Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; Vor Ort; GBP 25.000 - 31.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Development opportunities

Leadership development

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Zusammenfassung

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse for the Parkinson's and Rehabilitation Medicine team at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital. The role is part-time (23.5 hours per week) with a closing date of 3 November 2026 and interview on 17 November 2026.

You will provide leadership for the day-to-day outpatient environment, drive service development, and ensure patient safety and high care standards.

Qualifikationen

• Applicants must hold a current NMC registration and have demonstrable post registration experience with Band 6 experience in Nursing.
• Parkinson's, rehabilitation medicine experience is desirable but not essential.
• Strong leadership and communication skills are expected.

Aufgaben

• Take overall nursing responsibility for the day-to-day outpatient environment.
• Drive service development and quality improvement and promote patient safety.
• Coordinate staffing for Parkinson's, Rehabilitation Medicine and Spasticity clinics.
• Manage Parkinson's waiting lists and provide monthly service reports.

Kenntnisse

NMC registration

Leadership

Band 6/7 exp

Communication skills

Ausbildung

Nurse Registration

Jobbeschreibung

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

The closing date is 03 November 2026

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen in the Parkinson's and Rehabilitation Medicine team within the Specialist Rehabilitation outpatient clinic for a part-time permanent Band 7 Senior Sister / Charge Nurse at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital. The previous post holder is retiring after many years working in this service.

The role is 23.5 hrs a week

This role will be workingwith the wider Multidisciplinary team.

The Parkinson's service is an international centre of excellence which is 1 of only 2 in the UK.

You will work with the nurse team and will require strong leadership and communication skills, and the ability to manage and maintain high standards and provide excellent care for our patients.

We are looking for a dynamic, proactive, highly motivated, passionate and resilient individual to become part of the Senior Team. In addition to these attributes, we expect the individual to support the vision of our trust to deliver safe care compassionately.

Applicants must hold a current NMC registration and have demonstrable post registration experience with Band 6 experience in Nursing. The applicant must be able to demonstrate their leadership experience. Parkinson's, rehabilitation medicine experience is desirable but not essential.

An informal visit is strongly advisable to see what we do.

Closing date of applications: 3 November 2026

Interview date: 17 November 2026

Main duties of the job

The candidate should demonstrate excellent communication skills, be dynamic and strive for excellence in all aspects of the role. They also need to demonstrate that they are supportive and are able to manage the daily challenges of being a leader in a diverse department. They will need to act as a role model and maintain and uphold high standards of professional behaviour.

The successful applicant will take overall nursing responsibility for the day-to-day outpatient environment. They will ensure that high standards of nursing care is provided and drive forward both service development and quality improvement. They will also be ensuring we promote patient safety and a positive patient experience.

You will:

• Support the provision of holistic assessment and review of patients with Parkinson's disease
• Coordinate the staffing of Parkinsons, Rehabilitation Medicine and Spasticity clinics.
• support management of Parkinson's waiting lists.
• Provide monthly service reports, collect and submit audit data .
• Manage and monitor IPC for the department.
• Attend MDT meetings and contribute to MDT service development

We believe that all exceptional Nurses have something extra to offer our patients beyond their training and professional registration, from a kind word or a helping hand to providing a positive outlook or going the extra mile. So, at our Trust, we want to work with people who really share our values in continuously improving our patient experience.

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AIgenerated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

Important visa information: Due to UK Home Office immigration rule changes effective from 22 July 2025, applicants sponsored under Occupation Code 6131 (Nursing Auxiliaries and Assistants) may not be eligible to bring dependants under the Skilled Worker route if their Certificate of Sponsorship is issued on or after this date. Applicants are responsible for understanding how these rules apply to their individual circumstances. The Trust cannot provide immigration advice. Further information is available on the Skilled Worker visa: Your partner and children - GOV.UK

Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

Person Specification

Professional

• Demonstrable post registration experience in a Clinical Setting
• Has had experience as Band 6 or Band 7 previously and can show what are their transferrable skills to this role
• Mentoring and Practice Assessor in previous roles
• Evidence of management and leadership skills
• Teaching qualification
• specific knowledge of the clinical area/speciality
• Demonstrates expert knowledge

Skills

• Able to prioritise and re-prioritise workload and demonstrate this through appropriate examples
• Understands the value of change and has taken place in transformation
• Demonstrate clear communication skills with examples throughout their career
• Working across division
• deputising for matron/departmental manager

Leadership

• Able to understand own leadership style and has given examples on how this has been used in the past
• Clear evidence of resilience in the application form
• Able to evidence that they managed complex conflicts and responds to people's needs
• Leadership courses

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.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust