Sister/Charge Nurse - Outpatients

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A large NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Sister/Charge Nurse for its Outpatients Department. The ideal candidate will lead a team in delivering high-quality, patient-focused care and will have at least two years of relevant experience at Band 5 or 6. Responsibilities include managing outpatient services and providing leadership in a dynamic clinical environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years relevant post registration experience as a band 5 or band 6.
• Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice.
• Previous experience of working in an outpatient setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality, patient focused care with pride and respect.
• Manage the outpatient service development effectively.
• Rotate clinics as per service needs.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

IT/word processing skills

Proven ability to problem solve

Effective organisational skills

Clinically competent in area/speciality

Education

Relevant teaching qualification/Mentorship

Diploma

Degree Level 6 study

Tools

Experience in IQP

Experience with Bookwise

Job description

Sister/Charge Nurse - Outpatients

The closing date is 30 October 2025

An exciting Band 6 nursing opportunity has arisen in North Manchester Outpatient Department which offers an extensive range of outpatient services to patients throughout the Greater Manchester area and beyond. Energy, enthusiasm and drive is required to work in this service, which holds clinics covering Nephrology, Infectious Disease, Cardiology Endocrinology, Breast, ENT, Respiratory, General surgery, Haematology, Orthopedics, Vascular, Rheumatology to name but a few. We haveinteraction from a wide multidisciplinary team including specialist nurses and advanced practitioners, so the opportunities to develop your skills are endless.

We pride ourselves in offering a high standard of care with an individualized patient approach. We are always striving to improve the way we work and seek out feedback from service users to help shape our service improvements.

Main duties of the job

To succeed, you'll need to be committed in delivering high quality, patient focused care with pride and respect. You must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to provide evidence of personal and professional development.

Applicants must possess a proven clinical and managerial career history at Band 5 or 6 and demonstrate a commitment to effective leadership. An experience in an outpatient environment is desirable as is a commitment to outpatient service development.

The role will be based in the North Manchester General Hospital Outpatients Department/Phlebotomy Services.

Clinics run five days a week. Staff members are required to rotate clinics as per service needs. Core working hours are between 08:00 - 18:00 Monday to Friday.

About us

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS Trusts 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 you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll 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 you'll 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].

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant teaching qualification/Mentorship
• Diploma
• Appropriate management or leadership courses or Role.
• Degree Level 6 study

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years relevant post registration experience as a band 5 or band 6
• Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice.
• Evidence of multi-disciplinary/multi-agency working.
• Previous experience of working in an outpatient setting
• Experience of clinical audit.
• Experience in IQP

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. IT/word processing skills
• Evidence of teaching and assessing skills/ability.
• Clinically competent in name clinical area/speciality
• Proven workload management of self and of a others.
• Proven ability to problem solve
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable.
• Effective organisational skills
• Awareness of Clinical Governance process
• Experience of absence manager, health roster, PSIRF incident reporting
• Experience in ENT
• Experience in wound care
• Knowledge in Bookwise
• Experience in doing ECG and venepuncture
• Experience in Outpatient
• Experience in managing staff sickness

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)