# Band 6 Junior Sister > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-junior-sister/4e1df7e4-4c71-42e0-8a48-301254f41aac - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-junior-sister/4e1df7e4-4c71-42e0-8a48-301254f41aac.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Barnet General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Charge nurse - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T10:48:58.255Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Barnet/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Trauma_Orthopaedics/Trauma_Orthopaedics-v8319125 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8319125?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for someone to join our busy and highly skilled team to provide holistic approach to orthopaedic care. The successful applicant will be a dynamic and motivated individual capable of managing their own workload. The post holder will have appropriate, experience or potential to develop. You will possess effective communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to work independently as well as within a team. The post holder will work closely with the Ward leader, nurses, consultants and multi-disciplinary team members in monitoring and maintaining excellent standards of nursing care and staff development as part of the team. They will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure standards of care are consistently maintained. If you are ambitious and strive for professional excellence, clear leadership, would like the opportunity of a band 6 post experience then this is your opportunity to be part of a dynamic team in a leadership role. ### Main duties of the job As a Band 6 Charge Nurse, you will play a key role in the clinical and operational management of the unit. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure patients receive safe, effective and compassionate care throughout their inpatient journey. You will be responsible for: Providing visible clinical leadership and role modelling professional nursing practice. Supporting the day-to-day management and smooth running of the Unit. Coordinating patient flow and ensuring effective utilisation of resources. Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care. Supervising, supporting and developing junior nursing staff and healthcare support workers. Promoting evidence-based practice and continuous quality improvement. Maintaining high standards of patient safety, experience and clinical governance ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Knowledge of current clinical development and professional issues affecting nursing. - Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence - Demonstrates skills in IT systems - Understanding of 'Scope of Professional Practice' and its implications for nursing. - Ability to problem-solve, prioritise and to work to deadlines - Ability to motivate staff and improve individuals and team performance - Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with multi professional teams - Demonstrates evidence of knowledge and ability to undertake change management - Able to manage stressful situations and challenge decisions to ensure that patient needs are met - Able to lead, manage and motivate others in complex problem solving and assessment skills - Able to recruit staff to world class values **Desirable** - Knowledge of Intravitreal eye injections ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post registration experience of acute nursing - Evidence of experience in conducting audits - Evidence of skills in managing junior staff - Experience in delivering evidence based practice - Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality ### personal Qualities **Essential** - Ability to demonstrate initiative and solve problems - Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues - Enthusiastic and assertive - Adaptable to change - Diplomatic and calm - To be flexible and approachable - Flexibility in shift and working patterns to meet the needs of the service ### Royal Free World Class Values **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values ## Documents - [jd band 6 (pdf, 244.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10640525) - [functional skills (pdf, 392.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10640527) - [b6 personal specification (pdf, 149.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10640526) - [nursing and midwifery - benefits, about rfl, values and governing objectives (pdf, 626.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2755) ## 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.