Job summary
- Main area
- Intensive Care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 18 months (Fixed term / secondment for 18 months until 30/04/2027 due to secondment cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 100-NMR319-1025
- Employer
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Withybush General Hospital
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Salary
- £48,527 - £55,532 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/11/2025
Employer heading

Senior Sister/Charge Nurse Critical Care
Band 7
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Job overview
This is a fixed term/secondment vacancy for 18 months until 30/04/2027 due to secondment cover.
If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic nurse to join the Intensive Care Unit at Withybush General Hospital as a Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse. This is a fixed-term/secondment post for 18 months, offering a chance to lead and develop within a dynamic critical care environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the ICU team, ensuring safe, individualised, and effective patient care.
- Manage the nursing skill mix and provide clinical leadership.
- Support staff development and maintain high standards under pressure.
- Demonstrate effective communication and calm decision-making in complex situations.
Essential Criteria:
- Managerial experience in ITU.
- Proven leadership skills.
- Critical Care Qualification.
- NMC Registration.
Ideal Candidate:
- Motivated and professional leader.
- Committed to continuous improvement and responsive to change.
- Strong communicator with a supportive approach to team development.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the ICU team, ensuring safe, individualised, and effective patient care.
- Provide highly specialist advice and clinical leadership to support and develop the nursing team within the department and specialty.
- Work in conjunction with the Senior Nurse Manager to develop and review standards of direct nursing care, based on research evidence and audit outcomes.
- Ensure agreed standards of care are consistently delivered to patients.
- Maintain a safe environment for staff and patients.
- Offer specialist clinical advice within the multidisciplinary team and support services.
- Promote and maintain good working relationships across the multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate knowledge of all relevant Health Board policies, procedures, and guidelines
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Interviews to be held on 07/11/2025
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
- Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
- Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
- Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
- 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97
- community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
- Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Part 1)
- Current NMC Registration
- Bachelor degree (or equivalent experience)
- Expert knowledge of Critical Care Nursing to postgraduate diploma level
- Bronze IQT
- Teaching/Coaching qualification (or equivalent experience)
- Knowledge of legislation pertinent to role
Desirable criteria
- Recognised management qualification
- Recognised leadership qualification
- Experience of leading a team
- Masters degree in pertinent subject
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven and relevant experience at Band 6
- Appropriate experience within specialty and able to demonstrate sound knowledge of relevant specialty
- Able to demonstrate sound knowledge of NMC Code (2018)
- Proven post-registration experience and evidence of coordinating and managing a team of staff.
- Able to demonstrate an awareness of professional issues and developments.
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Experience of working in a multi-professional environment
- Experience in budget management
- Experience of effective staff management
- Experience of running a ward/area/department
- Experience of mentoring pre-registration nursing/midwifery students
- IT skills
- Able to relate theory into practice through reflective skills
- Good knowledge of information governance/data protection requirements
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a Band 7 role
- Understanding of financial and resource management processes
Language skills
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nerys Davies
- Job title
- Senior Nurse Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01267248708
- Additional information
Abbi Daniel-Thomas
Senior Nurse Manager
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