Junior Charge Nurse / Sister

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Camberley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Camberley is seeking a Junior Sister / Charge Nurse for its Acute Stroke Unit. The role focuses on clinical leadership, supporting staff development, and ensuring high standards of care. Candidates should possess NMC registration and relevant experience, particularly in stroke settings. This position offers various management and leadership development opportunities.

Benefits

First class development opportunities

Flexible working patterns

Support from dedicated clinical educators

Qualifications

• Minimum of extensive post registration experience in a stroke setting.
• Demonstrated leadership and support for staff development.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate clinical leadership and drive quality improvements.
• Support junior colleagues and manage staffing issues.
• Provide training and development opportunities for staff.

Skills

venepuncture

cannulation

drug administration

catheterisation

ECG

interpersonal skills

excellent communication skills

basic computer skills

Education

NMC registration

Teaching and assessing course

Stroke course

Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor training

Job description

Job Overview

Junior Sister / Charge Nurse – G2A Ward, Frimley Park Hospital

Are you an experienced and motivated nurse looking to take the next step in your leadership journey? We are seeking an enthusiastic Junior Sister / Charge Nurse to join our dedicated team on G2A, a dynamic 12-bedded Acute Stroke Unit with 2 same-day assessment trolleys. Our service also includes G3, a 28-bedded step-down ward, enabling continuity of care for patients throughout their stroke recovery journey.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role within our specialist stroke service, working closely with the Senior Sister, Matron, and multidisciplinary team to deliver outstanding, evidence-based care. You will provide visible leadership on the ward, supporting and developing staff, ensuring high standards of patient safety, and promoting a culture of compassion and clinical excellence.

If you are passionate about stroke care, team development, and making a real difference to patient outcomes, we would love to hear from you. Join us and be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team where your leadership and expertise will be truly valued.

Main duties of the job

• You will be expected to demonstrate clinical leadership and drive quality improvement changes in the clinical setting.
• You will support junior colleagues in their professional development and with appropriate training you will support the senior sister with management of staff sickness, appraisals, staffing issues, incident and complaint management etc.
• We can offer you a range of management and leadership development opportunities to support you in this role as well as support from a dedicated clinical practice educator who provides support to all our staff and can focus on any specific training requirements you may have.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NMC registration
• Teaching and assessing course or equivalent mentorship preparation course
• Stroke course.
• Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor training. ENB998.

Desirable criteria

• Degree level registration.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Working as a Band 5 in a stroke setting
• Extensive post registration experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Wide range of clinical skills - venepuncture, cannulation, drug administration, catheterisation, ECG
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult/stressful situations effectively
• Basic keyboard skills. Basic use of IT packages (word, excel, powerpoint)
• Excellent communications skills.
• Ability to work autonomously, proactively and as part of a team.

Desirable criteria

• Teaching and training skills
• Leadership and influencing skills.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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