Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Leeds; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a seconded Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to join the Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU) at St James's University Hospital within the Abdominal Medicine and Surgery CSU. This role provides leadership development for a dynamic team delivering urgent surgical, gastroenterology, and urology assessments.

Ideal for a Band 5 Registered Nurse seeking leadership and management experience, with rotating shifts and a focus on high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration and extensive experience at Band 5.
• Band 6 experience would be advantageous, but Band 5 candidates can apply to develop leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Band 7 Senior Sister to lead the SAU team.
• Lead on patient safety and service improvement initiatives.
• Promote a positive, safe working environment with effective leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Change management

Organisational skills

Calm under pressure

Education

NMC registration

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a seconded Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to come and join our team on the Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU) at St Jamess University Hospital within the Abdominal Medicine and Surgery CSU. We currently have a very dynamic, passionate team who are striving to provide high quality care to acute patients requiring urgent surgical/gastroenterology and urology assessments/interventions. This would be an ideal opportunity for a Band 5 Registered Nurse looking to gain some additional leadership and management experience., The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

SAU and ASC are both dynamic, high-pressure environments and are constantly striving for excellency and a high standard of patient care. If you are an individual who is keen to progress and develop through contributing new ideas for service improvement and helping to lead a hard-working team, then this is an ideal role for you.

What you will bring to the role

You will have excellent communication and leadership skills, and the ability to demonstrate recent change management and implementation. You will be supporting the Band 7 Senior Sister to lead the team working on SAU and help to promote a positive, safe working environment that provides the best care possible for the patients. You will help to lead on aspects of patient safety, supporting staff and lots of improvement work that is currently underway on SAU. Previous experience at Band 6 would be an advantage, but it is also an opportunity for a Band 5 to further develop their career and leadership skills. You must demonstrate effective organisational skills and an ability to remain calm under pressure, with a positive attitude, acting as a positive role model.

Effective service delivery requires staff to be flexible and be able to work full rotating shift patterns. Candidates should have current NMC registration and extensive experience at Band 5. Management experience is desirable but not essential.

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.