Junior Sister​/Charge nurse

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The closing date is 05 February 2026

We are excited toannounce we are advertising a permanent and secondment Band 6 position on AMU.

The Acute Medical Unit is a 27 bedded admission unit. We are a fast moving unit that has directadmission from A&E with discharges and transfers on a daily basis. We are looking for experienced nurse to join our dynamic and supportive team as aJunior Sister to help us to further develop our services and provide the highest standards of patient care.

As a Junior Sisteryou will be involved in effectively supporting and leading staff to ensure high quality care is delivered to all our patients, confirming adequate staffing levels are in place for the next 24 hours and escalat if necessary. Youwill undertake the Nurse in Charge role, coordinating, delegating and supervising the management and planning of nursing care whilst maintaining patient safety. The successful candidate will act as a role model of expertclinical practice and will be confident to challenge practice so that the bestand most appropriate treatment is given to every patient.

You will also be expected to supervise, support and share valuable knowledge with the newly qualifiednurses.

You must be comfortable workingin a busy environment juggling the different demands typical of a nursing rolelike this and must possess the courage to do what is right for our patients.

You will be required to undertake audits within the department support the ward manager in meetings and complete professional development training.

To act as team leader for clinical staff and be responsible for clinical and non-clinical management of a wardarea in the absence of the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse.

Responsibilities for establishing and maintaining communication and relationship both internally and externally.

Establish and maintain effective communication and foster good working relationships with all multidisciplinary teams, both internal and external.

Provide and receive complex and / orsensitive information from patients and staff. For example, breaking bad newsto patients, giving complex information about procedures and their outcomes, dealing with performance issues, holding staff meetings. Able to support andtalk to distressed patients, visitors, and staff members.

Deal effectively with comments,complaints, or incidents that affect staff and users of the ward in accordance with complaints, risk management, or human resources procedures.

Report all serious incidents to the appropriate Manager/Director within 24 hours; these include Never Events,serious falls, and grade 3 or 4 pressure ulcers. Be knowledgeable about the specific care requirements of patients who may be admitted to the  knowledgeable about the risks of infection and take responsibility for minimising cross infection within the clinical environment, assist in giving information and placing patients appropriately.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to alarger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services fromthree sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and ourcaring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people towork with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewiseaccreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring aDBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

1.0 OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1.1 Responsibilities for establishing and maintaining communication and relationship both

internally and externally.

1.2

Establish and maintain effective communication and foster good working relationships with allmultidisciplinary teams, both internal and external.

1.3

Provide and receive complex and / or sensitive information from patient sand staff. For example, breaking bad news to patients, giving complexinformation about procedures and their outcomes, dealing with performance issues, holding staff meetings. Able to support and talk to distressedpatients, visitors, and staff members.

1.4

Responsible for cascading information to ward staff and chairing staff meetingsfrom which minutes are provided.

1.5 Make use of electronic…