• Job Description

  Req#: C9317-25-1606?language=en&page=54&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity has arisen within Medicine at the Freeman Hospital. We are looking for a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse who is dedicated to improving patient care through effective leadership, management and education within Older Persons Medicine on Ward 15 at the Freeman Hospital.

  We are looking for a forward thinking, passionate, proactive and innovative person who will be committed to leading by example, encouraging and empowering the team to ensure consistently high standards of care are met and a service of excellence to our patients and their families and carers is delivered. You will need to be credible and visibly present, to ensure high standards of care continue, and a safe, effective, responsive, outstanding and compassionate service is delivered.

  • Interview Date Monday 19 January 2026
  • 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week - flexible working or job share considered.
  • You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

  NO AGENCIES PLEASE

  Main duties of the job

  • As Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, you will be responsible for the leadership, management and development of the service. You will be supporting the nursing team to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate high standards of nursing care.

  • Support and opportunities will be given in developing your managerial and leadership skills that are required for this challenging yet very rewarding role.

  About us

  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:

  • 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

  Details

  Date posted

  23 December 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Job share, Flexible working

  Reference number

  317-2025-52-22-DR

  Job locations

  Freeman Hospital

  317 01 Freeman Hospital

  NE7 7DN

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • The Senior Sister / Charge Nurse have 24-hour accountability, including line managing, for their ward / department. They must deliver quality nursing care by ensuring appropriate systems and processes are in place to ensure the continuity of safe and effective care at all times.
  • Deputises for Matron as required / appropriate.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • The Senior Sister / Charge Nurse have 24-hour accountability, including line managing, for their ward / department. They must deliver quality nursing care by ensuring appropriate systems and processes are in place to ensure the continuity of safe and effective care at all times.
  • Deputises for Matron as required / appropriate.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications & Education

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
  • Current NMC registration
  • Degree level knowledge or working towards completion (i.e., on pathway)
  • Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements for mentorship if relevant to role

  Desirable

  • Master's degree
  • Leadership / management qualification

  Knowledge & Experience

  Essential

  • Evidence of achievement in current post and on-going professional development
  • Knowledge and understanding of current relevant NHS policy context
  • Experience of leading a nursing team at SR/CN level or equivalent
  • Extensive clinical practice or specialist qualification in relevant specialty
  • Experience of adult / child safeguarding
  • Audit / research experience
  • Specialist course in area of practice

  Desirable

  • Experience of developing a nursing team at SR/CN level

  Skills & Abilities

  Essential

  • Have developed skills in professional accountability in a leadership role
  • Good IT skills
  • Intravenous drug administration

  Person Specification

  Qualifications & Education

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch)
  • Current NMC registration
  • Degree level knowledge or working towards completion (i.e., on pathway)
  • Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements for mentorship if relevant to role

  Desirable

  • Master's degree
  • Leadership / management qualification

  Knowledge & Experience

  Essential

  • Evidence of achievement in current post and on-going professional development
  • Knowledge and understanding of current relevant NHS policy context
  • Experience of leading a nursing team at SR/CN level or equivalent
  • Extensive clinical practice or specialist qualification in relevant specialty
  • Experience of adult / child safeguarding
  • Audit / research experience
  • Specialist course in area of practice

  Desirable

  • Experience of developing a nursing team at SR/CN level

  Skills & Abilities

  Essential

  • Have developed skills in professional accountability in a leadership role
  • Good IT skills
  • Intravenous drug administration

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Freeman Hospital

  317 01 Freeman Hospital

  NE7 7DN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Freeman Hospital

  317 01 Freeman Hospital

  NE7 7DN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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