Ward sister/charge nurse

Ward Sister/Charge Nurse

The closing date is 30 June 2026

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

Responsibilities include:

• Regularly reviewing the clinical records of patients under responsibility and evaluating the effectiveness of the standard of care planning and delivery.
• Using the results to work with the team to improve patient outcomes and to provide feedback on good and poor practice, ensuring effective role modelling and mentorship.
• Actively playing a role in quality and service improvement and working closely with the Clinical Nurse Manager and multi-disciplinary team to audit clinical standards of care within the clinical area.
• Ensuring a high standard of clinical care and a good working environment for all patients.

Job responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Ward Sister/Charge Nurse to join the inpatient team at Tiverton Community Hospital. The ward is a 32-bedded rehabilitation unit supporting patients who require focused, goal-oriented rehabilitation that cannot be delivered safely in their home environment. Our aim is to promote independence, restore functional ability, and prepare patients for a safe and timely discharge. As a clinical team leader, you will play a pivotal role within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, maintaining high professional, clinical, and safety standards, ensuring that patient care is delivered with compassion, competence, and consistency. You will provide visible leadership, direction, and supervision to nursing and support staff, enabling them to deliver high-quality, individualised care tailored to each patient’s needs and the wider ward environment.

Working Pattern: 34.5 hours per week, rostered shifts 7 days a week /24 hour a day

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

Preference will be given to staff with Priority and "At Risk" status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

Benefits

• Extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options.
• Salary sacrifice options.
• Car lease schemes.
• The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).

Person Specification

• See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description.
• See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description.

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.

Employer name

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

185-873-13327

Job locations

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust