# Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse Adult Critical Care Unit (ACCU) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-sistersenior-charge-nurse-adult-critical-care-unit-accu/d1e1c15e-38ac-481b-9df9-61cba047d013 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-sistersenior-charge-nurse-adult-critical-care-unit-accu/d1e1c15e-38ac-481b-9df9-61cba047d013.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Charge nurse - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc - **Contract type:** There is one permanent post and one fixed term for 12 months post - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-21T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-07T13:49:59.082Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/SBH_BARTS_HEART_CENTRE/SBH_BARTS_HEART_CENTRE-v8316868 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8316868?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 7 2 Substantive Full time and 1 fixed term for 12 months We are excited to announce a new opportunity for an experienced Critical Care Nurse to join our dedicated team as a band 7 Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse in our world class Adult Critical Care Unit at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. We care for patients following complex cardiac, aortovascular, and thoracic surgery, complex cardiology, with one of the busiest Heart Attack Centres in Europe, ECMO and Oncology patients within our specialist centre. We have 50 critical care beds across 4 areas – with rotations available between the units. We have plans to expand our bed base making it an exciting time to join our team! Must be able to work a mixture of long days, bank holidays and nights to meet service requirements. ### Main duties of the job To provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised, holistic patient care in conjunction with the inter-professional team. As a proficient practitioner in critical care, the post holder acts as a professional role model and clinical teacher. They will also provide effective mentorship and supervision, participating in the education and training of nursing and non-nursing staff. They will also take charge of the Intensive Care Unit , liaising closely with the other Senior Sister / Charge Nurse with continuing responsibility and support the matrons in service needs. They will also be coordinate beds for the ACCU/HDU managing patient admission from theatres, heart attack centre and wards, as well as patient flow across units and the hospital. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below. We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager. ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - - Relevant critical care OR High Dependency experience 2 years Band 6 in critical care setting critical 5 years clinical experience post registrarion - - Evidence of positive contribution to critical care - - Experienced in advanced support of critical care patient at band 6 and above - - Involvement in provision of adult critical care course ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse active on NMC register - Adult Critical Care Course at level 6/7 - Mentorship course or practice assessor/supervisor course - ILS/ALS provide - Leadership programme or equivalen - Management training - Evidence of continuing professional developmen - Up to date knowledge of clinical speciality and evidenced based practice. - Knowledge of current NHS, professional and educational issues - Understanding of current educational practices relating to training ## Documents - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [senior sister /senior charge nurse accu (pdf, 996.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10675612) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## 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.