Ward Sister/Charge Nurse - D'arcy Ward | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity for a full time Ward Sister/Charge Nurse has arisen to join D'arcy Ward, providing care to our elderly patients.

If you have an interest in developing your clinical knowledge and skills as well as welcome service development and innovation then we are interested in hearing from you.

We are seeking a motivated and ambitious senior nurse, who strives for excellence, has a passion for the delivery of quality patient care, whilst monitoring and maintaining high standards within the clinical setting.

You will be a dynamic, motivated and committed individual and will be a role model to the team. You will ensure that the delivery of a high standard of care is paramount.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of theresponsibilitiesand dutiesof this role please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Monday 18 May 2026