Clinical Ward Sister / Charge Nurse
| Posting date: | 03 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | £49,387.00 to £56,515.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £49387.00 - £56515.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 June 2026 |
| Location: | Northampton, NN1 5BD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9265-26-0400 |
Summary
Supporting Patient Excellence To act as a clinical leader and role model for staff, maintain competence in and facilitate the development of extended skills for other staff To support patient and public participation in service development To monitor patient dependency, reporting high activity to the Ward manager Consider new ways of working, which enhance patient care, presenting proposals to the Ward manager. Ensure the clinical area is a safe working environment in which all patients receive high quality individualised care, which maintains their privacy and dignity People/Management Excellence To facilitate and implement clinical supervision and support in practice Ensure staff achieve and maintain Trust and professional mandatory and role specific training Work in partnership with the Ward Manager, in ensuring all ward/department staff have a formal annual appraisal, which enables the development of their personal professional development plan, in line with the Knowledge and Skills Framework To identify training and learning needs of all staff and responding and/or forwarding those to the Neonatal Ward manager and Practice Development Facilitator as deemed necessary Work in partnership with the Ward manager to ensure student and learners placements are met and that they are adequately supported and assessed while on placement Participate and assist in the continual learning of all staff so that personal development plans progress and succession planning is promoted To facilitate and promote a suitable learning environment, which embraces evidence based practice, for new members of staff, students and families Supporting Financial Excellence To consider the use of resources and highlight ways to reduce waste and unnecessary costs. Professional Responsibilities To maintain own professional responsibilities including compliance with mandatory and role specific training. To undertake annual appraisal with ward Manager. Quality Assurance and Monitoring To ensure that all ward/department documentation is completed. To participate in the Care Quality Indicators as required, receive feedback from audits and produce/monitor action plans as required. Work in partnership with the Ward manager and neonatal educators, in ensuring that all agreed action plans from both national and local strategies, benchmarking standards and clinical audits are achieved. To support the Pathway to Excellence and assessment and accreditation To support the development of guidelines, protocols and practices that enhances the patient experience Policy and Service Development Responsibilities Ensure staff have access to and are made aware of the content of Trust policies, protocols and take appropriate action where compliance is breached Research and Development Responsibilities To support the units participation in research as per individual baby criteria