Clinical Sister/Charge Nurse (UCR)

NHS; Redcar; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Clinical Sister/Charge Nurse to assess and manage patients with long-term conditions and acute health needs under the Urgent Community Response (UCR) team. The ideal candidate must hold a relevant nursing degree, possess excellent clinical leadership skills, and be capable of delivering patient-centered care. Responsibilities include monitoring patient care and working autonomously across various locations. A competitive salary ranging from £38,682 to £46,580 is offered, alongside the opportunity for leadership training.

Benefits

Leadership and improvement training

Qualifications

• Hold a diploma/Degree from a professional body.
• Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council or relevant body.
• Independent non-medical prescriber or willing to become one.
• Completed physical assessment skills course.
• Evidence of postgraduate clinical training.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and support patients under UCR team care.
• Deliver effective clinical assessment and crisis response.
• Work flexibly across 7 days to meet service needs.

Skills

Clinical knowledge and skills relevant to role

Effective communication skills

Team leadership

Teaching skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Education

Diploma/Degree awarded by a professional body

Registered nurse with NMC/HCPC

Physical assessment and disease management skills course (level 6)

Teaching and mentoring qualification

Job description

Clinical Sister/Charge Nurse (UCR)

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 01 January 2026

The Urgent Community Response (UCR) Sister will continuously assess the needs of individuals with long‑term conditions, complex health needs and acute episodes of ill health requiring an urgent 2‑hour response, and agree care plans, utilising the single assessment process.

They will work with the area professional leads and in partnership with GP practices and the local Primary Care Networks to further develop services which are of value to the commissioners and meet the local needs of the population.

The post holder will work autonomously as part of the Community UCR to provide a comprehensive assessment and patient‑centred care package, utilising support services and liaising with other agencies to ensure the needs of this client group are met.

The UCR Sister will have physical assessment and disease management skills and will evidence management of acute/chronic clinical conditions, multiple co‑morbidities and poly‑pharmacy, within the home environment, ensuring an optimum standard of patient‑centred care.

Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements for the role.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for monitoring and supporting patients under the care of UCR team (previously known as Rapid Response/Fast Response caseload) to provide appropriate management, treatment and advice to patients and provide clinical support for the associated nursing and therapy staff.
• To have the physical assessment and disease management skills to be able to deliver an effective clinical assessment providing an urgent crisis response (UCR) to all patients in the Redcar and Cleveland, Middlesbrough and Hambleton and Richmondshire localities within 2 hours of initial referral.
• Working autonomously, the post holder will have continuing responsibility for pro‑actively monitoring and supporting patients within the UCR service.

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across 7 days a week, ensuring the 24‑hour service is covered, to meet the changing needs of the service, which may include working across the Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Hambleton and Richmondshire area.

This role involves both day and night shifts.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions.

Leading Your Team to Success

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in‑house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To hold a diploma/Degree awarded by a professional body.
• Registered as fit to practice by professional body, e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council NMC/ HCPC as a Nurse/ Physio/OT/ Paramedic
• To be an independent non‑medical prescriber or be willing to work towards within the first 12 months.
• To have completed the physical assessment and disease management skills course (level 6)
• Evidence of Post Graduate clinical training/ development.
• Professional knowledge acquired supplemented by post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist training to degree equivalent level.
• Specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience.
• Long Term Conditions modules relevant to adult patients.
• Teaching and mentoring qualification

Experience

• Demonstrates clinical knowledge and skills relevant to role.
• To display effective communication skills, communicating, sensitive and contentious information to others
• Able to evidence elements of team leadership experience.
• Demonstrates an ability to prioritise and co‑ordinate the workload of the team to ensure fairness and equality.
• Demonstrates evidence of teaching skills to a range of professionals.
• Evidence of MDT working.
• Evidence of post graduate training / experience in leadership.

Knowledge

• Demonstrates an ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Demonstrates an ability to motivate staff by providing a positive role model.
• Able to assume additional managerial responsibility and prioritise this accordingly.
• Able to respond and adapt appropriately to changing needs of the service.
• Demonstrates competent IT and system skills.
• Knowledge of clinical governance and risk assessment / management.

Experience

• Experience of working in a fast paced environment dealing with acutely unwell patients
• Demonstrate ability and experience of supporting in an evolving service

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.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum (pro rata)