Senior Sister/Charge Nurse (XR07)

Posting date:	12 June 2025
Salary:	£47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£47810.00 - £54710.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	03 July 2025
Location:	Leeds, LS1 3EX
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	C9298-URG-0122

Summary

The Jobholder will carry 24 hour continuing responsibility for the effective and efficient management of the ward/department. They will provide professional, clinical, managerial leadership and supervision for the nursing team. The jobholder is responsible for developing and maintaining a ward or departments philosophy that has the patient at the centre of compassionate safe and quality care delivery. Through managing the administrative and financial aspects of the ward, the jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources. The jobholder will play an essential role with responsibility for the effective and efficient management of the department. Leadership Provide leadership to the clinical team Support and inspire staff to provide efficient, effective, safe, quality care to patients Deliver a positive patient experience Promote the building of effective teams and collaboration between teams Anticipate problems and take preventative or mitigating actions, or have contingency plans available Work with Matron to lead the development of ward/department nursing practice, reflecting the Clinical Service Unit and Trust business plans Work with the Matron and or Head of Nursing to suggest and develop new roles/ways of working Delegate and empower staff whilst maintaining overall, continuing responsibility and accountability Line manage the nursing team, including individual and team performance, attendance, management and workforce planning Ensure the effective deployment of staff is mapped against the flow of patients to provide safe and effective care Support and participate in local and trustwide recruitment events Manage the use of bank and agency Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events Deliver an effective, safe, quality service within budgetary envelope Raise and respond to concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrongdoing by following the LTHT whistle blowing policy and supporting processes Deputise for Matron in their absence Clinical Act in accordance to the Nursing and Midwifery Councils Code: Professional Standards Practice and Behaviour Fulfils the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration Supervise ward staff with regards clinical practice and patient experience to promote the delivery of excellent clinical standards Provide a visible clinical lead and role model to the nursing and wider team by delivering high quality compassionate care as an expert practitioner Ensure that documentation standards are maintained in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised. Promote and maintain positive working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust, involved in the care of patients Set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in local and national guidance Maintain a safe working environment Ensure the safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies Promote compassionate evidence based practice, wherever possible Work with Matron to ensure that clinical governance processes at ward/dept level encompass measures to ensure the quality of the fundamental and essential aspects of care Balance clinical risk and clinical decision making against context Work with the Infection Prevention and Control Team and Facilities to monitor the environment to maintain and raise standards Undertake duties on other wards or departments as and when required by the service Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to the LTHT safeguarding policies. Quality Improvement Has a responsibility to improve the quality and safety of our services. It is expected that in fulfilling a clinical leadership role you will be proactive in promoting and using the Leeds Improvement Method Contribute to quality improvement programmes as required Provides a contextual information and or viewpoint to support quality improvement by contributing to professional conversations representing the ward and or speciality view Keep up to date with and communicate service developments, advances and research. Through the use of audit, local research, metrics and feedback continually seek to identify practice that needs improvement. Implement and evaluate any resultant improvement plan. Actively promote patient involvement and feedback within service improvements to promote a positive patient experience Maintain and sustain the momentum of improvements until they are firmly embedded into the values and culture of the clinical area Education and Training Participate in personal appraisal and mandatory training at the required time periods Ensure all new starters, inclusive of temporary staff, have a local induction to the clinical area Ensure all staff have an individual performance development plan and a yearly appraisal Ensure all nursing staff maintain mandatory and priority training requirement. Support and facilitate re-validation for registered nursing staff, and self. Promote a learning and development culture to the improve staff skills, knowledge and competence Ensure the induction and development of staff Promote a positive learning environment within the clinical area to support the development of knowledge and skills in learners. Support and facilitate work-based inter-professional learning This does not provide an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and these may be subject to change with professional and service developments THE LEEDS WAY VALUES Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are: Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values Additionally, the following are core values which relate specifically to this post: Commitment to support, uphold and demonstrate the core values and behaviours of LTHT Commitment to delivering high quality compassionate evidence based care, in accordance with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) policies and guidelines Commitment to working in a multi-disciplinary team Commitment to the clinical area, valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and creative working environment Commitment to own personal and professional development and to the development of others within the team. INFECTION CONTROL The jobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal Infection Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before and after contact with patients and their environment HEALTH AND SAFETY / RISK MANAGEMENT All staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and improve the quality of services provided to our patients and other service users. This includes complying at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed security and safer working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY The jobholder must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet the individual needs of patients and their families. No person whether they are staff, patient or visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT The jobholder must take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager for his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional Development remains a priority. The jobholder will undertake all mandatory training required for the role. SPECIAL WORKING CONDITIONS i) PHYSICAL EFFORT Frequent standing, sitting, walking, kneels and crouches to attend to patient needs 24 hour continuing responsibility for Ward or Department Responding to changes patient condition Patient care (e.g. drug administration) Shift working Moving & Handling of patients and equipment on a daily basis. Patients 10-120kg (with lifting aids) Equipment medical equipment, specialised mattresses (weight 1-20kg) ii) MENTAL EFFORT Continuous mental effort/concentration required in relation to responding to and meeting patients nursing care needs (e.g. for 8-12 hour shift) Co-ordinating Ward/Department activities. Unpredictable workloads Responding to changing circumstances (e.g. changes in patient condition, prioritisation of workload) Calculating drug doses Dealing with complex and changing care needs of patients within an acute hospital environment (includes communication with relatives/carers) Robust verbal and written communication skills required at all times iii) EMOTIONAL EFFORT Exposure to difficult situations including death and dying, distressed patients and relatives/carers Dealing with complex workload Staff Management iv) WORKING CONDITIONS Temperature should be controlled, but may experience hot or cold work environment Smells dealing with body fluids Violence & Aggression may experience violence and aggression from patients and/or relatives/carers Infection Control exposure to patients with infection