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Sister/Charge Nurse (XR06)
Smart Motors Toyota
Leeds
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GBP 38,000 - 47,000
Full time
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Job summary
A leading hospital is seeking dynamic Sisters and Charge Nurses for their new Same Day Emergency Care unit in Leeds. The role involves direct patient care, leadership in clinical settings, and ongoing training opportunities to enhance skills. Ideal candidates will have strong nursing backgrounds and a dedication to improving patient experiences.
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse with Level 1 or 2
- Teaching/assessing qualification required.
- Urgent Care experience is desirable.
Responsibilities
- Take managerial responsibility for the unit in absence of Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.
- Lead and develop nursing team within Same Day Emergency Care unit.
- Ensure high standards of clinical care are maintained.
Skills
Education
Job description
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Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our new Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit within the Urgent Care Clinical Service Unit at the Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust. The unit will be co-located with the St Jamess University Hospital Emergency Department to ensure close collaboration, we are excited to be expanding our services to 24-hours to ensure the best patient outcome, journey, and experience.
Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our new Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit within the Urgent Care Clinical Service Unit at the Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust. The unit will be co-located with the St Jamess University Hospital Emergency Department to ensure close collaboration, we are excited to be expanding our services to 24-hours to ensure the best patient outcome, journey, and experience.
We are looking for dynamic self-motivated Sisters and Charge Nurses (Band 6) to join our expanding team. This is an exciting time to join SDEC as work progresses in our brand-new purpose-built unit, planned for completion this year.
We are calling all knowledgeable, committed, and resilient Nurses to help lead and maintain our high standards, embed routine and manage the day-to-day care of our patients. Were looking for enthusiastic individuals to support the Matrons and Senior teams to ensure expert high-quality care is delivered. If you have compassion, energy, and a genuine dedication to improving patient care then wed like you to apply. In return we offer continual learning, training, and development opportunities to enhance and develop your skills and knowledge.
Applicants should be adaptable to a changing environment that prides itself on quality and efficiency. You will need to be a Registered General Nurse (RGN) with a recognised teaching and assessing qualification. Recent Urgent Care experience is desirable, however not essential.
Main duties of the job
You Will Be Required:
To take direct managerial responsibility for the clinical area in the absence of or as delegated by the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.
You will lead by example and inspire best practice whilst supporting your team to provide excellent care through the ethos of the Leeds Way Values.
To lead and develop an identified team of nurses within the Same Day Emergency Care unit ensuring professional development is maintained through timely specific Appraisal identified needs.
To act as a clinical resource within the Unit.
To act as a positive role model.
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate recent change management and implementation, a clear understanding of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Key aims and objectives and a sound understanding of workforce management.
To understand the Emergency Care Standard (ECS) and assist the senior management team in delivering this.
To have a good understanding of relevant local and national health agenda items.
Candidates will have to ensure a high level of timely care is delivered.
About Us
LTHT was formed in April 1998, following the merger of two smaller NHS trusts in the city. Today, it is one of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe, a regional and national centre for specialist treatment, a renowned biomedical research facility, and the local hospital for the Leeds community. Every year, LTHT provides healthcare and specialist services for people from the city of Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber and beyond. The Trust plays an important role in the training and education of medical, nursing and dental students and it is a centre of world-class research, pioneering new treatments.
1.5 million Patients are treated every year, including more than 200,000 emergency patients. The Trust receives around £1.34 billion of NHS funding annually, treating illness and disease in Leeds and on specialised services for people across Yorkshire and the Humber and nationally. LTHT employs more than 20,000 staff and works with academia
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Details
Date posted
18 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9298-URG-0123
Job locations
St. James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Qualifications
Registered Nurse (RN Adult for adult clinical areas or RN Child for childrens areas (Level 1 or 2)
Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
Experience
Significant post registration experience at staff nurse level or equivalent
Experience of clinical audit and standard setting
Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing and management colleagues
Clinical experience within the speciality (desirable)
Skills
Written and Verbal communication skills.
Ability to communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
Ability to teach, supervise and assess qualified and unqualified staff
Time management skills
Recruitment and selection (desirable)
Demonstrates problem solving and analytical skills
Ability to prioritise workload and met deadlines whilst paying attention to detail
Ability to work under pressure
Clinical leadership
Appraisal skills
Knowledge
Insight into clinical speciality
Insight into current issues in nursing/professional issues
Ability to demonstrate knowledge of current issues in health and social care
Personal Attributes
Demonstrates personal and professional behaviour and integrity at all times
Role model
Compassionate and caring
Excellent interpersonal skills
Innovator
Motivator of self and others
Assertive
Courage
Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking
Ability to manage and identify stress in self and others
Positive approach to change
Self-confidence, uses this to lead, involve and challenge others appropriate
THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our Values Are Part Of What Make Us Different From Other Trusts, So We See This As a Strength, As Well As a Responsibility. They Have Been Developed By Our Staff And Set Out What They See As Important To How We Work. Our Five Values Are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
Commitment to delivering high quality evidence based care
Commitment to working in a multi-disciplinary team
Commitment to the clinical area, valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and creative working environment
Commitment to own development and the development of junior staff
Core Behaviour And Skills
Leadership and management skills
Effective communication skills
Teaching and assessing skills
Preceptorship skills
Organisational skills
Time management skills
Quality improvement skills
Understanding of evidence based practice research conscious
Team player
Learns from incidents and complaints
Conflict resolution
Managing stress
Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control
Remain professional at all times
Able to deliver feedback effectively
CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Understands the business of the ward
Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda
Understanding of relevant national service guidance pertinent to the service
Awareness of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies
Understanding of organisational structures
Commitment to clinical audit, research and evidence based practice
Awareness of budget management
Awareness of Human resources policies and guidance as pertinent to the management and leadership of the clinical team
Knowledge and understanding of current issues in health and social care
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Leadership
Support Senior Sister / Charge nurse in providing leadership to the clinical team
Support and inspire staff to provide efficient, effective, safe, quality care to patients
Deliver a positive patient experience
Promote the building of effective teams and collaboration between teams
Anticipate problems and take preventative or mitigating actions, or have contingency plans available
Assist in the line management of the nursing team, including individual and team performance, attendance, management and workforce planning
Help to ensure the effective deployment of staff is mapped against the flow of patients to provide safe and effective care
Support and participate in local and trust-wide recruitment events
Help to manage the use of bank and agency
Support the senior sister / charge nurse to Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events
Support in the delivery of an effective, safe, quality service within budgetary envelope
Raise and respond to concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrongdoing by following the LTHT whistle blowing policy and supporting processes
Deputise for Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in their absence
Clinical
Act in accordance to the Nursing and Midwifery Councils Code: Professional Standards Practice and Behaviour (March, 2015)
Fulfils the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration
Supervise ward staff with regards clinical practice and patient experience to promote the delivery of excellent clinical standards
Provide a visible clinical lead and role model to the nursing and wider team by delivering high quality compassionate care as an expert practitioner
Ensure that documentation standards are maintained in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised.
Promote and maintain positive working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust, involved in the care of patients
Help to set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in local and national guidance
Maintain a safe working environment
Ensure the safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies
Promote compassionate evidence-based practice, wherever possible
Work with Senior Sister / Charge Nurse to ensure that clinical governance processes at ward/dept level encompass measures to ensure the quality of the fundamental and essential aspects of care
Balance clinical risk and clinical decision making against context
Work with the Infection Prevention and Control Team and Facilities to monitor the environment to maintain and raise standards
Undertake duties on other wards or departments as and when required by the service
Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to the LTHT safeguarding policies.
Quality Improvement
Has a responsibility to improve the quality and safety of our services. It is expected that in fulfilling a clinical leadership role you will be proactive in promoting and using the Leeds Improvement Method. Contribute to quality improvement programmes as required
Keep up to date with and communicate service developments, advances and research.
Through the use of audit, local research, metrics and feedback continually seek to identify practice that needs improvement. Implement and evaluate any resultant improvement plan.
Actively promote patient involvement and feedback within service improvements to promote a positive patient experience
Maintain and sustain the momentum of improvements until they are firmly embedded into the values and culture of the clinical area
Education and Training
Participate in personal appraisal and mandatory training at the required time periods
Help to ensure all new starters, inclusive of temporary staff, have a local induction to the clinical area
Help to ensure all staff have an individual performance development plan and a yearly appraisal
Help to ensure all nursing staff maintain mandatory and priority training requirement.
Support and facilitate re-validation for registered nursing staff, and self.
Promote a learning and development culture to the improve staff skills, knowledge and competence
Help to ensure the induction and development of staff
Promote a positive learning environment within the clinical area to support the development of knowledge and skills in learners.
Support and facilitate work-based inter-professional learning
This is not an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and these may be subject to change with professional and service developments
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Core Behaviour And Skills
Leadership and management skills
Effective communication skills
Teaching and assessing skills
Preceptorship skills
Organisational skills
Time management skills
Quality improvement skills
Understanding of evidence based practice research conscious
Team player
Learns from incidents and complaints
Conflict resolution
Managing stress
Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control
Remain professional at all times
Able to deliver feedback effectively
CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Understands the business of the ward
Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda
Understanding of relevant national service guidance pertinent to the service
Awareness of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies
Understanding of organisational structures
Commitment to clinical audit, research and evidence based practice
Awareness of budget management
Awareness of Human resources policies and guidance as pertinent to the management and leadership of the clinical team
Knowledge and understanding of current issues in health and social care
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Leadership
Support Senior Sister / Charge nurse in providing leadership to the clinical team
Support and inspire staff to provide efficient, effective, safe, quality care to patients
Deliver a positive patient experience
Promote the building of effective teams and collaboration between teams
Anticipate problems and take preventative or mitigating actions, or have contingency plans available
Assist in the line management of the nursing team, including individual and team performance, attendance, management and workforce planning
Help to ensure the effective deployment of staff is mapped against the flow of patients to provide safe and effective care
Support and participate in local and trust-wide recruitment events
Help to manage the use of bank and agency
Support the senior sister / charge nurse to Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events
Support in the delivery of an effective, safe, quality service within budgetary envelope
Raise and respond to concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrongdoing by following the LTHT whistle blowing policy and supporting processes
Deputise for Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in their absence
Clinical
Act in accordance to the Nursing and Midwifery Councils Code: Professional Standards Practice and Behaviour (March, 2015)
Fulfils the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration
Supervise ward staff with regards clinical practice and patient experience to promote the delivery of excellent clinical standards
Provide a visible clinical lead and role model to the nursing and wider team by delivering high quality compassionate care as an expert practitioner
Ensure that documentation standards are maintained in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised.
Promote and maintain positive working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust, involved in the care of patients
Help to set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in local and national guidance
Maintain a safe working environment
Ensure the safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies
Promote compassionate evidence-based practice, wherever possible
Work with Senior Sister / Charge Nurse to ensure that clinical governance processes at ward/dept level encompass measures to ensure the quality of the fundamental and essential aspects of care
Balance clinical risk and clinical decision making against context
Work with the Infection Prevention and Control Team and Facilities to monitor the environment to maintain and raise standards
Undertake duties on other wards or departments as and when required by the service
Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to the LTHT safeguarding policies.
Quality Improvement
Has a responsibility to improve the quality and safety of our services. It is expected that in fulfilling a clinical leadership role you will be proactive in promoting and using the Leeds Improvement Method. Contribute to quality improvement programmes as required
Keep up to date with and communicate service developments, advances and research.
Through the use of audit, local research, metrics and feedback continually seek to identify practice that needs improvement. Implement and evaluate any resultant improvement plan.
Actively promote patient involvement and feedback within service improvements to promote a positive patient experience
Maintain and sustain the momentum of improvements until they are firmly embedded into the values and culture of the clinical area
Education and Training
Participate in personal appraisal and mandatory training at the required time periods
Help to ensure all new starters, inclusive of temporary staff, have a local induction to the clinical area
Help to ensure all staff have an individual performance development plan and a yearly appraisal
Help to ensure all nursing staff maintain mandatory and priority training requirement.
Support and facilitate re-validation for registered nursing staff, and self.
Promote a learning and development culture to the improve staff skills, knowledge and competence
Help to ensure the induction and development of staff
Promote a positive learning environment within the clinical area to support the development of knowledge and skills in learners.
Support and facilitate work-based inter-professional learning
This is not an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and these may be subject to change with professional and service developments
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RN Adult for adult clinical areas or RN Child for childrens areas (Level 1 or 2)
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Clinical Experience within the specialty.
Essential
- Understanding of training needs in relation to post
- Clinical experience within the specialty
- Skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Local and national nursing agenda.
- Current issues in health and social care
- Standards of professional practice
- Compassionate and caring
- Capable of lateral thinking
- Motivator of self and others
- Positive approach to change
- Assertive courageous
- Flexible and adaptable
- Able to manage stress in self and others.
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload.
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for post.
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for post.
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).
Additional information
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
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
St. James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Employer's website
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
St. James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Employer's website
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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- Seniority levelMid-Senior level
- Employment typeContract
- Job functionOther
- IndustriesHospitals
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