Job summary
- Main area
- General Medicine
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 151-NM211
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Camberley
- Salary
- £40,617 - £48,778 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Junior Charge Nurse/ Sister
Band 6
Job overview
Junior Sister / Charge Nurse – G2A Ward, Frimley Park Hospital
Are you an experienced and motivated nurse looking to take the next step in your leadership journey? We are seeking an enthusiastic Junior Sister / Charge Nurse to join our dedicated team on G2A, a dynamic 12-bedded Acute Stroke Unit with 2 same-day assessment trolleys. Our service also includes G3, a 28-bedded step-down ward, enabling continuity of care for patients throughout their stroke recovery journey.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role within our specialist stroke service, working closely with the Senior Sister, Matron, and multidisciplinary team to deliver outstanding, evidence-based care. You will provide visible leadership on the ward, supporting and developing staff, ensuring high standards of patient safety, and promoting a culture of compassion and clinical excellence.
If you are passionate about stroke care, team development, and making a real difference to patient outcomes, we would love to hear from you. Join us and be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team where your leadership and expertise will be truly valued.
Main duties of the job
- You will be expected to demonstrate clinical leadership and drive quality improvement changes in the clinical setting.
- You will support junior colleagues in their professional development and with appropriate training you will support the senior sister with management of staff sickness, appraisals ,staffing issues, incident and complaint management etc.
- We can offer you a range of management and leadership development opportunities to support you in this role as well as support from a dedicated clinical practice educator who provides support to all our staff and can focus on any specific training requirements you may have.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC registration
- Teaching and assessing course or equivalent mentorship preparation course
- Stroke course.
- Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor training. ENB998.
Desirable criteria
- Degree level registration.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working as a Band 5 in a stroke setting
- Extensive post registration experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Wide range of clinical skills - venepuncture, cannulation, drug administration, catheterisation, ECG
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult/stressful situations effectively
- Basic keyboard skills. Basic use of IT packages (word, excel, powerpoint)
- Excellent communications skills.
- Ability to work autonomously, proactively and as part of a team.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and training skills
- Leadership and influencing skills.
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
- Emma Wells
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 613 4225
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