Assigned A&E department charge nurses? Quite the opposite! (7)
I believe the answer is:
awarded
'assigned' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'ae department charge nurses? quite the opposite' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'department' could be 'war' (War Department is an example) and 'war' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for awarded that I've seen before include "assigned" , "Gave a prize to" , "Gave on the basis of merit" , "Bestowed on the basis of merit" , "Granted as a prize" .)