Senior Sister / Charge Nurse Band 7
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Harrow, HA1 3UJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£55,524 to £62,652
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 October 2026
9 days leftJob description
LNWUH NHS Trust has 3 Critical Care Units comprising of 42 beds across 3 sites. The 3 Units admit in excess of 2200 patients per year. Specialities in...
As part of our commitment to patients and delivery of a high standard of care; the role involves a structured approach to ensuring that good quality care is delivered by putting the patient first always. Our culture and ways of working reflect and embed the practices of the Trust values at all times. You are expected, where identified, to attend and complete relevant training and development opportunities to support this.
Accountable for own actions in accordance with Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute towards corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high quality service and ensuring timely management and resolution of unexpected events and situations.
Coordinate the care of critically ill patients through the critical care pathway to ensure the effective management of their patient group.
A resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
Responsible for identifying and assessing complex clinical and non-clinical issues, implementing resolutions and monitoring/auditing outcomes.
Ensure optimum patient management including; patient monitoring; equipment management and defined expanded clinical roles.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Desirable
Desirable: - oLeadership qualification or completion of a leadership programme.
Essential
Essential
- Current NMC Registration
- First level degree
- Post registration Critical Care Qualification
- Evidence of current CPD
- Enhanced Professional clinical experience in Critical Care speciality at Band 6 or above in Critical Care.
- Highly developed clinical assessment and communication skills
- Ability to work autonomously with experience of successfully resolving complex problems
- Ability to successfully manage people and change
- Extensive experience in managing own workload / and leading a team.
- A knowledgeable clinician with the ability to apply evidence based practice
- A sound knowledge of professional policies and procedures
- A knowledgeable clinician with ability to ensure clinical governance is embedded into practice
- A commitment to clinical supervision and staff development
- A knowledgeable clinician with ability to ensure clinical governance is embedded into practice
- A commitment to clinical supervision and staff development
- Knowledge of research/audit processes and application
- Proven ability to deal with difficult/sensitive situations
- 3Motivated and able to motivate others
Desirable
- Extensive Critical Care nursing experience
- Experience in HR and Management Related Issues
- Understanding of budget management
- A good understanding of current issues relating to the NHS.
- Experience in Policy/Service Development
- Able to work at a high standard as stipulated in the General provision of Intensive Care document.
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First seen
25 September 2026
Last checked
29 September 2026
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