Senior Sister​/Charge Nurse

Job Overview

Are you an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic, and highly committed Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to join our busy 28‑bedded surgical ward within Surgery. This is an exciting opportunity for a confident, forward‑thinking leader to play a pivotal role in shaping high‑quality, person‑centred care for our patients.

As Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, you will be responsible for the day‑to‑day management of the ward, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care. You will use your strong clinical knowledge and leadership experience to support staff, drive service improvements, and maintain excellent standards across the unit.

You will lead by example, acting as a role model for nursing excellence while providing visible leadership and guidance. Your ability to prioritise, problem‑solve, and coordinate care in a fast‑paced environment will be essential to the success of this role.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a meaningful leadership role within a supportive and forward‑thinking surgical team. We are committed to helping our staff grow, offering access to leadership development, career progression opportunities, and continuous professional learning.

• Provide clinical leadership to the nursing team, ensuring high standards of evidence‑based, person‑centred care.
• Support the operational management of the ward, including staffing, patient flow, and resource coordination.
• Mentor, coach, and develop junior staff, fostering a positive and supportive learning environment.
• Promote the Trust’s values and behaviours in all aspects of practice, encouraging a culture of respect, inclusivity, professionalism, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance, infection control, and safety standards.
• Build effective working relationships with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure seamless patient care.
• Lead on quality initiatives and contribute to service development within the Surgical Care Group.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from the following sites:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting‑edge care (supported by state‑of‑the‑art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit:
Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse (appropriate…