Job summary
- Main area
- Head and Neck
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- 3 months (Fixed Term/Secondment. All existing NHS staff will only be considered on a secondment basis.)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-0865-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Hallamshire Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pa/ pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/11/2025
Employer heading

Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Is providing excellent patient care and getting the basics right one of your key drivers? Do you love developing others to become excellent at what they do? Is making a difference and doing the right thing fundamental to you? If your answer to these questions is yes, then this role may be right for you.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we will take care of you. We offer many ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of 3 months. Where there is potential, the secondment/fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the secondment/fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
Main duties of the job
Excellent Sisters & Charge Nurses have a strong sense of ownership of their departments and love to be in charge to ensure an efficient, positive working environment with very clear patient focus. They’re honest and straightforward and they have high standards. They thrive on the busy nature of the role, they love being on top of things, they have a lot of drive and they keep going when things are tough. They ensure clinical quality standards are achieved by providing inspirational and visible clinical leadership.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to develop your career within our Neuro Critical care unit at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The department has capacity for 21 Critical care beds providing top quality, modern facilities for the management of Neuro surgical and Neuro medical patients via elective and emergency pathways, enabling our multidisciplinary teams to work together to provide a high standard of care for patients.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
As one of the largest NHS Trusts we also offer some fantastic staff benefits including:
- Friendly teams
- A pension that we also pay into for you
- Flexible working
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Loads of discounts at national and local shops/services
- Career development and training opportunities
- On-site childcare
- Free health and wellbeing support
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN Level one
- NMC registered
- To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
- First degree or evidence of working towards one (demonstrating graduate attributes)
- Continuous professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completion of recognised accredited ICU course modules
- Extensive experience at Band 6 in a critical care setting
- Ability to lead, motivate and develop a professional team
- Demonstration of involvement in unit developments, undertaking specific responsibilities within NCCU
- Completion of advanced clinical and management competencies
Desirable criteria
- Experience deputising for Senior Sister / Charge Nurse
- Extensive experience at band 6 in Neuro Critical care
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of relevant post basic training and continuous professional development
- Ability to communicate effectively including active listening, writing, and verbally, with individuals on a one-to-one basis, with groups, and the Multidisciplinary Team
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
- Deborah Hewitt-Clarke
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2713610
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