Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse

Job overview

We are delighted to offer an exceptional opportunity for a highly motivated, experienced, and dynamic individual to join our team as a Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse within Cramlington Main outpatient department, Manor Walks. 

In this pivotal role, you will provide inspirational leadership, clinical guidance, and operational oversight to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care. Your practice will align with local, Trust-wide and national policies, procedures, and the core values and behaviours that define our commitment to excellence.

We are seeking a flexible and forward-thinking leader with a proven track record in clinical management and team empowerment. Your ability to foster a supportive and inclusive environment will be key to driving continuous improvement and high standards across the service.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills; team working skills and will be dedicated to improving the patients, public and staff experience. You will need to demonstrate continuing professional development and a strong commitment to develop others and work closely within a multi-disciplinary team. 

• Interview Date: 4th September 2025
• 18 hours 45 minutes/week
• 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.

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• Responsible for the day-to-day management of the Main Outpatients Department (MOPD) including agreement on scheduling and clinic allocation.
• Coordinating the day-to-day activity in outpatient’s department
• Overall responsibility and accountability for all delegated nursing care within the clinical area.
• Maintaining a high standard of clinical work when carrying out nursing procedures.
• Constant liaison with multi-disciplinary teams within outpatient’s department and working cross site where necessary. 
• Ensure compliance with our clinical governance framework, staff development, colleagues’ motivation, champion service user safety and dignity and drive continuous improvement.
• Accountable for patients, public and staff experience.
• Contributes to the outpatient’s transformation initiatives.

Working for our organisation

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.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

•         Freeman Hospital

•         Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

•         Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)

•         Newcastle Dental Hospital

•         Newcastle Fertility Centre

•         Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

•         Northern Genetics Service

•         Cramlington Manor Walks

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