Sister / Charge Nurse

Wakefield, England, United Kingdom

6/17/2025

Sarah Warrington

Lead Nurse ED PGH

[email protected]

01924 541770

About The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our fast paced Emergency Department at Pinderfields Hospital for a motivated sister/charge nurse!

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated, dynamic and experienced Emergency Department Nurse to be part of our senior clinical nursing team. The role covers day and night shifts over a 7 day period.

Are you a positive motivated leader who wants to be part of our team where no day is the same?

A very exciting opportunity have arisen for motivated excellent role models to work as part of the leadership teams in our fast paced dynamic Emergency Department at Pinderfields Hospital in busy, acute area seeing multiple patients of varying acuities.

Main duties

Manage the department and co-ordinate the delivery of skilled, effective care and timely discharge.

Ensure the safety of patients, staff and visitors.

Deliver expert nursing care, leading the team by example.

Provide advice and supervision to junior staff.

Actively participate in the development of the Emergency Department service by using innovation and evidence-based practice.

Provide support to the Band 7 Sisters and assist with managing the teams.

We are looking for a knowledgeable highly skilled motivated individual's who works calm under pressure to lead the running of the Department on a shift basis

Ensuring high quality patient care is been provided within the department and support with flow through the department ensuring Emergency Department standards are maintained and targets met.

We are seeking enthusiastic, responsible, and professional individuals who would join a highly motivated, experienced and dynamic team. The successful candidate would be able to organise their work load, work well under pressure be flexible in their approach to changing needs and demands of the organisation, follow instructions under pressure and use their own initiative.

Applicants need to have experience in acute care ideally in the Emergency department. To manage flow through the department and manage the nursing teams be able to prioritise patient needs and care for acutely unwell patients.

Key Requirements

• Assess, prioritise, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care. Supervise others in the aforementioned functions.
• Ensure safe, timely discharge or transfer, of patient, to wards, other hospitals or care settings.
• Perform and ensure others perform patient observations such as blood pressure, pulse, respirations, oxygen saturations, early warning score, pain score, pressure score, peak expiratory flow, temperatures, and electrocardiographs.
• Provide follow up advice, treatment and care.
• Complete Investigations such as blood glucose measurement, ward test urine, Blood gas and blood taking
• Initiate and participate in Intermediate Life Support and cardiac arrest management and care for Resus patients.
• Maintain clear, accurate, legible and timely written documentation in patient’s notes providing a record of care delivered. Remind other members of the team to do likewise.
• Administer intra venous, intra muscular, subcutaneous injections, and rectal and oral medication.
• Provide direct patient care. Attending to patients’ hygiene needs such as giving and removing bedpans and urinals. Washing incontinent, unclean and infested patients as required, providing pressure area care.
• Give direction, support and advice to junior staff.
• Accept accountability and responsibility for own safe clinical practice. Comply with the NMC Code of Practice and subsequent published guidelines for practice.
• Act as the patient’s advocate when necessary.
• Attend the department and assume nurse leadership (in absence of Matron and Senior Sister) in the event of a major incident being declared
  
  

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application Guidance

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Our Benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support
  
  

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