Sister/Charge Nurse

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Sheffield is looking for an experienced Sister/Charge Nurse to join their Neuro Critical Care Unit. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in critical care nursing and hold relevant qualifications. This role offers the chance to lead a dynamic team while providing high-quality care to critically ill patients, with an emphasis on professional development and individual patient care.

Benefits

Commitment to professional development

Support for personal and professional balance

Various employee benefits

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in critical care nursing.
• Fully trained and competent critical care nurse.
• Completion of national practice supervisor training.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, evidence-based care to patients in Neuro critical care.
• Lead a team of qualified nurses and support staff.
• Take charge of the ward/department regularly.

Skills

Management and leadership skills

Communication and interpersonal skills

Clinical expertise

Organisational ability

Education

RGN Level one NMC

First degree or evidence of working towards one

National practice assessor training

Job description

Go back Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sister/Charge Nurse

The closing date is 19 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to develop your career within our Neuro Critical care Unit at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

We are looking for highly motivated, patient-focussed, competent critical care nurses to assist the ward managers in managing the acute and dynamic unit.

We are a regional Neuro Critical Care accepting elective and emergency Level 2 or 3 patients across South Yorkshire.

Applications are invited from UK Registered Nurses who have extensive experience in critical care nursing. They must be a fully trained and competent critical care nurse in possession of the critical care course or equivalent and have appropriate post-course specialist competencies and experience. Working towards completion of critical care management workbook is essential. Applicants should have completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998 and a relevant management course is essential.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate management and leadership skills. Clinical expertise and organisational ability are also vital, together with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Main duties of the job

These positions are permanent and include rotation between our three general units, across two hospital sites.

The main duties of the role are to provide high quality, evidence based care to patients within Neuro critical care unit.

You will be expected to develop and provide specialised programmes of nursing care to a diverse range of patients. To lead a team of qualified nurses, support staff and student team members. To take charge of the ward / department regularly. And to support the Senior Sister / Senior Charge Nurse in ensuring the highest standard and quality of nursing care is delivered.

You will need to be flexible and passionate about delivering care to critically ill patients.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of 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.

Our patients and staff are not numbers they are individuals. Proud to make a Difference is not just our slogan but the way we do things. If you are looking for a role or career that excites you, stretches your potential and gives you job satisfaction, we would love to hear from you.

Job 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

Education and Qualifications

• RGN Level one NMC
• Evidence of post basic continuous professional development
• First degree or evidence of working towards one (demonstrating graduate attributes)
• To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.

Experience

• Relevant experience at AFC Band 5 in a Neuro critical care setting
• Ward / Unit level managerial experience - co-ordinator role
• Ability to lead, motivate and develop a professional team
• Completion of recognised accredited ICU course modules
• Working towards completion of Step 4 National Competency Framework for Registered Nurses in Adult Critical Care.
• Completion of step 1,2 and 3 National Competency Framework for Registered nurses in Adult Critical Care or equivalent.

Skills and knowledge

• Evidence of relevant post basic training and continuous professional development
• Ability to communicate effectively including active listening, writing, and verbally, with individuals on a one-to-one basis, with groups, and the Multidisciplinary Team

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.