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CNWL NHS Foundation Trust; Bletchley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

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Job summary

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust in Milton Keynes/Bletchley is seeking a Band 6 Registered Nurse to lead the inpatient intermediate care ward. You’ll oversee staff, apply clinical judgment, manage risk assessments, and champion patient safety and high-quality care.

You will work as Nurse in Charge within a multidisciplinary team, driving audits, supporting development, and ensuring care aligns with CQC standards while upholding compassionate, inclusive practice.

Qualifications

• Band 6 nurse with leadership experience in inpatient care.
• Experience in risk assessment and patient safety.
• Ability to supervise staff and support professional development.

Responsibilities

• Use clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep patients safe.
• Supervise and appraise staff.
• Lead by example and promote continuous improvement.
• Participate in audits and ensure CQC standards.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Clinical judgement

Risk assessment

Leadership

Audit & quality

Job description

Band 6 Registered Nurse | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced and compassionate nurse ready to take the next step in your career? As a Band 6 Nurse within inpatient intermediate care, you’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care while leading and supporting your team. You’ll use your clinical expertise to ensure patient safety, advocate for those in your care, and contribute to continuous improvement within our services. You’ll work as Nurse in Charge and alongside a collaborative, supportive team, empowering patients and their families, and promoting a positive, inclusive culture.

We’re looking for confident, dedicated professionals to lead by example, supervise staff, and help us meet the highest standards of care. If you're ready to make a difference and develop your leadership skills, we want to hear from you!

Interview: to be held at CNWL Trust Headquarters, Charles Pinfold Building, Open University Campus, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA

The purpose of the Band 6 Sister/ Charge Nurse is to play a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality care. You will use clinical judgment and risk assessments to keep patients safe, advocate for patient well-being, and escal aid concerns when necessary. As an experienced practitioner, you will take responsibility for providing skilled, evidence-based care and overseeing less experienced staff. You will work collaboratively with patients, families, and carers, empowering them to make informed decisions about their health while maintaining a respectful and inclusive environment. It is the role of the Band 6 nurse to also contribute to team effectiveness by promoting continuous improvement, conducting audits, and ensuring compliance with Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards. You will provide leadership by supervising and appraising staff, supporting professional development, and stepping in for senior staff when required.

Overall, you will ensure that patient care is safe, compassionate, and continuously improved, while fostering a positive team culture and upholding the trust’s values in this role.

We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care.

WICU is an experienced team of Nurses and AHPs. The team also works with our Advanced Practitioner, Assistant Psychologist, Pharmacist, Activity Co-ordinator, GP and many other professionals. We are a welcoming and friendly environment. Our staff have access to a wide variety of opportunities to develop and advance their careers, including study time and apprenticeships.

We work hard at WICU! It is a busy ward that strives to deliver the best person-centred and holistic care. We make time to go above and beyond where we can and the feedback that we have from relatives and service users reflects this.

• Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
• Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalating concerns when necessary
• Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
• Being able to recognise and respond to the deteriorating patient, completing an A-E assessment and if required escalating to the most appropriate service in line with our local operating procedure
• Being open and transparent about their own practice
• Supervising the work of others
• Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
• Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
• Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.

• Being confident, experienced practitioners who take responsibility for the care they give to patients but also take responsibility for overseeing the work of others in the team including less experienced nurses and staff without a professional qualification
• Providing skilled, evidence-based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures
• Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs
• Completing Continuing Healthcare (CHC) checklists with our patients and participating in the Decision Support Tool (DST) assessment
• Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care
• Working as experienced practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but also work as team members
• Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by:
• Communicating well with all members of the team
• Understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its’ objectives
• Reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings
• Encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes

• Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers
• Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making
• Signposting patients and carers to the courses provided by the Recovery and Wellbeing College or services provided by the local authority or voluntary sector
• Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident
• Demonstrating clinical leadership and challenging any poor behaviour to patients, families or other staff members and creating a positive, inclusive culture in which everyone is treated with kindness and respect and the trust’s values are embedded in all practice
• Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust policy

This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Sep 2026

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Company: CNWL NHS Foundation Trust Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata Hours: Part-time Location: Bletchley, MK3 6EN Job type: Permanent Posting date: 16 Sept 2026 Closing date: 16 Oct 2026

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