development. Clinical Care Deliver evidence-based emergency nursing care, including assessment, triage, and emergency interventions. Work with multidisciplinary teams to support patient flow and discharge planning. Maintain high standards of medicines management, safeguarding, infection prevention, and patient safety. Communicate effectively and compassionately with patients and families. Quality, Governance and Service Improvement Participate in audits, incident reviews, and quality improvement initiatives. Support implementation of policies, procedures, and governance standards. Maintain accurate and confidential patient records. Ensure safe and cost-effective use of equipment and resources. Education and Staff Development Mentor students, newly qualified nurses, and support staff. Support induction, training, and professional development. Promote reflective practice and evidence-based care Professional Responsibilities and Behaviours Work in line with the NMC Code, Trust policies, and professional standards. Demonstrate professionalism, teamwork, compassion, equality, and inclusion. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse (valid with NMC) - To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998. - Degree or evidence of actively working towards degree level or evidence of equivalent health care related study - Post registration A&E course or equivalent study to post graduate level **Desirable** - Master’s level study - Certificate in management and leadership (or equivalent) ### Further Training **Essential** - Commitment to continuous personal development. - Phlebotomy - Cannulation - ECG - Triage Competency - TNCC - ALS - Trauma Competency Level 1 - Trauma Competency Level 2 or working towards **Desirable** - PNA ### Special Skills/Aptitudes **Essential** - Good IT skills - Excellent effective communication and interpersonal skills - Excellent leadership skills. - Commitment to work within the Clinical Governance Framework. - Ability to successfully manage and evaluate change. - Experience of managing staff wellbeing. ### Experience/Skills/ Knowledge **Essential** - Substantial post registration emergency nursing experience - Currently working effectively as a Band 6 in an Emergency Department or emergency care setting - Leadership and management experience - Experience of working with an electronic patient record and other basic IT systems - Clinical supervision experience - Evidence of personal and professional development. - Experience of patient flow. - Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care and treatment of Mental Health patients - Experience of leading and managing change both personally and as a facilitator - Proven leadership skills with ability to motivate and inspire staff and initiate changes. - Experience of MDT working. - Experience and knowledge of clinical governance. - Ability to demonstrate initiative and self-motivation - Excellent communication skills - Approachable and polite - IT skills, Word, Excel, Outlook, MS Teams - Budget management skills - Ability to plan and prioritise own and others workload when under pressure - Sound knowledge of the principles of and practice of emergency care - Awareness of current NHS issues and appreciation of the issues surrounding governance and quality initiatives - Able to critically analyse and apply research to the clinical setting **Desirable** - Audit / Research - Experience of managing QUEST, IPC, IPR, recruitment and section, attendance, roster planning and incident investigation. - Project management skills ### Other Factors/Personal qualities **Essential** - Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the system. - Ability to demonstrate inclusive and compassionate leadership. - Ability to hold the 2936 staffing bleep - Ability to form professional and interpersonal relationships - Enthusiastic, curious and assertive - Able to work as part of a team - Flexible and adaptable to change - Demonstrates attention to detail - Trustworthy, patient and empathetic - Ability to work autonomously and independently - Empathetic to patient and staff individual needs - Self-motivation and ability to empower - Demonstrate problem-solving abilities - Able to stay calm under pressure and prioritise demands - Recognise when to seek appropriate support - Demonstrates PROUD behaviours ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2420) - [job description (pdf, 160.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10612915) - [person specification (pdf, 136.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10625286) - [information for candidates (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2162) - [applicants - how we use your information (pdf, 87.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2165) - [getting to work at sheffield teaching hospitals (pdf, 212.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2163) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 124.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2211) - [a guide to using artificial intelligence and with your personal statement (pdf, 163.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2894) - [candidate application best practice guide - please read before completing your application (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2161) ## 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.