# Band 6 Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse, HDU - Harefield Hospital > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-deputy-sistercharge-nurse-hdu-harefield-hospital/a2df0606-4f02-4295-a176-c5468d636b9d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-deputy-sistercharge-nurse-hdu-harefield-hospital/a2df0606-4f02-4295-a176-c5468d636b9d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 p.a inc outer London HCA - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Long days and night shifts) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-24T08:39:52.758Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Harefield/Guys_St_Thomas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Deputy_SisterCharge_Nurse/Deputy_SisterCharge_Nurse-v8116109 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8116109?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust as a Band 6 Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse in our 10-bedded High Dependency Unit (HDU). We provide specialist care for Level 2 patients managing complex clinical needs—including non-invasive ventilation, inotropic support, and renal replacement therapy—following cardiac, thoracic, transplant, and cardiology surgeries. Operating on a 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio, we work as an integrated team alongside our 24-bed ITU. We are looking for an ambitious, caring, and inclusive professional to act as a role model, deliver exceptional patient-centred care, and help lead our supportive team. We fully champion flexible working and are dedicated to your ongoing professional development. ### Main duties of the job - Clinical Leadership: Assist the Sister/Charge Nurse in day-to-day management, efficiently coordinating staffing levels, skill mixes, and temporary bank/agency rosters. - Expert Patient Care: Autonomously manage complex clinical caseloads, recognizing emergencies, interpreting data, and taking decisive action to maintain safe, high-quality care. - Staff Development: Supervise, mentor, and assess junior nurses, student nurses, and clinical support workers to foster a rewarding and challenging learning environment. - Clinical Governance: Lead risk assessments, monitor and audit nursing standards, and promote a proactive "no-blame" culture for incident reporting. - Effective Communication: Act as a patient advocate, supporting families and carers through difficult clinical conversations and challenging situations with absolute dignity and respect. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities ### Clinical Leadership & Management - Co-ordinate daily ward operations, ensuring patient safety is never compromised by appropriately delegating duties. - Maintain strict stock control, oversee temporary staff time-sheets, and resolve local patient or visitor complaints efficiently. ### Clinical Care Excellence - Deliver advanced nursing interventions (e.g., chest drain management, tracheostomy care) compliant with NMC and Trust guidelines. - Administer prescribed medications, blood, and blood products safely. - Champion holistic care that respects the diverse cultural and spiritual needs of our patients, utilizing the Trust's EPIC system for flawless, legible electronic documentation. ### Training & Compliance - Actively assist in team recruitment, retention, and performance management. - Drive adherence to essential statutory protocols, including Health & Safety, Safeguarding, and strict Infection Control measures to drastically reduce healthcare-associated infections. ## Person Specification ### Previous experience **Essential** - Relevant experience HDU - Proven experience of taking charge - Experience of teaching/assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting. **Desirable** - Experience of clinical supervision ### Additional Information **Essential** - Able and willing to work flexible shift patterns, internal rotation to day and night duty and unsocial hours, according to service needs ### Qualifications/ Education **Essential** - BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience - Post registration course relevant to the speciality. **Desirable** - Leadership qualification (e.g. LEO) - Sign off Mentorship ### Skills/Knowledge/ Ability **Essential** - Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues. - Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients/clients and give relevant advice/information to patients and relatives - Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information. To include dealing with distressed relatives, care of terminally ill & other challenging situations ### Professional/ Statutory Registration **Essential** - RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality. ## Documents - [band 6 deputy sister charge nurse hdu harefield (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10412939) - [frf band 6 deputy sister charge nurse hdu harefield (pdf, 376.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10412940) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.