Band 7 Emergency Department Senior Sister​/Charge Nurse

Band 7 Emergency Department Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

The closing date is 08 February 2026

Heartlands Emergency Department is seeking skilled, motivated and compassionate Nurse Leaders to join our senior leadership team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead within a busy, dynamic Emergency Department while developing key non-clinical management and leadership skills to support your career progression.

The successful candidate will be an inspiring role model, committed to delivering high-quality patient care, leading and supporting ED staff, and driving service improvement initiatives. You will play a vital role in maintaining excellent standards, promoting innovation, and contributing to the continued development of a thriving Emergency Department.

If you are dynamic, proactive, compassionate and possess strong leadership skills, we would welcome your application. This role offers the opportunity to bring your expertise to a well-established department, working closely with the senior management team to shape the future of emergency and urgent care services.

Ongoing professional development is strongly supported, with opportunities to enhance your skills and knowledge while providing leadership, guidance and support to your nursing team.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the Emergency Department nursing team on a day-to-day basis, ensuring safe staffing levels, appropriate skill mix and rota cover.
• Provide visible, effective clinical leadership across all areas of the Emergency Department.
• Deliver high-quality, patient-centred care through the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of physical and psychological care, in line with local and national guidelines.
• Act as a role model for professional nursing practice, ensuring care is delivered in accordance with NMC standards and in line with Trust Policies and Procedures.
• Line manage and support a designated team of nurses, including supervision, appraisal and development.
• Work closely with the Matron, Operational Manager, Clinical Site Team and multidisciplinary colleagues to support patient flow, escalation and operational decision-making.
• Supervise and support unregistered staff in the delivery of care to acutely and chronically unwell patients from diverse backgrounds.
• Contribute to quality improvement, audit and service development initiatives within the Emergency Department.
• Promote a safe clinical environment, escalating concerns appropriately and supporting learning from incidents and feedback.
• Foster effective communication and positive relationships with patients, relatives, visitors and colleagues.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Please Note :
For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description

• Registered Adult Nurse on NMC register

• Professional Portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
• Substantial relevant and recent clinical experience within a complex health care setting or Acute NHS setting working as a deputy Manager Band 6 position including the supervision and education of junior staff/ students.
• Can demonstrate understanding / experience / in practice based supervision / assessment as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC )…