Job summary
- Main area
- ICU
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 4 months (37.5 Hours)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 388-7766468-PC&S-A
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Torbay Hospital
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Sister/Charge Nurse - Intensive Care Unit
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a proactive, enthusiastic and well-respected team in Torbay Hospital, for a Band 5 rotation position acting as a band 6.
As a sister/Charge Nurse you will be supported to provide day to day leadership to the nursing team facilitating the efficient working of the multidisciplinary team to assess care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care. In this role you will be co-ordinating the running of the Intensive Care Unit whilst working collaboratively to ensure a good patient journey and supporting and developing team members. During the rotation, you will complete required documentation and be in the process of completing the step 4 CC3n competencies.
For more information or for an informal visit please contact: Michaela O'Sullivan [email protected] – Tel 01803 655196
Main duties of the job
- The Main duties of the Sister/Charge nurse are to co-ordinate the shift whilst maintaining a calm and professional attitude.
- You will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of patient care. You will be working closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure that consistently high standards and quality of care for patients are maintained and that the patient’s needs are met.
- To provide clinical advice, training, education and support to patients, relatives and other professional colleagues.
- To promote a safe clinical environment for all patients, their carer’s, visitors and staff and comply with the Trust and relevant network policies, procedures, guidelines, protocols, values and expected behaviours.
Working for our organisation
The Intensive Care Unit is a fourteen bedded unit which admits level 2 and 3 patients requiring complex care needs moving on to meet their rehabilitation needs both within the unit and on their continuing journey home.
The multidisciplinary team work collaboratively to ensure the patients needs are met compassionately and to a high standard with the goal of helping patients achieve their optimum level of health post critical illness or a peaceful death.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Post graduate diploma/degree in Intensive Care
- Mentorship/Teaching qualification
- Leadership experience
Desirable criteria
- Leadership Training
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Mentorship/teaching qualification
Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Leadership training
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- • Clinical expert in the care of level 3 critically unwell adults and children.
- • Knowledge of individual responsibility to health and safety and clinical risk
- • Knowledge of safe care and staffing numbers
- • Knowledge of Outreach
Desirable criteria
- • Exposure to HR management
- • Budget awareness
- • Research awareness
- • Diverse and adaptable communication skills to enable effective communication with the MDT
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to discuss the purpose and direction of Outreach
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Key leadership responsibilities, clinical governance, health and safety, safe staffing and conflict management
Desirable criteria
- Human Resources, Budget awareness, negotiation, advanced communication skills and research awareness
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective leader and role model, working accurately and reliably under pressure to make safe clinical decisions
Desirable criteria
- Recruitment and selection and experience of change management
Skills
Essential criteria
- Communicate clearly and effectively, effective interpersonal skills, work as part of a team and on own initiative and work/life balance
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michaela O'Sullivan
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01803 655196
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