Ward Sister/Charge Nurse | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	04 December 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£56,276 - £63,176 Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	03 January 2026
Location:	London, NW1 2BU
Company:	University College London Hospital
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7661837/309-UCLH-7161

Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate, and highly motivated Band 7 Ward Sister or Charge Nurse to join our Oncology Wards at University College London Hospital. You should be a skilled Oncology nurse with a passion for leadership, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and a genuine enthusiasm in caring for patients and creating an environment that facilitates the best patient and staff experience.

This post would include leading and managing the nursing team to provide the highest standard of care and maintaining a culture of learning, development, improvement and teamworking.

At UCLH we provide highly specialised cancer care for oncology patients with a wide range of solid tumours, we are one of two cancer centres in London offering specialised care to sarcoma patients.

What we do:

Our inpatient unit provides a variety of treatments including:

• Cytotoxic chemotherapy
• Trial treatments
• Biological therapies
• Radiotherapy
• Brachytherapy
• Radioisotope treatments
• Palliative care including complex symptom management end of life care

We have 52 Oncology inpatient beds across T13 and T16S and a Cancer Assessment Unit offering rapid assessment and treatment for up to 6 patients.

The main duties of the role include but are not limited to:
• Visible leadership of the Oncology Ward Nursing team
• Ensuring provision of high-quality Oncology nursing care
• Ensuring a safe environment that meets organisation requirements for quality and safety such as infection control.
• Staff management:
o Roster management
o HR processes
o Recruitment and retention
o Team development
o Staff recognition
• Implementation of innovations in nursing care to ensure the team is fit to meet developments in Oncology Nursing Care.
• Ensuring highest standard of patient and staff experience.
• Management of local governance process – incident, risk and complaint management.
• Responsibility for completion of ward audit processes
• Budget management.
• Work with the MDT and the wider Cancer Division team to support the delivery of the highest standard of care.
• To collaborate with Ward Sisters/Charge Nurses across the organisation to deliver innovations to nursing care and leadership.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

· University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

· National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

· Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

· University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

· Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

· University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

· The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

· University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.



Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

*UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit:Flexible working. 

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?


This advert closes on Thursday 18 Dec 2025

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