Interventional Radiology Sister/Charge Nurse

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Supportive work environment

On-site facilities

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Interventional Radiology Charge Nurse/Sister to provide clinical leadership and expert nursing care across diagnostic and interventional procedures.

You will coordinate care throughout the patient pathway, support staff development and contribute to governance, audit and service improvement. A senior role with responsibility for appraisals, sickness management and rostering.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience leading nursing teams in a busy interventional radiology setting.
• Ability to manage patient flow and staffing in a high-demand service.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership within the interventional radiology service.
• Coordinate day-to-day clinical activity and staff deployment.
• Support audit, quality improvement and service development activities.
• Deputise for Senior Sister when required.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Staff supervision

Conscious sedation

Communication skills

Nursing assessment

Education

NMC registered nurse

Nursing degree

Tools

NHS IT systems

Job description

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Interventional Radiology Sister/Charge Nurse

The closing date is 22 November 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse to join our Interventional Radiology team as a Band 6 Charge Nurse/Sister. Working within a specialist and expanding service, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across a wide range of diagnostic and interventional procedures.

As a senior member of the nursing team, you will provide clinical leadership, coordinate daily service delivery, and support the effective management of patient flow, staffing and resources. Working closely with Consultant Interventional Radiologists and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will help ensure excellent patient outcomes and experiences. You will coordinate care throughout the patient pathway, including assessment, procedural support, recovery and discharge planning, while supporting patients undergoing procedures under conscious sedation and promoting safe clinical practice.

The role includes supervising and developing staff, contributing to education and workforce development, and supporting audit, quality improvement, governance and service development activities. You will also undertake delegated management responsibilities, including appraisals, sickness management and e-rostering, and deputise for the Senior Sister when required.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 Interventional Radiology Charge Nurse/Sister, you will provide expert nursing care and clinical leadership within a busy specialist service. Working closely with Consultant Interventional Radiologists and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will coordinate and deliver high-quality, patient-centred care across a range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

You will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care throughout the patient pathway, while coordinating day-to-day clinical activity, patient flow and staff deployment to ensure a safe and effective service. You will provide visible leadership, supporting and developing nursing, support and student staff through supervision, mentorship and education.

The role includes supporting patients undergoing procedures under conscious sedation, responding to deteriorating patients and emergency situations, and promoting safe clinical practice. You will contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development initiatives, helping to enhance patient outcomes and drive innovation.

You will also undertake delegated management responsibilities, including staff supervision, appraisals, sickness management and rostering, and deputise for the Senior Sister when required. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced nurse with a passion for patient care, leadership and service development.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

We recognise Interventional Radiology is progressing rapidly as technology and new skills are developed within our speciality and we therefore encourage enthusiasm within our nursing team to develop and expand nursing knowledge and skill sets. We are currently undergoing a refurbishment at the Royal Hallamshire to include 2 new Angio suites and associated facilities to support our services and teams.

We are looking to embrace exciting new developments in the future within the department at STHFT.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to nursing practice
• Evidence of professional development in management, leadership, clinical education or service improvement
• To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
• Evidence of training and competence in conscious sedation within an approved, governance supported, competency framework

Skills and Knowledge

• Evidence of advanced written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex or sensitive information clearly and professionally
• Ability to provide visible clinical leadership and coordinate the day-to-day delivery of a specialist clinical service
• Ability to prioritise patient flow, workload and available resources in response to changing and unpredictable clinical demands
• Ability to work safely and effectively across multiple specialties
• Ability to administer medicines safely in accordance with professional and organisational standards
• Ability to make timely clinical and operational decisions within professional competence and delegated authority
• Ability to supervise staff, assess competence and provide constructive feedback
• Good IT skills relevant to clinical systems and documentation
• Ability to manage challenging conversations and conflict constructively, using negotiation, de-escalation and appropriate escalation
• Ability to work independently to organise own work and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Sound organisational skills
• Flexibility
• Recovery and assessment skills
• Understanding of patient-centred care
• Understanding of clinical governance principles
• Understanding of consent, confidentiality and information governance
• Understanding of risk management and incident reporting
• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our PROUD values every day
• Knowledge of conscious sedation, including patient selection, monitoring, capnography where used, recovery standards, potential complications and escalation requirements
• Ability to develop or review clinical guidance, procedures, competencies or training materials
• Knowledge of Interventional radiology procedures and patient pathways
• Understanding of recovery care nursing skills following invasive procedures
• Knowledge of radiation safety and working within a radiation-controlled environment

Personal Qualities

• Demonstrate calm, credible and visible leadership demonstrating resilience and appropriate professional boundaries
• Flexible and adaptable in response to changing clinical and operational demands
• Demonstrate integrity, discretion and confidentiality
• Strong communicator, with professional assertion willing to challenge unsafe practice appropriately
• Organised, methodical and able to manage competing priorities
• Approachable, respectful and supportive to patients, carers and colleagues
• Self-motivated, accountable and committed to continuous improvement
• Ability to wear radiation-protection equipment and work within designated radiation-controlled areas

Experience

• More than 2 years post registration NHS Nursing experience
• Recovery experience
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience maintaining accurate clinical records and documentation
• Experience in coordinating a clinical area, shift or team, including patient flow, workload prioritisation and staffing allocation
• Experience of managing competing priorities, operational pressures and challenging clinical situations
• Experience contributing to clinical audit, quality improvement or service development
• Acute Surgical experience
• Procedural experience in areas such as operating theatres or Endoscopy
• Scrub/circulating experience
• Experience working in Interventional Radiology
• Experience of patients undergoing invasive procedures
• Experience supporting students, learners or newly qualified staff in clinical practice
• Immediate Life Support (ILS) certification
• Practice assessor or practice supervisor qualification
• Additional study relevant to Interventional Radiology, Recovery or Vascular Access nursing
• Experience administering and monitoring conscious sedation within an approved competency framework

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.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearpa/pro rata for part time staff