Junior Sister / Charge Nurse, Band 6- Cardiology
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 30
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced cardiac nurse to join the Coronary Care/Cardiology ward at Gloucester Royal Hospital as a Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse. The role involves acting as a resource for junior staff, ensuring professional development, and taking responsibility as a team leader for patient care. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and compassionate individual committed to providing high-quality nursing care and demonstrating strong leadership skills. They will work within a dynamic team, contributing to service improvement and managing patient flow.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council with appropriate teaching/ assessing qualification and with substantial years post registration experience, including substantial experience in the speciality.
- ILS
Desirable criteria
- Coronary care course
- ECG advanced knowledge
- Substantial post registration cardiac/ acute care experience
- Knowledge/ Skills
- Decision making skills
- Excellent IT skills
- Appraisal training
- Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council with appropriate teaching/ assessing qualification and with substantial years post registration experience, including substantial experience in the speciality.
- ILS
- Coronary care course
- ECG advanced knowledge
- Substantial post registration cardiac/ acute care experience
- Knowledge/ Skills
- Decision making skills
- Excellent IT skills
- Appraisal training
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Junior Sister / Charge Nurse, Band 6- Cardiology
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
Permanent position, 30 hours a week
Are you an experienced cardiac nurse looking for a new challenge?
A rare and exiting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Sister/Charge nurse to join our team on Coronary Care/ Cardiology ward at Gloucester Royal Hospital.
We are strongly committed to developing our staff, and will offer a structured induction, supernumerary period and training package that is tailored to each individual nurse.
A highly motivated and enthusiastic individual is needed to join our dynamic friendly team. To work with us you will need to demonstrate a kind and compassionate attitude. You will be flexible, enthusiastic and passionate about cardiac care and show commitment towards service improvement and demonstrate new ways of working and the management of change.
If you are committed to providing high quality nursing care, have strong leadership/mentorship skills then you could be what we are looking for. You will be a highly visible leader and be experienced as a professional role model. Whilst working in a progressively changing environment you will promote the Trust's values and be committed to high standards of service delivery.
Additional working pattern details: Internal rotation
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