Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Ward F5

NHS; Bradford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse for an intermediate care facility. The ideal candidate will lead nursing teams, ensure high standards of patient care, and manage both clinical and non-clinical operations. This role is vital for supporting elderly patients and involves collaboration across departments.

Qualifications

• Acute medical nursing experience at Band 6.
• Regularly in charge of a ward, with improvement in patient care.
• Worked within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Management of intermediate care unit providing clinical and non-clinical support.
• Ensuring high standards of nursing care and compliance with staff training.
• Management of clinical services and safe staffing levels.

Skills

Ability to prioritise and problem solve

Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

BLS trained

Knowledge and skills in Elderly and Intermediate Care

Ability to challenge practice and support staff

Additional clinical skills

Education

Teaching and Assessing in practice qualification (FLIP/ENB 6590 /998)

Diploma/Degree in Nursing or equivalent experience

Job description

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Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Ward F5

Information:

This job is now closed

Job summary

Closing Date: 26.06.25

Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 27.06.25

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 07.07.25

Senior Ward Sister/Ward manager for 25 bedded intermediate care facility based on ward f5 at St Luke's Hospital, Bradford

Main duties of the job

Management of intermediate care unit at st.Lukes site which is a nurse led unit supported by our geriatrician's.

Candidate will work both clinically and non clinically to provide rehabilitation to patients requiring therapy who are medically stable .

Duties will include the leadership of the nursing team and demonstrate a passion for high standards of nursing care for elderly patients.

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We are one team

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Job responsibilities

see Job description attached.

Nursing high standards of nursing care providing assurance of ongoing improvement.

Work in collaboration with the other wards in the CSU ensuring positive patient experience.

Maintain high levels of compliance with staff training and education engaging with out practice development team.

Investigation of complaints and incidents ensuring learning identified is shared across the CSU

Management of clinical services in the unit. Ensuring safe staffing levels, engaging in recruitment as required.

Sickness and performance management of employees based on the unit.

Management of Budget ensuring service is managed witching the allocated budget allocated

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Understands how acute medicine patient flow works

Experience

• Acute medical nursing experience at Band 6
• Regularly in charge of a ward
• Delivered improvement in patient care
• Worked within a multidisciplinary team

Skills

• Ability to prioritise and problem solve
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• BLS trained
• Ability to make decisions and escalate appropriately
• BLS trained
• Ability to make decisions and escalate appropriately
• Ability to challenge practice and support staff
• Knowledge and skills in Elderly and Intermediate Care
• Additional clinical skills e.g. cannulation, phlebotomy, intravenous drugs

Qualifications

• Teaching and Assessing in practice qualification (FLIP/ENB 6590 /998)
• Diploma/Degree in Nursing or equivalent experience/ working towards

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.

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust