Senior Sister/ Senior Charge Nurse (NHS AfC: Band 7) - Nursing - James Paget University Hospita[...]

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Great Yarmouth; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Great Yarmouth is seeking a Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse for the Day Care Unit. This role involves providing clinical leadership, managing department staff, and ensuring high standards of patient care and safety. The ideal candidate should hold a first-level NMC registration and possess strong organizational skills with significant experience in nursing. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in management/leadership role.
• A minimum of 12 months in Day Care Unit.
• Commitment to personal professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Day Care Unit and promote effective team working.
• Manage department staff for high-quality patient care.
• Ensure high standards of Infection prevention and control.

Skills

Excellent organisational skills

Ability to manage a budget

Interpersonal skills

Experience of working autonomously

Education

First Level Registration (NMC)

Mentorship/teaching qualification

Job description

Employer James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site James Paget University Hospital Town Great Yarmouth Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per year Salary period Yearly Closing 09/10/2025 23:59

Senior Sister/ Senior Charge Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 7

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service.

Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:

• Putting patients first
• Aiming to get it right
• Recognising that everybody counts
• Doing everything openly and honestly

Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join Day Care Unit. Do you have a positive and welcoming attitude? Are you polite, friendly and interested in people? An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 the Day Care Unit.

The unit has 21 trollies with a fast high turnover of patients all undergoing day surgery. We are seeking a dynamic Senior Sister / Senior Charge Nurse to lead our Day Care Unit (DCU), a fast-paced and evolving service that plays a vital role in delivering day surgery.

As Senior Sister/ Senior Charge Nurse, you will provide clinical leadership, operational oversight, and compassionate care within a multidisciplinary team. You will be instrumental in driving service development, ensuring high standards of patient safety, and fostering a culture of excellence and innovation.

Main duties of the job

Lead the Day Care Unit and build successful links between key professionals to support and promote effective multi-disciplinary team working.

Manage the department staff, ensuring the patients receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.

Is wholly accountable for his / her practice in line with the NMC code of professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his / her knowledge and professional competence

Communicate effectively and efficiently and liaise with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that patients receive seamless care within the trust.

Maximise use of clinical resources, implementing best practice in patient flow, admission and discharge arrangements.

Monitor monthly budget statements, identifying trends, understanding spending patterns to stay and comply with the Trust’s standing financial instructions.

Participate in nursing and multi-professional research and audit and to implement actions identified from quality initiatives.

Lead and support the ward team through the process of change, demonstrating tenacity, drive, professional integrity, balance and perspective.

Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.

Working for our organisation

We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Staff Management, Education and Training

Motivate, develop, support and identify training needs for department staff.

Implement and work within the Trust’s HR policies on all staffing matters, including sickness, capability and disciplinary issues. Take corrective measures if indicated in liaison with Human Resources and the Matron.

Work with the Matron and Human Resources Department in the recruitment, selection, appointment and retention of staff.

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research

Ensure that the delivery of care to all patients meet the standards set by yourself and the Standards for Better Health.

Responsible for ensuring the highest standards of Infection prevention and control are always practiced.

Demonstrate a high level of commitment to and enthusiasm for research, evidence-based practice, audit and education in the clinical area.

Person specification

• Experience of service improvement and change management
• Ability to manage a budget
• Ability to implement change in order to improve patient care
• Committed to own personal professional development and that of all staff
• Knowledge of healthroster
• Understanding requirement for evidenced based care

Education & Qualifications

• First Level Registration (NMC) Degree of experience in management/leadership role
• Mentorship/teaching and assessing qualification

Knowledge & Experience

• Awareness of current nursing developments appropriate to area
• Day Care Unit & Urology knowledge and experience
• A minimum of 12 months in Day Care Unit
• Possession of a current Professional portfolio

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage a busy workload
• Able to work under pressure
• Possession of Interpersonal skills/leadership
• Experience of working autonomously and within a multi-disciplinary team

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England

Tier 2 Sponsorship : We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available.

Visa and Immigration: If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job.

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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.