Band 6 Junior Ssiter/Charge Nurse - Renal

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Birmingham seeks a Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse for their renal specialty ward. The ideal candidate will provide leadership and coordinate nursing care, focus on professional development, and possess substantial nursing experience. This full-time position requires flexible working including day and night shifts. An excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patient care.

Qualifications

• Substantial post registration experience working in a complex health care setting.
• Experience supervising/mentoring junior staff.
• Understanding of practice-based supervision and assessment.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership support to nursing colleagues.
• Ensure safe delivery of care and patient safety.
• Manage staffing levels and staff allocation.

Skills

Leadership

Team Building

Clinical governance

Time management

Education

Registered Adult/Child Nurse on the NMC register

Health care management/leadership qualification

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Renal

The closing date is 13 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team on our renal speciality ward 3. We are an inpatient 28 bedded ward, specialising in renal medicine and have a designated Renal Assessment Unit. You will have the opportunity to gain many skills including Peritoneal Dialysis and management of both chronic and acute renal patients. As part of our team, you will be welcomed into a supportive, collaborative environment where new ideas and personal development are supported and encouraged.

As a Band 6 Sister/Charge nurse on ward 3, you will play a pivotal role in the overall day to day running of the ward. You must be able to communicate effectively with a multi-disciplinary team, work well under pressure and adapt to any situation.

We have a full-time, permanent position and a 6-month secondment. The successful candidate will be required to work flexibly across a 7-day week, with a focus day shifts (11.5hrs, 7am-7:30pm), but will also cover nights.

University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is an incredibly rewarding place to work. You have the opportunity to make a real difference to patients and their families, and the wider community.

Main duties of the job

The successful candiddate will be expected to work in accordance with the NMC Code, the Trust's vision and values and our Behavioural Framework.

Your main responsibilities will be to work as one of the senior members of the nurse team alongside Staff Nurses, Nurse Associates, Healthcare Assistants, Consultants and speciality nursing teams, delivering high level care to patients in all areas of the Unit. This requires a high level of technical capability with a passion for problem solving. This can be a physically and mentally demanding role but is very rewarding for the right candidate.

Duties include:

• Providing leadership support to colleagues
• Ensure staffing levels and skill mix to ensure the safe delivery of care, and ensuring patient safety at all times.
• To coordinate clinical activites, allocation of staff and the management of patient flow within the department.
• Shift management responsibilities - to take direct managerial responisbility for the clinical area in the absence of, or as delegated by the Senior Sister.
• Carry out appraisals and development reviews for team members
• Managing sickness absence
• Complaint management and incident reporting reviews
• Completion of audits.
• Participate in recruitment, selection and training of new staff

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Adult/ Child Nurse on the NMC register
• Health care management / leadership qualification

Experience

• Substantial post registration experience working in a complex health care setting / Acute NHS care setting supervising / mentoring junior staff
• Evidence of professional /clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical and or managerial training and CPD
• Can demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC ) standards for student supervision and assessment
• Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
• Relevant and recent clinical experience within the speciality /acute care setting, including the supervision /education of junior staff
• Experience of mentoring undergraduate students
• Evidence of ability to lead /coordinate a shift /area of department
• Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice.
• Demonstrable ability, experience, passion in the following:
• oLeadership
• oTeam Building
• oManaging resources
• oTime management
• oClinical governance
• oAudit and research
• oWorkforce planning / management
• oNHS policy and political awareness

Additional Criteria

• Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• Approachable and friendly
• Supportive
• Flexible
• Well organised
• Sound clinical reasoning and decision making
• Ability to perform in complex and challenging situations
• Ability to inspire and lead a team
• Ability to work flexible shift pattern, where required to include rotation to day /night duty and unsocial hours according to service need (E )
• (Amend accordingly)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust