Sister/Charge Nurse (XR06)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

The closing date is 29 April 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our new Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit within the Urgent Care Clinical Service Unit at the Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust. The unit will be co-located with the St Jamess University Hospital Emergency Department to ensure close collaboration, we are excited to be expanding our services to 24-hours to ensure the best patient outcome, journey, and experience.

We are looking for dynamic self-motivated Sisters and Charge Nurses (Band 6) to join our expanding team. This is an exciting time to join SDEC as work progresses in our brand-new purpose-built unit, planned for completion this year.

We are calling all knowledgeable, committed, and resilient Nurses to help lead and maintain our high standards, embed routine and manage the day-to-day care of our patients. Were looking for enthusiastic individuals to support the Matrons and Senior teams to ensure expert high-quality care is delivered. If you have compassion, energy, and a genuine dedication to improving patient care then wed like you to apply. In return we offer continual learning, training, and development opportunities to enhance and develop your skills and knowledge.

Applicants should be adaptable to a changing environment that prides itself on quality and efficiency. You will need to be a Registered General Nurse (RGN) with a recognised teaching and assessing qualification. Recent Urgent Care experience is desirable, however not essential.

Main duties of the job

You will be required:

To take direct managerial responsibility for the clinical area in the absence of or as delegated by the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.

You will lead by example and inspire best practice whilst supporting your team to provide excellent care through the ethos of the Leeds Way Values.

To lead and develop an identified team of nurses within the Same Day Emergency Care unit ensuring professional development is maintained through timely specific Appraisal identified needs.

To act as a clinical resource within the Unit.

To act as a positive role model.

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate recent change management and implementation, a clear understanding of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Key aims and objectives and a sound understanding of workforce management.

To understand the Emergency Care Standard (ECS) and assist the senior management team in delivering this.

To have a good understanding of relevant local and national health agenda items.

Candidates will have to ensure a high level of timely care is delivered.

About us

LTHT was formed in April 1998, following the merger of two smaller NHS trusts in the city. Today, it is one of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe, a regional and national centre for specialist treatment, a renowned biomedical research facility, and the local hospital for the Leeds community. Every year, LTHT provides healthcare and specialist services for people from the city of Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber and beyond. The Trust plays an important role in the training and education of medical, nursing and dental students and it is a centre of world-class research, pioneering new treatments.

1.5 million Patients are treated every year, including more than 200,000 emergency patients. The Trust receives around £1.34 billion of NHS funding annually, treating illness and disease in Leeds and on specialised services for people across Yorkshire and the Humber and nationally. LTHT employs more than 20,000 staff and works with academia

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Date posted

08 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-URG-0120

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Qualifications

Registered Nurse (RN Adult for adult clinical areas or RN Child for childrens areas (Level 1 or 2)

Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Experience

Significant post registration experience at staff nurse level or equivalent

Experience of clinical audit and standard setting

Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing and management colleagues

Clinical experience within the speciality (desirable)

Skills

Written and Verbal communication skills.

Ability to communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team

Ability to teach, supervise and assess qualified and unqualified staff

Time management skills

Recruitment and selection (desirable)

Demonstrates problem solving and analytical skills

Ability to prioritise workload and met deadlines whilst paying attention to detail

Ability to work under pressure

Clinical leadership

Appraisal skills

Knowledge

Insight into clinical speciality

Insight into current issues in nursing/professional issues

Ability to demonstrate knowledge of current issues in health and social care

Personal Attributes

Demonstrates personal and professional behaviour and integrity at all times

Role model

Compassionate and caring

Excellent interpersonal skills

Innovator

Motivator of self and others

Assertive

Courage

Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking

Ability to manage and identify stress in self and others

Positive approach to change

Self-confidence, uses this to lead, involve and challenge others appropriate

THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Commitment to delivering high quality evidence based care

Commitment to working in a multi-disciplinary team

Commitment to the clinical area, valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and creative working environment

Commitment to own development and the development of junior staff

CORE BEHAVIOUR AND SKILLS

Leadership and management skills

Effective communication skills

Teaching and assessing skills

Preceptorship skills

Organisational skills

Time management skills

Quality improvement skills

Understanding of evidence based practice research conscious

Team player

Learns from incidents and complaints

Conflict resolution

Managing stress

Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control

Remain professional at all times

Able to deliver feedback effectively

CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

Understands the business of the ward

Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda

Understanding of relevant national service guidance pertinent to the service

Awareness of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies

Understanding of organisational structures

Commitment to clinical audit, research and evidence based practice

Awareness of budget management

Awareness of Human resources policies and guidance as pertinent to the management and leadership of the clinical team

Knowledge and understanding of current issues in health and social care

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Leadership

Support Senior Sister / Charge nurse in providing leadership to the clinical team

Support and inspire staff to provide efficient, effective, safe, quality care to patients

Deliver a positive patient experience

Promote the building of effective teams and collaboration between teams

Anticipate problems and take preventative or mitigating actions, or have contingency plans available

Assist in the line management of the nursing team, including individual and team performance, attendance, management and workforce planning

Help to ensure the effective deployment of staff is mapped against the flow of patients to provide safe and effective care

Support and participate in local and trust-wide recruitment events

Help to manage the use of bank and agency

Support the senior sister / charge nurse to Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events

Support in the delivery of an effective, safe, quality service within budgetary envelope

Raise and respond to concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrongdoing by following the LTHT whistle blowing policy and supporting processes

Deputise for Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in their absence

Clinical

Act in accordance to the Nursing and Midwifery Councils Code: Professional Standards Practice and Behaviour (March, 2015)

Fulfils the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration

Supervise ward staff with regards clinical practice and patient experience to promote the delivery of excellent clinical standards

Provide a visible clinical lead and role model to the nursing and wider team by delivering high quality compassionate care as an expert practitioner

Ensure that documentation standards are maintained in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised.

Promote and maintain positive working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust, involved in the care of patients

Help to set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in local and national guidance

Maintain a safe working environment

Ensure the safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies

Promote compassionate evidence-based practice, wherever possible

Work with Senior Sister / Charge Nurse to ensure that clinical governance processes at ward/dept level encompass measures to ensure the quality of the fundamental and essential aspects of care

Balance clinical risk and clinical decision making against context

Work with the Infection Prevention and Control Team and Facilities to monitor the environment to maintain and raise standards

Undertake duties on other wards or departments as and when required by the service

Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to the LTHT safeguarding policies.

Quality Improvement

Has a responsibility to improve the quality and safety of our services. It is expected that in fulfilling a clinical leadership role you will be proactive in promoting and using the Leeds Improvement Method. Contribute to quality improvement programmes as required

Keep up to date with and communicate service developments, advances and research.

Through the use of audit, local research, metrics and feedback continually seek to identify practice that needs improvement. Implement and evaluate any resultant improvement plan.

Actively promote patient involvement and feedback within service improvements to promote a positive patient experience

Maintain and sustain the momentum of improvements until they are firmly embedded into the values and culture of the clinical area

Education and Training

Participate in personal appraisal and mandatory training at the required time periods

Help to ensure all new starters, inclusive of temporary staff, have a local induction to the clinical area

Help to ensure all staff have an individual performance development plan and a yearly appraisal

Help to ensure all nursing staff maintain mandatory and priority training requirement.

Support and facilitate re-validation for registered nursing staff, and self.

Promote a learning and development culture to the improve staff skills, knowledge and competence

Help to ensure the induction and development of staff

Promote a positive learning environment within the clinical area to support the development of knowledge and skills in learners.

Support and facilitate work-based inter-professional learning

This is not an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and these may be subject to change with professional and service developments

HEALTH AND SAFETY/RISK MANAGEMENT

All staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and improve the quality of services provided to our patients and other service users. This includes complying at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Qualifications

Registered Nurse (RN Adult for adult clinical areas or RN Child for childrens areas (Level 1 or 2)

Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Experience

Significant post registration experience at staff nurse level or equivalent

Experience of clinical audit and standard setting

Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing and management colleagues

Clinical experience within the speciality (desirable)

Skills

Written and Verbal communication skills.

Ability to communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team

Ability to teach, supervise and assess qualified and unqualified staff

Time management skills

Recruitment and selection (desirable)

Demonstrates problem solving and analytical skills

Ability to prioritise workload and met deadlines whilst paying attention to detail

Ability to work under pressure

Clinical leadership

Appraisal skills

Knowledge

Insight into clinical speciality

Insight into current issues in nursing/professional issues

Ability to demonstrate knowledge of current issues in health and social care

Personal Attributes

Demonstrates personal and professional behaviour and integrity at all times

Role model

Compassionate and caring

Excellent interpersonal skills

Innovator

Motivator of self and others

Assertive

Courage

Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking

Ability to manage and identify stress in self and others

Positive approach to change

Self-confidence, uses this to lead, involve and challenge others appropriate

THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

Patient-centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Commitment to delivering high quality evidence based care

Commitment to working in a multi-disciplinary team

Commitment to the clinical area, valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and creative working environment

Commitment to own development and the development of junior staff

CORE BEHAVIOUR AND SKILLS

Leadership and management skills

Effective communication skills

Teaching and assessing skills

Preceptorship skills

Organisational skills

Time management skills

Quality improvement skills

Understanding of evidence based practice research conscious

Team player

Learns from incidents and complaints

Conflict resolution

Managing stress

Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control

Remain professional at all times

Able to deliver feedback effectively

CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

Understands the business of the ward

Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda

Understanding of relevant national service guidance pertinent to the service

Awareness of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies

Understanding of organisational structures

Commitment to clinical audit, research and evidence based practice

Awareness of budget management

Awareness of Human resources policies and guidance as pertinent to the management and leadership of the clinical team

Knowledge and understanding of current issues in health and social care

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Leadership

Support Senior Sister / Charge nurse in providing leadership to the clinical team

Support and inspire staff to provide efficient, effective, safe, quality care to patients

Deliver a positive patient experience

Promote the building of effective teams and collaboration between teams

Anticipate problems and take preventative or mitigating actions, or have contingency plans available

Assist in the line management of the nursing team, including individual and team performance, attendance, management and workforce planning

Help to ensure the effective deployment of staff is mapped against the flow of patients to provide safe and effective care

Support and participate in local and trust-wide recruitment events

Help to manage the use of bank and agency

Support the senior sister / charge nurse to Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events

Support in the delivery of an effective, safe, quality service within budgetary envelope

Raise and respond to concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrongdoing by following the LTHT whistle blowing policy and supporting processes

Deputise for Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in their absence

Clinical

Act in accordance to the Nursing and Midwifery Councils Code: Professional Standards Practice and Behaviour (March, 2015)

Fulfils the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration

Supervise ward staff with regards clinical practice and patient experience to promote the delivery of excellent clinical standards

Provide a visible clinical lead and role model to the nursing and wider team by delivering high quality compassionate care as an expert practitioner

Ensure that documentation standards are maintained in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised.

Promote and maintain positive working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust, involved in the care of patients

Help to set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in local and national guidance

Maintain a safe working environment

Ensure the safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies

Promote compassionate evidence-based practice, wherever possible

Work with Senior Sister / Charge Nurse to ensure that clinical governance processes at ward/dept level encompass measures to ensure the quality of the fundamental and essential aspects of care

Balance clinical risk and clinical decision making against context

Work with the Infection Prevention and Control Team and Facilities to monitor the environment to maintain and raise standards

Undertake duties on other wards or departments as and when required by the service

Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to the LTHT safeguarding policies.

Quality Improvement

Keep up to date with and communicate service developments, advances and research.

Through the use of audit, local research, metrics and feedback continually seek to identify practice that needs improvement. Implement and evaluate any resultant improvement plan.

Actively promote patient involvement and feedback within service improvements to promote a positive patient experience

Maintain and sustain the momentum of improvements until they are firmly embedded into the values and culture of the clinical area

Education and Training

Participate in personal appraisal and mandatory training at the required time periods

Help to ensure all new starters, inclusive of temporary staff, have a local induction to the clinical area

Help to ensure all staff have an individual performance development plan and a yearly appraisal

Help to ensure all nursing staff maintain mandatory and priority training requirement.

Support and facilitate re-validation for registered nursing staff, and self.

Promote a learning and development culture to the improve staff skills, knowledge and competence

Help to ensure the induction and development of staff

Promote a positive learning environment within the clinical area to support the development of knowledge and skills in learners.

Support and facilitate work-based inter-professional learning

This is not an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and these may be subject to change with professional and service developments

HEALTH AND SAFETY/RISK MANAGEMENT

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse (RN Adult for adult clinical areas or RN Child for childrens areas (Level 1 or 2)
Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Desirable

Clinical Experience within the specialty.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of continued professional development
Local and national nursing agenda.
Current issues in health and social care
Standards of professional practice
Compassionate and caring
Capable of lateral thinking
Motivator of self and others
Positive approach to change
Assertive courageous
Flexible and adaptable
Able to manage stress in self and others.
Excellent written and verbal skills.
Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse (RN Adult for adult clinical areas or RN Child for childrens areas (Level 1 or 2)
Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Desirable

Clinical Experience within the specialty.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of continued professional development
Local and national nursing agenda.
Current issues in health and social care
Standards of professional practice
Compassionate and caring
Capable of lateral thinking
Motivator of self and others
Positive approach to change
Assertive courageous
Flexible and adaptable
Able to manage stress in self and others.
Excellent written and verbal skills.
Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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