Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 20/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 29/07/2025
Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. 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
Do you have a passion for Orthopaedic care? Do you have a passion for caring for and supporting patients with complex needs and frailty? Is providing high standards of fundamental care one of your main drivers?
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to be part of a friendly, dynamic, multidisciplinary team, in the role of Band 7 Ward Manager. The successful applicant will be supported to use their own initiative working with the key stakeholders to develop and manage the femoral fracture ward within MSK.
In return we can offer personal and professional development which would help support your career aspirations and revalidation. Training and development are a high priority in this care group and your own personal and professional development will be actively supported.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills and have experience in managing staff within a clinical environment. Applicants should be self-motivated, dynamic and forward thinking and be able to lead and develop the nursing team. They will have a track record of implementing change and be a highly skilled communicator with the ability, use effective verbal, written and IT skills to ensure patients receive timely, evidence-based care and a positive patient experience.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all 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)
* Degree or evidence of actively working towards Degree level of study.
* To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
* Certificate in management and Leadership or equivalent
* Post graduate education relevant to the role
Experience
* Evidence of management experience.
* Evidence of personal and professional development.
* Ability to work autonomously.
* Experience of patient flow.
* Experience of leading and managing change.
* Experience at sister / charge nurse level.
* Proven leadership skills with ability to motivate and inspire staff and initiate changes.
* Experience of MDT working.
* Experience and knowledge of clinical governance.
* Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care and treatment of Orthopaedic patients.
* Audit / Research
* Experience of managing QUEST, IPC, IPR, recruitment and section, attendance, roster planning and incident investigation.
* Knowledge, understanding and experience of the care and treatment of Orthopaedic patients.
Further Training
* 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.
* Experience of managing staff wellbeing.
Other Factors
* Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the system.
* Ability to demonstrate inclusive and compassionate leadership.
* Ability to cover bleep holder shifts and cross site cover.
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .
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