Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: rotation to Days/nights/weekends required
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 438-PB4506
- Employer
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chorley and South Ribble Hospital
- Town
- Chorley
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Sister/Charge Nurse - Cardiology
Band 6
Job overview
In this role, you’ll work closely with the Unit Manager to maintain and build upon the high standards of care and patient safety that our team is proud to deliver. Your leadership and clinical expertise will be key in ensuring that every patient receives safe, timely, and compassionate care.
You will be warmly welcomed and well supported by a fantastic team who are passionate and aspire to provide excellent care
In addition, you’ll support the Unit Manager with a range of leadership and management responsibilities, helping to foster a positive team culture, coordinate service delivery, and ensure the smooth running of the unit. Your contribution will help drive excellence across both clinical and operational aspects of the service
Main duties of the job
- Work closely with ward managers to maintain and improve high standards of care and patient safety.
- Lead from the front as a Band 6, providing leadership during shifts.
- Coordinate the shift, ensuring smooth operations and patient flow.
- Attend ward rounds and actively participate in patient care discussions.
- Liaise with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure collaborative care.
- Support staff wellbeing and development, offering guidance and mentorship.
- Assist the ward manager with leadership and management responsibilities, including:
- Fostering a positive team culture.
- Coordinating service delivery.
- Ensuring the smooth running of the unit.
- Drive excellence in clinical and operational aspects of the service.
Working for our organisation
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard in LTHTR to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Support the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse or
Matron in ensuring the provision of excellent
care with compassion for the patients,
relatives and visitors who are cared for
within or by the ward, department, service or
team.
Ensure a high standard of nursing is
delivered by self and others based on
assessment, planning, implementation and
evaluation of care to meet patients’ needs in
accordance with agreed local and National
standards and evidence based guidelines.
Assist and support the Ward Manager in the
safe, effective management of the area
including management of personnel, facilities
and the associated systems and processes.
Act as a role model, presenting a positive image
of self, team and the organisation.
Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care, through appropriate
professional practice, delegation and
supervision of duties carried out by junior staff.
Set, monitor and maintain standards of care to
improve the patient experience and outcome of
care.
Proactively manage risk and maintain patient
safety, conforming to health, safety and security
legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
Promote equality in care and practice by
recognising, respecting and meeting the needs
and choices of individuals.
Ensures environment of care is safe, well
equipped and compliant with standards for
hygiene and cleanliness.
Where there are difficult to fill roles solutions
are found to ensure the department has
sustainable staffing structures at substantive
spend, which may be achieved through
different marketing solutions or different
structural arrangement.
To participate in education and training of junior
staff.
Maintain and develop own professional
competence and seek to extend the scope of
personal knowledge and skills within scope of
role and professional practice.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Appropriate NMC Registration
- NMC recognised Mentorship qualification
Desirable criteria
- Post registration qualification in area of speciality area
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of leadership experience and learning.
- Awareness of recent advances within Nursing practice
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance and safeguarding and the relevance to practice
- Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures
- Experience of implementing changes to benefit patients and improve nursing practice
- Knowledge of Ethical issues
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of clinical competence in area of speciality eg surgery
- Knowledge of Research and Development
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachael Davis
- Job title
- Unit Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01257 247229
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