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Job summary

Main area
Sister / Charge Nurse
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
190-0774-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern General hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/09/2025 23:59
Interview date
22/09/2025

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

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 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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse position within Respiratory Medicine at the Northern General Hospital. We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced nurse to assist the Senior Sister in managing Robert Hadfield 2, a Respiratory inpatient ward.

Respiratory Medicine is a broad ranging speciality that encompasses the diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute respiratory disease, including specialist care for diseases, such as Asthma, COPD, and Interstitial lung disease (ILD).

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be required to work to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals PROUD standards and behaviours and will need to demonstrate excellent leadership and communication skills. You will be committed to providing high standards of safe, effective, and compassionate care to this patient group in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team that meets the expectations of individual patients and their families.

Main duties of the job

  • To undertake and support in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of specific programmes of patient care, taking a lead role in reducing the length of stay of respiratory patients.
  • Exercise judgement in assessing wide ranging patient problems and promote options for optimum patient care, including health promotion and education.
  • To develop and implement evidence-based programmes of care which are patient focused, health promoting, and system managed.
  • To maintain effective communication with all patients, carers, and members of the Healthcare team.
  • To act sensitively, confidentially and with empathy in demonstrating understanding of wide-ranging physical and emotional needs.

Working for our organisation

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 employees. 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

Qaulifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse
  • To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998
  • Possess or working towards a degree

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Recent and relevant experience at AFC band 5 (or equivalent)
  • Experience at managing long term conditions
Desirable criteria
  • Recent experience of caring for patients with Respiratory conditions

Further training

Essential criteria
  • IV drug administration competency.
  • Evidence of recent professional development.
  • Basic IT/Computer skills

Special skills / Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent organisation and leadership ability.
  • Ability to work under pressure

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Helen Gregory
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2714171
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