Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare team as a Senior Nurse on Ward 5, where you will lead a dedicated team in providing exceptional patient care. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact in a supportive environment focused on integrated, personalized care. You will be responsible for managing shifts, guiding nursing staff, and ensuring high standards of clinical practice. If you are passionate about nursing and ready to take on a leadership role, this is an exciting opportunity to develop your managerial skills while contributing to the well-being of the community.

Qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse with significant inpatient experience.
• Ability to manage staff and improve clinical audit results.

Responsibilities

• Lead safe shifts and support nursing staff in patient care.
• Manage team appraisals and ensure compliance with training.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Registered Adult Nurse

Degree in Nursing

Teaching and Assessing Qualification

Job description

Job summary

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Nurse to join our team on Ward 5 as a Band 6 as a full time on a 3 months fixed term/secondment basis. Ward 5 is a 26-bed ward located at Moseley Hall Hospital, providing sub-acute rehabilitation care.

As a Band 6 Nurse on the ward, you will be responsible for leading safe shifts, offering guidance and support to Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates, Trainee nursing associates , Student Nurses and Healthcare Assistants in providing care to their patients. You will work closely with other disciplines within our integrated multidisciplinary team (MDT). In addition, you will manage a team, ensuring that appraisals (PDRs), mandatory training, and sickness management are up to date. You will also be responsible for improving compliance and results in clinical audits.

As part of the role, you will take turns holding the hospital bleep during day or night shifts, so flexibility with shift patterns is essential.

If you are interested in joining our team or would like more information, please contact:

Wendy Cotton - Senior Ward Sister on 07599042752 or

Email: [e-mail]

Or

Rumbi Marira - Matron on 0751 472 3565 or

Email: [e-mail]

We look forward in hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

As a band 6 Nurse on the ward, you will be responsible for leading a safe shift offering the Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates and Healthcare Assistants advice and support to care for their patients, you will be doing this alongside the other disciplines within our integrated MDT. You will also be required to manage a team and ensure their PDRs, Mandatory training and Sickness Management is kept up to date. You will also be responsible for improving results and compliance in clinical audits. As part of the role, you will also participate in holding the hospital bleep during either the day or the night shift so flexibility towards shift patterns is essential.

Key objectives of the post are to ensure patient safety, support the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in developments to improve quality, cleanliness and clinical effectiveness and actively participate in the clinical development and management of staff.

If you possess excellent communication skills, you are dedicated to professional practice and development, you have the ability to teach, motivate and influence your team, and you wish to develop your Managerial and Leadership skills as a Band 6 Sister/ Charge Nurse, we would like to hear from you.

Please refer to the JD for more details.

About us

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

IMPORTANT

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Details Date posted

09 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

3 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

820-7183807-ASR

Job locations

Moseley Hall Hospital

Alcester Road

Birmingham

B13 8JL

Job description Job responsibilities

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Job description Job responsibilities

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse

Desirable

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in Nursing
• Teaching and Assessing qualification

Experience Essential

• Significant experience of caring for patients with a range of health needs
• Significant experience and successful of staff management and the procedures and policies underpinning this
• Significant experience in an inpatient setting

Skills Essential

• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with individuals and groups
• Ability to demonstrate organisational skills with a clear understanding

Desirable

• Knowledge and skills in workforce planning, evidencing the ability to engage and fully utilise staff skills and interests.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse

Desirable

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in Nursing
• Teaching and Assessing qualification

Experience Essential

• Significant experience of caring for patients with a range of health needs
• Significant experience and successful of staff management and the procedures and policies underpinning this
• Significant experience in an inpatient setting

Skills Essential

• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with individuals and groups
• Ability to demonstrate organisational skills with a clear understanding

Desirable

• Knowledge and skills in workforce planning, evidencing the ability to engage and fully utilise staff skills and interests.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Moseley Hall Hospital

Alcester Road

Birmingham

B13 8JL

Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Moseley Hall Hospital

Alcester Road

Birmingham

B13 8JL

Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)