Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Northern General Hospital
Town Sheffield
Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum pro rata for part time staff
Salary period Yearly
Closing 24/04/2025 23:59
Interview date 02/05/2025
Sister/Charge Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for Registered Nurses who have the skills required for the role of a Band 6 Sister to join the Huntsman 6 team.
Develop and provide specialised programmes of nursing care to a diverse range of patients and support to carers on the ward.
Lead a team of qualified, support and student team members.
Take charge of the ward / dept regularly.
Support the Senior Sister / Senior Charge Nurse in ensuring the highest standard and quality of nursing care is delivered.
Main duties of the job
1. To undertake and support in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised patient care.
2. Work in collaboration with colleagues, members of the multi-disciplinary team to provide standard of patient care.
3. Exercise judgement in assessing wide ranging patient problems and promote options for optimum patient care.
4. To maintain effective communication with all patients, carers and members of the healthcare team.
5. To act sensitively, confidentially and with empathy in demonstrating understanding of wide ranging physical and emotional needs.
6. Work unsupervised, in charge of the ward / dept within Trust Guidelines, Policies and Procedures and the NMC codes of conduct, seeking advice on non-routine matters from line managers or Duty Matron.
Working for our organisation
MSK is a forward thinking, passionate and caring care group. We are focused on excellent patient care and staff development.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (valid with NMC)
* To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
* Evidence of academic achievement or working towards Degree level of study.
* Evidence of postgraduate study relevant to role or must be willing to work towards.
Experience
* Teaching & Assessing qualification
* Evidence of management experience
* Evidence of personal and professional development
* Ability to work autonomously
* An understanding of patient flow in a busy acute area
* Audit / Research
* Leadership Qualification
Further Training
* Core, Relevant Specialist and Management Competencies appropriate to the role
* Commitment to continuous personal development.
* Excellent effective communication and interpersonal skills.
* Excellent leadership skills
* Commitment to work within the Clinical Governance Framework
* Ability to successfully manage and evaluate change
Other Factors
* Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the system
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If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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