Sister/Charge Nurse

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Sheffield; Sur place; GBP 40 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Sister/Charge Nurse at Weston Park Hospital in Sheffield, part of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, leads the Oncology Outpatient Service in a Band 6 role, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and overseeing SACT delivery in a nurse-led environment.

You will provide professional leadership, support staff development, and contribute to governance, audits and service improvements across multiple outpatient sites while maintaining safe staffing and exceptional patient

Qualifications

• : Registered Nurse with valid UK registration and post-registration qualification.
• : Degree-level qualification and evidence of post-registration academic achievement.

Responsabilités

• Lead and coordinate the day-to-day running of the Oncology Outpatient Department, ensuring safe, effective and compassionate patient care.
• Provide clinical leadership and act as a role model, promoting high standards of nursing practice and patient experience.
• Safely administer and oversee Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatments (SACT), including chemotherapy and supportive therapies, in line with local and national standards.
• Assess, monitor and support patients throughout their treatment journey, managing treatment-related complications and adverse reactions.
• Provide specialist advice, education and support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Support, supervise and develop nursing and support staff, acting as a mentor and facilitating professional development.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams across Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and the South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire Cancer Network to ensure seamless patient care.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development initiatives.
• Manage the department in the absence of the Senior Sister, ensuring safe staffing levels and effective service delivery.
• Support service provision across multiple outpatient sites, including Breathing Space, as required.

Connaissances

Leadership

Change management

Team management

Clinical governance

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Formation

RN Registration (Part 1/12)

Degree level qualification

Description du poste

Sister/Charge Nurse

The closing date is 08 November 2026

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse to join our Oncology Outpatient Service. This is an exciting opportunity to provide clinical leadership within a busy and progressive service, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to patients receiving cancer treatment and attending outpatient clinics. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the day-to-day management of the department, ensuring the safe and effective delivery of systemic anti-cancer treatments, including cytotoxic therapies, within a nurse-led environment. You will act as a clinical role model, promoting excellence in nursing practice and supporting the delivery of seamless care across the South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire Cancer Network. As a senior member of the team, you will provide professional leadership, education and support to nursing staff, acting as a source of expert advice for patients, carers and healthcare professionals. You will contribute to service development initiatives, quality improvement programmes and the ongoing enhancement of patient experience and outcomes.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and coordinate the day-to-day running of the Oncology Outpatient Department, ensuring safe, effective and compassionate patient care.
• Provide clinical leadership and act as a role model, promoting high standards of nursing practice and patient experience.
• Safely administer and oversee Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatments (SACT), including chemotherapy and supportive therapies, in line with local and national standards.
• Assess, monitor and support patients throughout their treatment journey, managing treatment-related complications and adverse reactions.
• Provide specialist advice, education and support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Support, supervise and develop nursing and support staff, acting as a mentor and facilitating professional development.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams across Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and the South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire Cancer Network to ensure seamless patient care.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development initiatives.
• Manage the department in the absence of the Senior Sister, ensuring safe staffing levels and effective service delivery.
• Support service provision across multiple outpatient sites, including Breathing Space, as required.

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.

Details

Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 190-3074-DIR
Location: Weston Park Hospital, Whitham road, Sheffield, S10 2SJ

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse on Part 1 or 12
• To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998
• Evidence of relevant post registration academic achievement at degree level.

Desirable

• Experience of leading and managing a team
• Recognised management / leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience at Band 5 or above
• Proven management and leadership
• Change management skills
• Demonstrate experience in patient flow in a busy acute area
• Relevant post registration experience.
• Experience of applying research and audit in practice
• Evidence of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
• Evidence of policy and protocol development

Desirable

• Experience of leading change.
• Audit/research experience.
• SACT experience

Further Training

Essential

• Understanding of Cancer care pathways and regional agenda

Desirable

• SACT passport or training package
• Experience of SACT complications and management of SACT side effects

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential

• Highly motivated
• Ability to work under pressure.
• IT skills including the knowledge of word processing and software packages.
• Ability to work productively in a multidisciplinary environment with commitment to working as a team member
• Ability to complete work to deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Commitment to developing and sharing knowledge
• Understanding of Clinical Governance issues
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent written and presentation skills
• Ability to prioritise workload

Other Factors

Essential

• Commitment to professional development
• Ability to work flexibly
• Act as a role model for all Health Care Professionals

Desirable

• Valid UK driving licence

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: https://www.sth.nhs.uk

For questions about the job, contact: Matron, Kerry Hopcraft, [e-mail], 01142265131

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