Sister/Charge Nurse - Frailty Unit

Integrated Care System; Manchester; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Manchester is seeking a Sister/Charge Nurse for the Frailty Unit. This role involves providing leadership, ensuring quality patient care, and mentoring staff. The ideal candidate will have strong clinical skills in frailty and excellent communication abilities. Salary ranges from £38,682 to £46,580 per annum. Opportunities for professional development supported.

Qualifications

• Experience working in an acute setting.
• Evidence of professional leadership and innovation in practice.
• Knowledge of clinical governance.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the ward and staff in the absence of the Ward Manager.
• Contribute to quality processes and patient safety agendas.
• Provide leadership to the nursing team.

Skills

Clinical competencies in frailty

Leadership skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education

Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

Management and leadership related courses

Job description

Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Sister/Charge Nurse - Frailty Unit

The closing date is 19 August 2025

As Ward Sister/ Charge Nurse, on the Frailty Unit, you will be expected to work alongside staff as a role model and mentor, developing clinical competencies in frailty and leadership skills within the team. An important part of your job will be to monitor performance and ensure training needs are met and that staff receive a robust annual appraisal. You will be responsible for supervising the ward and staff in the absence of the Ward Manager; you will work alongside the Ward Manager to implement quality processes working towards the yearly accreditation, which will have a positive effect on the patients. Full NMC registration and excellent written and verbal communication skills are vital to this role.

Ensure safe and effective practice

Enhance the patient/client experience

Provide effective leadership and management

Contribute to the delivery of the organisations objectives

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse to join the Frailty Unit, based at Crumpsall Vale, at NMGH. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated and driven senior nurse with a passion for frailty and the frail patient who shows compassion and kindness to patients, relatives and staff

You will be part of the senior nursing team working in partnership with the Ward Manager and Matron. Part of your role will include providing leadership to the nursing team through the promotion of trust values. This will involve contributing to further developing quality, patient experience, and safety agendas; in addition, you will be part of the senior team assisting the staff with day to day running of the ward.

As a team we are committed to delivering the highest standard of care for our patients and achieving excellence in patient care. Our goal is now to continue to improve and develop the Frailty Services at North Manchester with further achievements on the horizon. If you have strong leadership skills, a passion for the frail patient, drive, commitment and enthusiasm , we want to see this demonstrated in your supporting information. The Ward encourages and supports staff personal and professional development opportunities and welcomes new initiatives that will benefit our patients.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2)
• Qualified to function as mentor for pre-registration students Experience of the use of clinical systems
• Ability to coordinate your workload and supervise members of the team, ensuring high quality, safe and effective patient care2
• Management and leadership related courses

Experience

• Experience working in an acute setting
• Evidence of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
• Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice Experience working with Frailty
• Experience of clinical audit
• Experience of IQP

Knowledge

• Demonstrates evidence based clinical knowledge
• Knowledge of clinical governance
• Knowledge of duty of candour
• Knowledge of current issues within this Trust and the NHS
• Knowledge of Frailty, CFS and CGA
• Knowledge of local escalation processes

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPer Annum, (Pro Rata)