Job summary
- Main area
- Neuro Critical Care
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-0871-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sheffield Teaching Hospital, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Sister/Charge Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen to develop your career within our Neuro Critical care Unit at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.
We are looking for highly motivated, patient-focussed, competent critical care nurses to assist the ward managers in managing the acute and dynamic unit.
We are a regional Neuro Critical Care accepting elective and emergency Level 2 or 3 patients across South Yorkshire.
Applications are invited from UK Registered Nurses who have extensive experience in critical care nursing. They must be a fully trained and competent critical care nurse in possession of the critical care course or equivalent and have appropriate post-course specialist competencies and experience. Working towards completion of critical care management workbook is essential. Applicants should have completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998 and a relevant management course is essential.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate management and leadership skills. Clinical expertise and organisational ability are also vital, together with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Main duties of the job
These positions are permanent and include rotation between our three general units, across two hospital sites.
The main duties of the role are to provide high quality, evidence based care to patients within Neuro critical care unit.
You will be expected to develop and provide specialised programmes of nursing care to a diverse range of patients. To lead a team of qualified nurses, support staff and student team members. To take charge of the ward / department regularly. And to support the Senior Sister / Senior Charge Nurse in ensuring the highest standard and quality of nursing care is delivered.
You will need to be flexible and passionate about delivering care to critically ill 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.
Our patients and staff are not numbers they are individuals. Proud to make a Difference is not just our slogan but the way we do things. If you are looking for a role or career that excites you, stretches your potential and gives you job satisfaction, we would love to hear from you.
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
- Evidence of post basic continuous professional development
- First degree or evidence of working towards one (demonstrating graduate attributes)
- To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience at AFC Band 5 in a Neuro critical care setting
- Ward / Unit level managerial experience – co-ordinator role
- Ability to lead, motivate and develop a professional team
- Completion of recognised accredited ICU course modules
- Working towards completion of Step 4 National Competency Framework for Registered Nurses in Adult Critical Care.
- Completion of step 1,2 and 3 National Competency Framework for Registered nurses in Adult Critical Care or equivalent.
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
- Additional information
Senior Charge Nurse Ralph Simpson
Senior Charge Nurse Alastair Smith
Senior Charge Nurse Liam Healy
extension :12858
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