Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse
Requirements
Candidates must be a Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC register with substantial post-registration experience in a complex acute NHS setting. Evidence of leadership, mentoring, and a commitment to continuing professional development is essential.
Job Description
Ward 32 is a 24 bedded Acute Stroke Unit Ward looking for a highly motivated, compassionate and enthusiastic Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse to join our dedicated team.
Our patients are looked after by a dedicated and knowledgeable stroke team made up of specialist nurses, doctors, physiotherapist, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and dietitians. This multi-disciplinary team provides the highest standard of care to our patients and works to empower patients to achieve their goals. Our patients will be always treated with dignity and respect. You will have the opportunity to care for patients from diverse backgrounds with varied clinical presentations, while working alongside a friendly, experienced, and supportive multidisciplinary team.
We are looking for an experienced nurse who is passionate about stroke care, clinically confident and motivated to lead and develop others. You will demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills, a commitment to maintaining high standards of patient care, and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
As a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse, you will support the Ward Manager and wider senior team in maintaining high standards of clinical care, patient safety, and ward leadership. You will be expected to provide visible leadership, coordinate the clinical area, support staff development, and deputise for the Ward Manager when required. The role includes day, night, weekend, and bank holiday working.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
Working closely with the established team, you will be encouraged to develop specialist interests in areas such as governance, quality improvement, audits, education or incident investigation.
If you are an ambitious, approachable & highly motivated nurse looking for an opportunity to develop your leadership skills within a specialist acute stroke environment, we would love to hear from you.
You Will Benefit From
- Supernumerary time to learn the role and settle into the team
- An individualised development plan supported by the Ward Manager
- Dedicated administrative and leadership development time
- Opportunities to lead & implement service improvement initiatives
- A supportive team committed to personal and professional development
The main duties of the role is to assist the Ward Manager in the smooth & effective coordination and management of the Ward & to act as the Ward Managers deputy in ensuring all aspects of the services delivery is effective & efficient. The role also involves
- Acting as a visible clinical leader, supporting junior colleagues in the delivery of high-quality care
- Be an active senior member of the ward MDT
- Taking charge of shifts & use analytical skills to problem solve
- Participation in the non-clinical aspects of Ward Management, supporting the Senior Charge Nurse with complaints, sickness management, governance, audits etc.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC register
- Health care management / leadership qualification
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience working in a complex health care setting / Acute NHS care setting supervising / mentoring junior staff
- Evidence of professional /clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical and or managerial training and CPD
- Can demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC ) standards for student supervision and assessment
- Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
- Relevant and recent clinical experience within the speciality /acute care setting, including the supervision /education of junior staff
- Experience of mentoring undergraduate students
- Evidence of ability to lead /coordinate a shift /area of department
- Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice.
- Demonstrable ability, experience, passion in the following:
- Leadership
- Team Building
- Managing resources
- Time management
- Role modelling
- Change management / clinical developments
- Clinical governance
- Audit and research
- Workforce planning / management
- NHS policy and political awareness
Essential
- Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory acquired through CPD
- Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
- Competence in expanded clinical practice associated with the role
- Excellent Communication skills /written / verbal / IT
- Ability to work under pressure across competing demands
- Ability to articulate the principles of safeguarding and mental capacity
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Approachable and friendly
- Supportive
- Flexible
- Well organised
- Effective communicator
- Sound clinical reasoning and decision making
- Ability to perform in complex and challenging situations
- Ability to inspire and lead a team
- Ability to work flexible shift pattern, where required to include rotation to day /night duty and unsocial hours according to service need
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.
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Welky Abraham
welky.abraham@uhb.nhs.uk
01214243121
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9018984
Job locations
Heartlands Hospital
Bordesley Green E
Birmingham
West Midlands
B9 5SS
Attachments
Job Description
Band 6 JD PS.pdf – 540KB Opens in a new window
Education
Skills
About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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