Ward Sister/Charge Nurse

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust; Exeter; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust for a motivated Ward Sister/Charge Nurse on Lyme Ward. This role involves leadership and management responsibilities in a specialized Colorectal surgical ward, providing high-quality patient care and guidance to the nursing team while ensuring safety and excellent service standards. Candidates should possess effective communication and organizational skills, and have a passion for developing leadership capabilities.

Benefits

NHS staff benefits including discounts and pension scheme

Flexible working and family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical leadership and nursing roles.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary activities and drive clinical standards.
• Interest in quality and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate nursing teams in providing high standards of care.
• Support recruitment, rostering, and training of staff.
• Evaluate patient care standards and develop improvement strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Negotiating Skills

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

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Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Exeter, United Kingdom

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Other

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Yes

Job Reference:

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Posted:

17.06.2025

Expiry Date:

01.08.2025

Job Description:

Role Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Lyme Ward. We are looking to recruit a motivated, experienced, dynamic, forward-thinking professional seeking a new challenge as a Ward Sister/Charge Nurse. The role requires flexibility with days, nights, and weekends to join our team.

Lyme Ward is a highly specialized Colorectal surgical ward offering post-operative care for Colorectal and Upper GI patients, including Cancer surgery. Our patient group includes elective, acute, high dependency post-ITU, and emergency cases.

The lead role involves driving clinical standards to ensure patient safety and experience, initiating and leading change on this developing and specialist ward. Organizational and negotiating skills are essential to achieve management and clinical goals.

Daily roles include ward coordination, teaching and supporting team members, attending multidisciplinary team meetings, delivering and monitoring high standards of care, and supporting the Clinical Nurse Manager with management tasks such as sickness/capability monitoring, appraisals, training, recruitment, and rostering.

You should demonstrate leadership, motivation, excellent communication skills, and good time management. An interest in developing leadership and management skills and a passion for our diverse specialties are important. For more information or to arrange an informal visit, contact the Clinical Nurse Manager, Emma Grieveson.

About the Role

For detailed responsibilities, please refer to the full Job Description via the link below.

More about the role

The overall purpose of the Sister/Charge Nurse is to provide clinical and managerial leadership to the nursing and multi-professional team, acting as a clinical leader and expert practitioner. This includes guiding the multidisciplinary team and external agencies to ensure optimal patient care.

This involves reviewing clinical records regularly, evaluating care standards, and working with the team to improve patient outcomes. Providing feedback on practice, mentorship, and role modeling are key responsibilities.

The role also includes proactive involvement in quality and service improvement, auditing clinical standards, and ensuring a high standard of care in a positive working environment.

Working Pattern: Shift work including long days, nights, early shifts, lates, weekends, and public holidays.

Interview Date: To be confirmed.

Pay: The salary reflects the Agenda for Change 5/6 rates, including a pay award to be implemented later this year. If joining before the update, pay will be backdated. This is a fixed-term contract until 01.08.2025. NHS employees may have the opportunity for secondment.

Further Information: Contact Emma Grieveson, Clinical Nurse Manager. The Trust values diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds. Preference may be given to NHS At Risk staff.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, combining expertise from both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

About Us

We are the largest employer in Devon with a diverse workforce providing a wide range of services across the region, including emergency, specialist, and general medical services, along with community and primary care. Our state-of-the-art facilities and research initiatives enable us to deliver high-quality care.

We promote a healthy work-life balance through flexible working, family-friendly policies, and staff benefits such as discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, pension, and more. We are committed to supporting your career development and well-being.