Charge Nurse - Endoscopy | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 January 2026 |
| Location: | Basildon, SS16 5NL |
| Company: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7559751/390-CSS-BA-9965 |
Summary
Ready to step into a leadership role and make a real impact? We’re offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated and confident nurse to join us as a Charge Nurse within our Endoscopy service.
In this key role, you will support and deputise for the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, ensuring the delivery of exceptional patient care and the effective management of staff, resources, and daily operations. You’ll take the lead in coordinating activity across the Endoscopy Unit, including admissions, recovery, procedure rooms, pre‑assessment, audits, and the management of inpatient referrals.
You’ll also play a vital role in ensuring that all flexible endoscopes and specialist equipment are safely decontaminated, maintained, and compliant with agreed guidelines, supporting the highest standards of safety and quality.
Initially, you will work with our friendly and dedicated team in the temporary Endoscopy Unit at Orsett. In April 2027, the service will relocate to a brand-new, purpose‑built Community Diagnostic Centre in Pitsea, offering a modern environment designed to enhance both staff and patient experience.
If you’re enthusiastic, organised, and ready to lead with confidence, apply now and take the next exciting step in your nursing career.
Decision making is based on sound theoretical and experiential base
Provides rationale if departs from protocols, pathways and guidelines
Plans whole episodes of care
Anticipates potential problems
Guides/teaches others to meet care needs
Moves forward care
Reviews impediments to patients progress
Takes remedial actions
Participation on the on-call rota following completion of competences
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.
We look forward to your application!
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.
This advert closes on Tuesday 13 Jan 2026