Junior Sister/Charge Nurse: Sponsorship Available

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become availablefor a band 6 nurse to join our evolving Emergency Department Team.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest acute and community Trusts in the West Midland.

We have been rated as GOOD during our recent CQC inspection.

This band 6 role provides a real opportunity to develop leadership skills, clinical skills and knowledge base within the Emergency Services Directorate. We are looking for nurses who are pursuing a new challenge who hold experience in either an Emergency Department or significant acute medical experience.

Main duties of the job

The Emergency Department is exceptionally busy and currently has circa 153,000 annual attendees. An understanding of the importance of maintaining patient flows through the hospital is pivotal to this role. Are you ready to embrace the new ways of working within our innovative department including the purpose built rapid assessment area and working partnerships between acute physicians and emergency consultants. The Urgent and Emergency Care Centre offers one entry portal for all of our acute admissions and an enlarged clinical decisions unit with an Ambulatory Emergency Care facility. We are fortunate enough to have a specialist Childrens area built to the highest specification and having its own 2 bedded high care area.

We are looking for caring, compassionate nurses to work in this emergency care setting with a minimum of 18 months acute care experience. The individual we want would be committed to sustaining and improving our patient pathways, good clinical skills and be able to act as a professional role model supported by the National Curriculum and Competency Framework for Emergency Nursing.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

  • RN Diploma, Degree

Desirable

  • Valid NMC registration

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant acute nursing experience current or within the last 2 years

Desirable

  • Experience of working within the emergency department
  • Ability to triage or recent triage training
  • Completion of Level 1 RCN Emergency nursing competencies
  • Phlebotomy skills and or ability to cannulate
  • Evidence of leadership within a team

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).

Closing Date: 15 November 2026

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