Sister / Charge Nurse

An exciting opportunity is available for an enthusiastic, motivated individual to join our team on 4 ward at Queens Hospital Burton.

This is a permanent band 6 role and the post offers full time or part time hours. Leadership experience is an advantage.

The Sister / Charge Nurse takes responsibility and is accountable for delegated nursing care within the clinical environment. They provide nursing leadership and are accountable for patient, public, and staff experience.

They will lead, offer clinical advice, and support management of services to ensure the delivery of high quality, effective, and compassionate nursing care. This will be in line with local, Trust wide, and national policies, procedures, values, and behaviours.

Closing date of advert: 1 April 2025

Interview date: 15 April 2025

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people, and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness, and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development.
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.

Key Facts About Our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Caroline Humphreys
Job title: Senior Sister
Email address: Caroline.Humphreys2@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01283 594062

Senior Sister Caroline Humphreys 01283 566333 Ext 4062