Senior Charge Nurse - Older People's Ward Lead

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Nhs Trust; Ledston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust seeks an experienced Band 6 Senior Nurse to lead Ward J14 in Older Peoples Services at St James's University Hospital. You will supervise ward staff and work with the MDT across Specialty Integrated Medicine to deliver high‑quality, patient‑centred care on a busy acute ward.

Candidates should have at least 12 months at Band 5 and a strong acute nursing background. The role includes clinical leadership, safeguarding responsibilities, and contributing to

Qualifications

• Act in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct.
• Communicate with patients and carers to ensure information is accessible.
• Maintain and deliver compassionate, patient-centered care per LTHT guidelines.
• Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care with proper documentation.
• Promote positive relationships between all staff involved in patient care.
• Promote evidence based practice.
• Participate in audit and evaluation to improve quality of care.
• Undertake duties on other wards or departments as required by service demands.
• Safeguard the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults.
• Adhere to LTHT safeguarding policies.
• Contribute to a positive clinical learning environment.
• Keep up to date with developments and research in patient care.
• Participate in research and/or education programmes.
• In the absence of the Senior Charge Nurse take charge of the ward and coordinate activities.

Responsibilities

• Act in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct.
• Communicate with patients and carers to ensure they have access to information.
• Maintain and deliver compassionate patient focused care in accordance with LTHT guidelines, policies, values and behaviours.
• Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients, ensuring documentation standards are upheld in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised.
• Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of patients.
• Promote evidence based practice.
• Participate in the audit and evaluation of clinical practice in the interests of promoting and improving quality care through action on findings.
• Undertake duties on other wards or departments as and when required by service demands or patient need.
• Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times.
• Is familiar with and adheres to the LTHT safeguarding policies.
• Contribute to the promotion of a positive clinical learning environment.
• Keep up to date with developments, advances and research in individualised patient care.
• Participate in research and or education programmes relating to professional nursing issues and practice.
• In the absence of the Senior Charge Nurse take charge of the ward or department and co-ordinate ward or department activities.

Skills

NMC Code

Communication

Compassionate care

Nursing assessment

Documentation

Teamwork

Evidence-based practice

Audit & evaluation

Safeguarding

Learning environment

Research & education

Leadership

Job description

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust seeks an experienced Band 6 Senior Nurse to lead Ward J14 in Older Peoples Services at St James's University Hospital. You will supervise ward staff and work with the MDT across Specialty Integrated Medicine to deliver high‑quality, patient‑centred care on a busy acute ward.

Candidates should have at least 12 months at Band 5 and a strong acute nursing background. The role includes clinical leadership, safeguarding responsibilities, and contributing to