Sister

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Huddersfield is seeking a Band 6 nurse to enhance patient discharge processes. The role involves leadership within a dynamic team, ensuring high standards of nursing care, and collaborating with various departments to facilitate safe discharges. Candidates should be adaptable and capable of providing guidance to staff and patients alike. The position offers the chance to work in a supportive, fast-paced environment focusing on patient well-being and care continuity.

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Clinical role model providing leadership and guidance.
• Effective communication and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team and enhance skills and learning.
• Assist with daily running of the unit.
• Ensure high standards of nursing care.
• Coordinate service and manage complaints.

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity for development, in the discharge lounge. We are a dynamic, knowledgeable and adaptable team promoting safe on the day discharges of all patients. With involvement from many multidisciplinary teams members, family and community services. We are a fast pace environment working closely together to provide an excellent service, putting the patient at the forefront of any plans. Enabling an earlier discharge, we are safety net allowing wards time to care for new clients.
To liaison with the patient, family, care providers, transport teams and many more, both verbally and electronically to ensure a safe discharge, with all follow up care and plans in place.

Responsibilities

• Work independently and as a team to promote this. As the band 6 to lead the team from the front, engaging with team members to enhance their skills and learning, to also liaise with all the wards for engagement and to promote the service.
• Assist with the daily running of the unit and to stand in for the band 7 when they are away.
• Be a clinical role model on shift, providing leadership and guidance with staff well being, morale and the daily running of the unit.
• Be involved in daily clinical audits and to be involved in the development of the unit.
• Ensure high standards of nursing care, giving quality and knowledgeable information to patients and family on their day of discharge, making sure all care and follow up plans are in place.
• Recognise the need for adaptability and the initiative to see if patients need further support or guidance.
• Take an active role in liaising with other departments promoting the service, and supporting the education and development of others.
• Be able to coordinate the service, on a day to basis, managing complaints and escalating where necessary.
• Plan and prepare patients and families on the day of discharge, checking care, follow up plans are in place, medication education has been given, to identify any further needs the patient or the carer may have, being aware of all the community support services available.

Organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT. We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services. We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community. Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025