Job summary
- Main area
- Outpatients
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-2682
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £47,951 - £56,863 pa Inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Sister/Charge Nurse
Band 6
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are recruiting a full time Band 6 Charge Nurse. We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and skilled nurse with clinical experience or a particular interest in the care of Outpatients Service Users. This is a substantive full-time Band 6 post – 37.5 hours/week, with 7.5 hours per shift. You will have excellent clinical knowledge and skills and enjoy Multidisciplinary team working.
You need to be well organized, motivated and committed to further developing and delivering high quality holistic multidisciplinary care; and enjoy supporting the various specialties in the Outpatients setting including Dermatology, ENT, Rheumatology, Cardiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Vascular, Gastroenterology, Allergy, Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinics .
We can offer you the opportunity to deliver high quality care whilst further developing in your career and area of interest; advancing your clinical practice supported by a dedicated and experienced team of clinical nurse specialists across the Directorate.
Main duties of the job
Your responsibilities will include deputising the Senior Charge Nurse, with one other Band 6 Nurse in the department. You will be covering and coordinating, taking turns with your colleague in a rotational basis.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Relevant post-registration clinical course/s
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Degree level study
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum 3 years post registration experience
- Understanding of research and audit including implementation of findings and review of outcomes
- Teaching experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code
- Excellent level of English language demonstrated through effective written and verbal communication skills
- Advanced interpersonal skills
- Leadership skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mary Aligaen
- Job title
- Staff Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02033111019
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