Sister/Charge Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 30
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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 a dynamic, motivated, and professional Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to join the Male Respiratory ward at Milton Keynes University Hospital. You will provide effective leadership, maintain high standards of nursing care, and supervise junior staff. The role involves developing your management style alongside the Ward Manager and ensuring you have the skills to care for level 2 patients. Good communication, organisational skills, and a teaching/mentorship course are essential.
Key responsibilities
- Provide effective, professional and managerial leadership to staff.
- Provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care.
- Supervise and develop the knowledge and skills of junior staff.
- Initiate/facilitate developments in nursing practice in partnership with the ward manager.
- Be the ward representative when the ward manager is unavailable.
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care, incorporating the standards and philosophy of the ward.
Essential criteria
- RGN
- Mentorship and Support Course or equivalent
- Relevant post registration
- Mentorship of student nurses
- Evidence of management and leadership
- Venipuncture/Cannulation
- Administration of IV drugs
- Diplomacy and negotiation skills
- Teaching and presentation skills
- IT skills
- Experience in managing people
- Appraisal training
- Able to demonstrate effective communication
Desirable criteria
- Degree
- Management/leadership course
- Experience in change management
- Evidence of staff development
- Research skills
- Resource Management
- First Line Management course or equivalent
- Breaking Bad news course
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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Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Sister/Charge Nurse
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
Sister/ Charge Nurse
Department Respiratory Ward
Band £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata
Hours 30 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on site to improve the care of our patients.
The hospital is undergoing significant investment, including a new Cancer Centre and a new main entrance. We are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news. https://www.mkuh.nhs.uk
An exciting opportunity has arisen on our Male Respiratory ward. We are seeking to recruit dynamic, motivated and professional Junior Sister/Charge Nurse.
You must been keen to learn and will be supported to take part in the development process and ensure you have the skills and competencies to look after our most unwell level 2 patients.
You will also be supported to develop your own management style, working alongside the Ward Manager.
The successful candidate must have good communication and organisational skills. A previous teaching/mentorship course. A background in Respiratory medicine is desirable but not essential.
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