Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Durrington/AFU Ward

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Salisbury is seeking a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse for their Durrington/AFU ward. This role involves managing a fast-paced environment while providing leadership and ensuring high standards of patient care. Ideal candidates are registered nurses with strong leadership skills and at least two years of experience. Benefits include generous holiday entitlement, a supportive team atmosphere, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

35 days paid holiday (pro rata)

Generous pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts

On-site leisure centre

On-site day nursery

Qualifications

• Strong leadership qualities and ability to act autonomously.
• Experience in a fast-paced clinical environment.
• Knowledge of inter-professional working practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage the ward and communicate effectively with staff.
• Supervise and monitor care delivery ensuring compassion.
• Facilitate learning and development of staff and students.

Skills

Level 3 life support

Good verbal and written communication skills

Minimum 2 years experience post qualifying

Education

Degree/Diploma or equivalent

Job description

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Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Durrington/AFU Ward, Salisbury

Client: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Salisbury, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 9e987d2bed3c

Job Views: 7

Posted: 12.08.2025

Expiry Date: 26.09.2025

Job Description:

Job overview

An exciting B6 position has become available on Durrington/AFU ward.

Durrington acute medical frailty ward is a growing team of nurses, clinicians and therapists. This is a fast-paced environment, caring for patients with different medical conditions, and complex discharge planning.

Durrington is a very friendly and supportive environment, with an enthusiastic team. You will be clinically challenged as a key member of the management and leadership team deputising for the ward sister/charge nurse in his absence.

As a registered, accountable and autonomous nurse, you will act in the best interests of your patients at all times and take personal responsibility for your actions and decisions.

You will be responsible for patient assessment, planning of care, giving and supervising safe and compassionate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of care.

As an NMC registrant, facilitate learning and development of all staff and students. You will demonstrate strong leadership qualities and be open, transparent and trustworthy. As a Trust employee, act with integrity and uphold the values and beliefs of the Trust and the NMC Code of Conduct.

Main duties of the job

• Professional and ethical practice.
• You will work closely with the Ward Manager to manage the ward. In this privileged position, you will communicate effectively, listen to staff and ensure their views are heard.
• You will also support your Senior Sister by agreeing on decisions and plans for the development of the ward and be able to present a united, cohesive voice as a senior member of the team.
• Supervise and monitor care delivery in your ward ensuring care is delivered by all staff and students with kindness, compassion and respect. You will be mindful of standards at all times and if you have concerns, you will know how to manage them or raise them to the Senior Sister or DSN.

Care management and educational responsibilities.

• Contribute to public protection by creating and maintaining a safe environment of care through the use of quality assurance and risk management strategies. You will have a good understanding of how to complete clinical risk assessments, adverse incident reports, and provide feedback for staff who complete adverse incident forms.
• Demonstrate knowledge of effective inter-professional working practices which respect and utilise the contributions of members of the health and social care team.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma or equivalent

Knowledge & Skills

• Level 3 life support
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Minimum 2 years experience post qualifying

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
• An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual) pro rata
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work scheme
• Uniform provided (where required)
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
• On site health and fitness club
• On site car parking (fees and restrictions apply)
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.