Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Department
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-C-267020
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division C
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/02/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 13/02/2026
Employer heading
Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Nurse to join the Emergency Department as a Sister/Charge Nurse
As a Charge Nurse/Sister you will be instrumental in ensuring the application of effective clinical practice of all staff so patients receive the highest possible standard of care. Ensure that care delivered to patients within the department is monitored and within expected standards of care.
An emphasis on the role is not only managing areas of the department but supporting the Band 7 Team Leaders to support the management of staff and the wider department.
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport with multidisciplinary team.
The ability to lead and supervise members of the Nursing team, providing guidance and support as needed.
You will have strong clinical knowledge and the ability to provide evidence-based care
You will be able to work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that standards of care are consistently maintained and provide expert clinical advice to ensure appropriate treatment and care is delivered to the patient at all times
You will also work collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families.
Main duties of the job
As a Charge Nurse/ Sister you will be instrumental in ensuring the application of effective clinical practice of all staff so patients receive the highest possible standard of care. Ensure that care delivered to patients within the department is monitored and within expected standards of care.
Confidently take the bleep and manage the day and night shifts with support of the band 7 on shift.
Collaboratively work with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that standards of care are consistently maintained.
Provide expert clinical advice to ensure appropriate treatment and care is delivered to the patient at all times
An emphasis on the role is not only managing areas of the department but supporting the band 7 team leaders to support the management of staff and the wider department.
Working for our organisation
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 1 February 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 13 February 2026
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current registration with NMC on part one or two of the register
- Evidence of continuing professional development and its application
- Appropriate post registration qualifications (e.g ILS, PILS, ALS, APLS, EPLS, TNCC).
- Practice Supervisor qualification
Desirable criteria
- Recent attendance on a leadership development program
- A specialty acute care module relevant to emergency nursing
- Management/ Team leader qualification
- Degree level qualification
- Coaching Skills Development Program
- Practice Assessor qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience within an emergency/acute environment
- Current experience in emergency/acute nursing
- Experience of mentoring/ teaching junior staff/ supporting preceptorship
- Experience of managing people
- Experience of shift/area co-ordination in an emergency/acute setting in the absence of a sister/charge nurse within the last 12 months
- Sound professional who can demonstrate effective clinical skills, team approach and communication with wider stakeholders
Desirable criteria
- Experience of staff and resource management
- Experience of clinical supervision/action learning
- Current/previous experience of coordinating a variety of areas/ward
- Introduced evidence based practice
- Previous Band 6 experience
- Conducting appraisals
- Conducting audits
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- NMC Code of Conduct and guidelines of professional practice, performance and ethics and standards of proficiency relevant to profession
- Sound theoretical and practical knowledge of patient care within the clinical area
- Clear understanding of the 4hr emergency care standard and the IPS
- Quality issues and Clinical Governance knowledge
- Awareness of Trust and Ward/Department policies
- Awareness of need to demonstrate a professional appearance and behaviour
- An understanding of key current priorities and challenges within emergency care
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of risk management
Skills
Essential criteria
- Proven verbal and written communication skills with all members of the healthcare team, colleagues, patients and relatives
- Clinical and technical skills in an ED/Acute healthcare context
- Ability to achieve competency in Trust computer systems
- Practical application of Trust documentation
- Ability to provide leadership to influence patient care standards
- Ability to remain calm and focused under pressure in order to maximize positive outcomes
- Ability to provide effective role modelling to other team members
- Maintenance of confidentiality
- Problem solving
- Time Management
- Ability to work collaboratively.
- Awareness and respect for colleagues’, patients’ and relatives’ cultural and emotional needs
- Adaptability
Desirable criteria
- Ability to provide leadership to affect change
- Demonstrates an awareness of problem solving and priorities when coordinating the department
- Conflict management
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated
- Motivated to work collaboratively and enthusiastically as a member of a multi- disciplinary team
- Flexible approach to working in line with service requirements
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service including a range of shifts and rotations through the department.
Desirable criteria
- Completion of recognizing the sick child online module
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Danielle Fewtrell
- Job title
- Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 217316
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