Job summary
Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse
37.5 hours per week (Internal rotation)
Permanent
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Closing Date: 8th July 2025
Interview Date: 15th July 2025
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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The post holder is responsible for clinical leadership through effective monitoring and implementation of standards and evidenced based practice; ensuring patients receive safe, high-quality care.
To provide direct management and facilitate learning and development within the nursing team.
Management of preceptor ships of newly qualified staff, return to Nursing staff and the mentorship of nursing students and health care support workers.
Main duties of the job
- Take responsibility for the clinical leadership and direction of the nursing team.
- Undertakes and documents a comprehensive, systematic, and accurate nursing assessment of the patient, as appropriate.
- Deliver a high standard of nursing care based on best practice to maintain patient safety and provide good patient experience.
- Creates and utilises opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients in their care.
- To undertake clinical shifts in ward area
- Working within the NMC Guidelines and Trust Policies recognising one's own abilities and limitations.
- To facilitate and build teamwork between nurses and multi-disciplinary teams to effect high standards of care.
- To understand mortality data and use knowledge of how nursing can contribute to increased mortality to determine ward standards. Use audit tools to monitor compliance with those standards.
- Maintain a good standard of communication with the multi-disciplinary team and respect the confidentiality of patients, relatives, and colleagues.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensuring staffing levels within the area are adequate to provide safe and effective care delivery, maximising the resources that are available by competent duty eRostering.
- Through effective negotiation and political awareness create an environment for partnership working and dissemination of information across multi-disciplinary teams.
- To support the Ward Manager with the financial resources for the ward area, as required.
- Support the Ward Manager in the recruitment and selection of new staff.
- Support with the investigation of complaints and clinical incidents related to own clinical area and support the review of complaints in other areas, as deemed.
- Appropriate by the Ward Manager. Provide feedback to staff as appropriate.
- Deputise for the Ward Manager in their absence, as per requested.
- Ensure information on the ward / department information system is correct and updated regularly, as appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensuring staffing levels within the area are adequate to provide safe and effective care delivery, maximising the resources that are available by competent duty eRostering.
- Through effective negotiation and political awareness create an environment for partnership working and dissemination of information across multi-disciplinary teams.
- To support the Ward Manager with the financial resources for the ward area, as required.
- Support the Ward Manager in the recruitment and selection of new staff.
- Support with the investigation of complaints and clinical incidents related to own clinical area and support the review of complaints in other areas, as deemed.
- Appropriate by the Ward Manager. Provide feedback to staff as appropriate.
- Deputise for the Ward Manager in their absence, as per requested.
- Ensure information on the ward / department information system is correct and updated regularly, as appropriate.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years working at Band 5 or equivalent with experience in urgent or emergency care desirable.
- Demonstrate commitment and ability to support staff teaching, research and education
- Proven leadership skills including team building, change management.
- Demonstrates the ability to effectively manage resources.
- Demonstrate experience within the strategic planning process
- Computer literate
- Experience of Resource Management
- Experience of audit and research
- oRGN / RSCN / RM
- Teaching Course City and Guilds 7307/ENB 998 or equivalent level of experience.
- Work towards a degree level qualification or Degree
- Excellent communication skills
- Enthusiastic
- Ability to motivate others
- Ability to have positive working relationships.
- Proven leadership skills
- Good Organisational skills
- Ability to work under pressure to meet required deadlines.
Desirable
- Work towards a degree level qualification or Degree
- Post basic qualification relevant to specialty
- Awareness of wide NHS Agenda and Modernisation Initiatives
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years working at Band 5 or equivalent with experience in urgent or emergency care desirable.
- Demonstrate commitment and ability to support staff teaching, research and education
- Proven leadership skills including team building, change management.
- Demonstrates the ability to effectively manage resources.
- Demonstrate experience within the strategic planning process
- Computer literate
- Experience of Resource Management
- Experience of audit and research
- oRGN / RSCN / RM
- Teaching Course City and Guilds 7307/ENB 998 or equivalent level of experience.
- Work towards a degree level qualification or Degree
- Excellent communication skills
- Enthusiastic
- Ability to motivate others
- Ability to have positive working relationships.
- Proven leadership skills
- Good Organisational skills
- Ability to work under pressure to meet required deadlines.
Desirable
- Work towards a degree level qualification or Degree
- Post basic qualification relevant to specialty
- Awareness of wide NHS Agenda and Modernisation Initiatives
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.
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.
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).
