Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse

Transformationunitgm; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse in the Acute Medical Unit. The ideal candidate will lead a nursing team, ensuring high standards of patient care while balancing their professional responsibilities. The position offers a competitive salary and numerous benefits to support staff health and wellbeing.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Health and wellbeing packages

Pension schemes

Salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leadership at band 6 or equivalent.
• Experience in managing clinical staff.
• Postgraduate education relevant to the role.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support to staff in the Acute Medical Unit.
• Ensure high-quality care is delivered.
• Monitoring and auditing care standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Change Management

Team Development

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Teaching and Assessing Qualification

Degree or working towards Degree

Job description

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 09/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 16/06/2025

Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a forward thinking, dynamic, highly motivated senior nurse, to apply for the position of full time Senior Sister/Charge Nurse band 7 on the Acute Medical Unit.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of strong leadership, able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills and have experience in managing staff within a clinical environment at a minimum band 6 level. Applicants should be self-motivated, dynamic, and forward thinking and able to lead and develop the nursing team. Change management experience is also desirable.

The successful candidate will be a highly skilled communicator utilising effective verbal, written and IT skills to ensure patients receive timely, efficient evidence-based care and a positive patient experience.

A commitment to working within the clinical governance framework and demonstrating PROUD values is essential to this role.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will provide leadership and support to staff providing care to patients within the Acute Medical Unit
• To have 24 hours continuing responsibility for the ward whether he/she is on duty or not.
• To ensure that the highest possible quality of care is delivered within the ward, and that it meets the expectations of individual patients.
• To support the ward team to deliver high standards of care.
• To monitor, audit and review care standards and ensure the ward is functioning at a high standard.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers a comprehensive package to support staff health and wellbeing.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (valid with NMC)
• Teaching and Assessing qualification.
• Degree or evidence of actively working towards Degree level of study.
• Post graduate education relevant to the role or equivalent experience.
• Certificate in management and leadership (or equivalent)

Experience

• Relevant post registration experience in acute and or emergency medicine including; Management of diabetic patients, deteriorating patients and blood transfusions.
• Evidence of management experience.
• Evidence of personal and professional development.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Experience of patient flow.
• Experience of managing QUEST, IPC, IPR, recruitment and section, attendance, roster planning and incident investigation.
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care and treatment of Mental Health patients
• Experience of leading and managing change.
• Experience at sister / charge nurse level.
• Proven leadership skills with ability to motivate and inspire staff and initiate changes.
• Experience of MDT working.
• Experience and knowledge of clinical governance.
• Experience of budget management or willingness to learn.
• Knowledge of the EDI agenda.
• Audit / Research

Further Training

• Advanced Life Support or willingness to undertake.
• Level 2 safeguarding training up to date.
• Completion of mental health study day.
• Commitment to continuous personal development.
• Cannulation
• ECG
• Excellent effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Commitment to work within the Clinical Governance Framework.
• Ability to successfully manage and evaluate change.
• Experience of managing staff wellbeing.

Other Factors

• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the system.
• Ability to demonstrate inclusive and compassionate leadership.
• Ability to hold the 2936 staffing bleep

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You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. All communications should be sent via your Trac system account.

If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.