Deputy Sister​/Charge Nurse

Overview

Emergency Care within the NHS is fast paced, acute and constantly evolving. Our Emergency Departments provide care to patients presenting with a wide range of urgent and emergency conditions, requiring confident nursing assessment, sound clinical knowledge and skills and compassionate leadership. As a Senior Registered Nurse (Band
6), you will play a key leadership role within the department and have the opportunity to lead and coordinate clinical areas, including (but not limited to):

• Initial Assessment and Triage
• Emergency Department Majors
• Resuscitation and Trauma
• Emergency Department Minors
• Continuing Care Areas
• You will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and person-centred emergency care, while supporting patient flow and operational delivery
• Band 6 Nurses are actively supported to develop nursing expertise across all emergency care areas
• Build leadership and management capabilities
• Contribute to the day-to-day leadership of teams including Registered Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and wider support staff
• Act as a visible nursing presence and role model
• Support improvement, safety initiatives and service development

Applicants who are shortlisted will be invited to attend a UHN Emergency Care Assessment Centre on 28 March 2026 at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust.

University Hospitals Northamptonshire (UHN) is proud to deliver emergency care services across Northampton General Hospital and Kettering General Hospital. We are now seeking experienced, motivated and dynamic Registered Nurses (Band
6) to join our Emergency Care teams. While this is a single recruitment advert, all posts are hospital specific. Applicants can express a preference for NGH or KGH during the application process.

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close adverts once we have received sufficient applications.

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is on an exciting journey with all of our divisions committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN). As part of this collaborative approach, there may be a requirement for you to work across both the Kettering and Northampton hospital sites, depending on the needs of the service.

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across UHN and help to unleash everyone's full potential. UHN encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for UHN.