Job summary
- Main area
- Specialised Cancer
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-1319-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Weston Park Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/04/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 13/04/2026
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 to join Ward 2 . The post holder will join the Senior Nursing Team, providing leadership and expertise within the Inpatient Department to all patients under the care of Consultants at Weston Park Hospital and within the Cancer Network. This will include delivering a range of anti-cancer therapies and supportive care to patients.
To support this development an exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated, experienced, creative and forward thinking individuals to join the team.
The successful candidate will support the Ward Manager of Ward 2 with management, leadership and development of the unit always ensuring patients receive the highest standards of care.
The post holder must possess excellent communication, leadership, interpersonal and organisational skills alongside a vision for service development.
The post holder will work in close liaison with the Matron and senior sisters ensuring the provision of high quality care within the resources available.
An informal visit is recommended.
Main duties of the job
Support Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in ensuring the highest standard and quality of nursing care is delivered.
Undertake and support in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for symptom support or end of life care.
Exercise judgement in assessing wide ranging patient problems and promote options for optimum patient care.
Maintain effective communication with all patients, carers and members of the Healthcare team.
Act sensitively, confidentially and with empathy in demonstrating understanding of wide ranging physical and emotional needs.
Work unsupervised, in the community setting within Trust Guidelines, Policies and Procedures and the NMC codes of conduct, seeking advice on non-routine matters from line managers or Duty Matron.
Ensure accurate, contemporaneous and timely care records, both written and electronic.
Adhere to infection control policies and practice.
Exercise professional judgement by applying skills and knowledge to the safe ordering, custody and administration of drugs.
Provide specialist advice to patients, carers, healthcare assistants and students.
Develop and provide specialised nursing care to a diverse range of patients and support to carers on the ward.
Care for acutely unwell patients.
Support patients and families in preparation for discharge or around the end of life and bereavement.
Lead a team of qualified, support and student team members.
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.
Weston Park Cancer Centre is the specialised cancer services directorate within Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust providing oncology services across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire and North Derbyshire. It is a centre for outpatient and inpatient non-surgical cancer care, including chemotherapy, and is one of the leading Radiotherapy Centres in the country.
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
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse
- First level degree in related subject (or working toward)
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Recognised mentor qualification
- To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration experience at Band 5
- Extensive experience within acute care setting
- Relevant experience of caring for people with infections
- Evidence of delivering education and training to patients and staff
- Evidence of working collaboratively within multi- disciplinary teams
- Evidence of leadership and management in an acute setting
- Evidence of applying research and audit in practice
- Evidence of successfully managing & evaluating change
- Evidence of effective resource management
Desirable criteria
- Experience at Band 6
- Experience of caring for people with challenging behaviour
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Additional professional course/qualification relevant to the speciality
Special Skills/ Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Clinical skills in care of patients with infections
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- IT literate
- Leadership and motivational skills
- Organisational and negotiation skills
- Ability to apply healthcare governance principles
Other Factors
Essential criteria
- Diplomatic, calm and objective
- Assertive, confident, yet approachable
- Analytical skills to manage complex situations
- Recognition of own limitations
- Demonstrates enthusiasm
- Flexible attitude to working
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
- Emma Colville
- Job title
- Matron for inpatient services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2265443
- Additional information
Amanda Traynor - Ward Manager Ward 2
01142265308
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