Senior Charge Nurse - Day Surgery and Endoscopy

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Charge Nurse to lead our Day Surgery and Endoscopy services on a 6-month secondment covering maternity leave.

This role offers an excellent development opportunity for an aspiring leader or an established Senior Charge Nurse looking to broaden their experience across a dynamic and fast paced clinical environment. The successful candidate will provide visible leadership to the Day Surgery and Endoscopy teams, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and person centred care while supporting service development and operational performance.

Please note this is a Secondment post for 6 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

In this key role, you will:

• Lead in planning, priority setting and decision making to ensure that patients needs and organisational goals are met and contribute to the development and implementation of guidelines, policies and procedures


• Undertake expert clinical nursing practice


• Assess, appraise and critically apply the evidence base for Clinical Practice


• Identify and promote the need for health improvement and prevention of ill health

What You'll Bring:

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration


• Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level


• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.


• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality.


• A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays


• Generous NHS pension scheme


• Annual incremental salary progression


• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service


• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children's settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Leanne Fyfe, Chief Nurse - Access & Perioperative Services on

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Stephanie McNeill, Recruitment Administrator on