Senior Sister

NHS; Stafford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Stafford seeks a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to manage a dialysis unit. This position offers the opportunity to enhance your leadership skills while ensuring high-quality patient care. Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 3 years' experience, leadership at Band 6 level, and qualifications in renal nursing. Join a respected trust committed to staff support and development. This role promises to further advance your nursing career in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience in nursing, specifically in renal and haemodialysis.
• Demonstrated leadership skills at Band 6 level.
• Possess a teaching and assessing qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead the dialysis unit team in providing haemodialysis treatment.
• Ensure high standards of professional practice and clinical care.
• Manage staff performance, including sickness and rostering.
• Be the primary point of contact for patient care and complaints.

Skills

NMC Registered with a minimum of 3 years experience

Renal and haemodialysis experience

Leadership experience at Band 6 level

Teaching and assessing qualification

Education

Renal course/qualification

Job description

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Senior Sister/Charge nurse

The closing date is 29 January 2026

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 6/7 registered nurse looking to expand their management and leadership skills in running a nurse‑led haemodialysis satellite unit at County hospital.

The unit has 12 stations and operates Mon‑Sat, including a twilight session on Mon/Wed/Fri.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support to the dialysis unit team in delivering haemodialysis treatment to patients.
• Provide clinical, professional and managerial leadership to the unit team, ensuring high standards of research‑based practice and clinical care.
• Use teaching, facilitation and supervisory skills to develop and maintain safe, competent practice within a clinical environment conducive to reflective practice.
• Manage staff, including sickness management, rostering, performance reviews, and be responsible for finance, including management of the unit budget and health and safety.
• Serve as the first point of contact for patients and relatives, managing complaints, patient care, and liaising with patient transport.
• Ensure that nursing staff within the unit are developed to offer a professional, skilled, competent, and quality service.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke‑on‑Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we serve around three million people and are highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role. We offer a wide range of development packages to help everyone fulfil their true potential.

We create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. We ask all employees to commit to our values, co‑created by staff, patients and carers, which unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Person Specification

Skills / Experience

• NMC Registered with a minimum of 3 years experience
• Renal and haemodialysis experience
• Leadership experience at Band 6 level
• Teaching and assessing qualification

Knowledge

• Evidence of extended skills/knowledge in renal nursing
• Renal course/qualification

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.