Band 7 Senior Sister & Charge Nurse

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Birmingham is seeking a highly motivated Band 7 Sister/Charge Nurse for the Acute Medical Unit. Candidates must demonstrate strong clinical judgement, effective communication skills, and previous leadership experience in a healthcare setting. This role involves working collaboratively with the nursing team, ensuring efficient patient care and flow, and being adaptable to various shift patterns, including nights and weekends. An NMC registration is required, along with substantial clinical experience.

Qualifications

• Must have band 6 experience in clinical settings.
• Experience in team leadership and management.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Work as a senior sister/charge nurse ensuring patient flow and capacity.
• Provide clinical and managerial leadership for nursing and support staff.
• Deputise for Lead nurses or Matron in their absence.

Skills

Communication skills

Team leadership

Clinical judgement

Resource management

Time management

Education

Registered Adult Nurse on NMC register

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Acute Medical Unit

The closing date is 11 February 2026

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Band 7 Sister/Charge Nurse to join our friendly and pro-active nursing team. We are a hardworking department with a strong sense of teamwork; you must be able to show that you are able to work as part of a team as well as function autonomously. You will need to demonstrate knowledge and experience of Acute Medicine and Front door (Urgent) Care. You will also need to possess excellent communication skills and show the ability to exercise good clinical judgement. The key areas within this role will be to work as a senior sister/ charge nurse alongside the lead nurses and Matron in ensuring efficient patient flow and capacity, and to provide clinical and managerial leadership for nursing and support staff. There will be an expectation that you can deputise for the Lead nurses or Matron in their absence; with this role you will also be expected to take a lead on clinical practice issues.

Must have band 6 experience and post holder will need to be flexible working days/nights/weekends.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Matron Joyce Tengende on 07920592605.

Main duties of the job

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

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 Nurse on NMC register

Experience

• Professional Portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
• Substantial relevant and recent clinical experience within a complex health care setting or Acute NHS setting working as a deputy Manager Band 6 position including the supervision and education of junior staff/ students.
• Can demonstrate understanding / experience / in practice based supervision / assessment as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC ) standards for student supervision and assessment
• Demonstrable current, recent experience of team leadership and management within the healthcare setting.
• Demonstrable understanding of the management responsibility for pay and non-pay resources associated with the clinical service.
• Evidence of effective multi-professional working.
• Experience of being a mentor
• Demonstration of a significant contribution to innovative practice or change management
• Experience in interviewing and selection of staff
• Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice
• Demonstrate an ability, experience, passion in the following areas.
• Leadership
• Team building
• Managing Resources
• Time management
• Clinical governance
• Audit and research
• Workforce planning / management
• NHS policy and political awareness
• Knowledge of clinical governance

Additional Criteria

• Demonstrates the key strengths and motivators for relating to others.
• Competence in expanded clinical practice associated with the role.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Proven ability to analyse data and identify data trends
• Able to effectively present information to groups /health care professionals.
• Ability to work under pressure across competing demands /properties.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• Approachable and friendly
• Supportive
• Flexible
• Well organised
• Ability to delegate and supervise
• TBC at appointment
• Willingness to work core shift patterns for the area Monday to Friday with occasional out of hours /weekend working
• OR
• Undertake a range of shift patterns to cover 24/7 period when working as part of a peer group with occasions of out of hours / weekend working

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