Sister/Charge Nurse - L31, L32 & L33

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse for the Children’s Haematology and Oncology service at Leeds Children’s Hospital. The role spans inpatient wards L31, L32, and L33, offering clinical leadership, ward coordination, and a development pathway to strengthen the nursing team and patient care.

You will work with a dedicated multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, compassionate care and drive improvements in paediatric cancer and haematology services across our

Qualifications

• Experience in paediatric nursing leadership.
• Ability to provide clinical and managerial leadership.
• Commitment to professional development and team supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24-hour responsibility for ward/department operations.
• Lead and supervise nursing teams to ensure safe, high-quality care.
• Support resources management and cost-effective ward delivery.
• Promote evidence-based practice and staff development.

Skills

Leadership

Nursing

Team coordination

Job description

Job Description

For questions about this job, contact:

Name: Charlotte Reich & Claire Mottershead

For questions about this job, contact:

Name: Charlotte Reich & Claire Mottershead

Position: Ward Managers

Email: [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Phone number: 0113 3927431/0113 3927432/3927433

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Job Summary

Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse – Children's Haematology and Oncology

Are you an experienced children's nurse with a passion for leadership and delivering outstanding patient care? We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse to join our specialist Children's Haematology and Oncology service at Leeds Children's Hospital. Working across our inpatient wards, L31 Children's Oncology, L32 Stem Cell Transplant and L33 Teenage and Young Adult Unit, you will provide visible clinical leadership, coordinate the delivery of safe, high-quality care and support the development of a skilled and compassionate workforce. This is an exciting opportunity to advance your leadership career within a nationally recognised specialist service, working alongside a dedicated multidisciplinary team to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and their families. Join us and help shape the future of children's cancer and haematology care whilst inspiring and supporting the next generation of nurses.

Why you should join our Team

Leeds Children's Hospital is one of the largest children's hospitals in the UK and is part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Based in one of the fastest growing and most vibrant cities in the UK, we provide secondary and tertiary care to children, young people and their families from Leeds, Yorkshire and the North of England. The Children's and Teenage Oncology and Haematology service incorporates a Principal Treatment Centre for Children, and for Teenagers and Young Adults (TYA) with Cancer. We have a JACIE accredited Stem Cell Transplant Unit for children and young people, which forms part of the West Yorkshire Bone Marrow Transplant programme. We care for children and young people with a range of non-malignant haematological disorders; Leeds is a Comprehensive Care Centre for Haemophilia and a Specialist Centre for Haemoglobinopathy. The Leeds Children's Hospital is "Aiming High; Delivering the Best".

What You Will Bring To The Role

The jobholder will play an essential role assisting the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse with the 24-hour continuing responsibility for the effective and efficient management of the ward / department. They will contribute to the provision of professional, clinical, managerial leadership and supervision for the nursing team. The jobholder is responsible for helping to develop and maintain a ward or department’s philosophy that has the patient at the centre of compassionate safe and quality care delivery. By assisting with managing the administrative and financial aspects of the ward, the jobholder will support the cost-effective use of resources. As an experienced nurse the jobholder will assist in co-ordinating activities on the ward or department ensuring effective communication is maintained at all times, providing support to qualified and unqualified nurses within the ward/dept. He/she will play a key role in the assessment of patient care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The jobholder will act as a role model, promoting quality evidence-based practice, developing the nursing team and ensuring effective management of the ward/department in the absence of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse. The role of the band 6 sister is pivotal in the success of the team. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate good leadership qualities, have an ability to motivate team members, have evidence of supporting change management, as well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills. A commitment to professional development and the development of the team is essential. Successful candidates will be offered the opportunity to develop their leadership and management skills as well as clinical skills specific to this area with a structured development programme.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

• Responsible
• Open and Honest
• One Team
• Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose:

Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our Priorities

• People
• Improvement and Innovation
• Partnerships
• Outcomes
• Sponsorship Eligibility

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.