Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

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Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

The closing date is 05 February 2026

The post holder is responsible for ensuring the effective running of the Plastics trauma and surgical outpatients department at Hull Royal Infirmary and the plastic surgery department at Castle Hill Hospital.

This role provides clinical leadership and managerial with support from the junior sisters in each department.

The senior sister/charge nurse will work as a highly skilled member of the multidisciplinary team, practising a high standard of clinical care and being key to improve the patient's experience.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will supervise the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care and support and encourage the concept of team working and team development.

The unit at Hull Royal is open 7 days a week, the Plastic Trauma service functions similarly to a one-stop treatment facility, where patients are seen in the clinic and, when appropriate, treated in the Clean Room located within the same outpatient area at HRI on the same day. We saw and treated approx. 7000 patients last year with a variety of injuries. Alongside the trauma unit runs the surgical outpatient department which hosts a variety of outpatients clinics for a variety of surgical specialities.

The Castle Hill plastics department runs a variety of clinics, dressings clinics for follow up and complex wound patients, alongside the Westwood Minor Operations suite and the specialist nursing service.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.

Person Specification Education/ Qualifications

• Post basic education relevant to post in surgical nursing
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• First Level Degree Adult Nursing Teaching/mentorship qualification
• Management and leadership training

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Experience (through placements or employment) of working in a busy environment.
• Evidence of multi-professional working.
• Evidence of excellent communication skills both verbal and non-verbal.
• Complex wound management

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• Be able to work on own initiative
• Works well with in a team
• Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
• Participate in standard setting and research projects
• Evidence showing clinical and professional development
• To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
• Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
• Facilitate learning of others.
• Proven ability to deal with any potentially difficult or sensitive issues
• Proven experience of autonomous working.
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Ability to work as a change agent
• Awareness of quality issues within the plastics and outpatient services
• Experience of applying research and audit to deliver the clinical governance agenda.
• Enhanced clinical skills in managing complex care situations.
• Computer skills and use of internet
• Evidence of previous experience in dealing with complex HR situations

Special Attributes and other

• High level of interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
• Flexible and reliable

Other Requirements

• Good time keeper
• Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service

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.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust