Sister/Charge Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse role on ward 203/Royal Derby Spinal Centre within Trauma and Orthopaedics. The role requires a highly motivated individual with excellent communication and leadership skills to join the management team. The successful candidate will promote quality care, support junior staff, and work weekends, bank holidays, and nights. The position involves clinical leadership, staff management, and administrative tasks.
Key responsibilities
- Act as a clinical lead on the ward, supporting and mentoring junior team members.
- Undertake all aspects of people/staff management, including ensuring staff wellbeing, completing appraisals, and dealing with conflict.
- Complete audits, rosters, and reports.
- Attend meetings and liaise with all members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT).
- Provide unit bleep cover, working weekends, bank holidays, and nights.
Essential criteria
- NMC Qualification
- Demonstrable post registration experience
- Demonstrable experience within an acute hospitable setting
- Demonstrable experience within orthopaedics
- Demonstrable experience within care of Trauma Spines
- Experience of mentoring, supporting, coaching and developing staff
- Knowledge of ward and people management
- Knowledge of working with hip fracture and dementia patients
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of teaching/training colleagues
- Evidence of continued learning post registration
- Evidence of leadership qualities and/or training
- Experienced in trauma admissions
- Experienced in care of complex patients
- Evidence of undertaking appraisals/audits
- Evidence of making/supporting change
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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University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Sister/Charge Nurse
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
This is an opportunity for a Band 6 role on ward 203/Royal Derby Spinal Centre within Trauma and Orthopaedics.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our management team, who possess excellent communication and leadership skills, and promote excellent quality of care, whilst supporting junior staff on the ward to do the same. The role will entail working weekends, bank holidays and nights to provide unit bleep cover.
The ideal applicant will have demonstrable years of experience within Trauma and Orthopaedics and ideally have experience working with acutely unwell patients and complex discharge planning.
The successful applicant will show evidence of service improvement or innovation
You will have the full support of the management team and your peers, enabling you to succeed in this role.
Main duties of the job
The majority of your role will be clinical, and you will be a clinical lead on the ward supporting and mentoring junior members of the team with your experience and knowledge.
The job will also entail all aspects of people/staff management, for example, ensuring staff wellbeing, completing appraisals, dealing with conflict and more.
You will be expected to complete, audits, rosters, reports, attend
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