Sister​/Charge Nurse

Job Overview

This Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse role on Ward 10 (Surgical Ward) at Wexham Hospital offers a leadership opportunity within a busy 26‑bed surgical unit caring for general surgery and urology patients. The ward manages both emergency and elective admissions, including post‑operative and ICU step‑down patients. The postholder will support the Senior Sister in leading a multidisciplinary nursing team, ensuring safe, high‑quality patient care and fostering a positive learning culture.

Responsibilities include clinical leadership, staff management, training and development, and quality improvement.

• Skilled in communication, teamwork, and staff mentorship
• Committed to continuous professional development, staff retention, and service excellence

• Responsible and accountable for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision.
• Assist the Senior Sister in leading the ward team in providing 24‑hour nursing and operational management whilst ensuring a high‑quality service with cost‑effective resources.
• Lead and monitor the performance and standards of care within the Nursing Team.
• Act as a multi‑disciplinary team leader taking the lead on projects as appropriate.
• In conjunction with the Ward Manager/Senior Charge Nurse and other Junior Sister/Charge Nurse, facilitate the development of the service and personal development of all nursing staff within the clinical area of responsibility.
• Depute for the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in their absence, attending appropriate meetings, maintaining an organised and structured workforce.
• Previous clinical experience working in a SADU or ITU environment.

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. 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, and we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

• Current NMC Registration
• Evidence of recent Continued Practice Development
• Nursing degree or working towards a degree.
• Mentorship/teaching course.

• Desirable:
  Leadership Course.

• Leadership skills - management
• Professionalism - communication
• Teaching and assessing experience.

• Desirable:
  Critical care skills (ability to act and think effectively in case of deterioration/emergency).

• General surgical / specialist surgery experience.
• Experience in audit.

• Desirable:
  Critical care experience.

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