# Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-sistercharge-nurse/1072977b-4c69-4b18-be20-7245e19cf1f2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-sistercharge-nurse/1072977b-4c69-4b18-be20-7245e19cf1f2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** Aylesbury - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro rata for part time) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Across all sites) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T14:03:57.764Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/High_Wycombe/Buckinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Nursing_Midwifery/Nursing_Midwifery-v7985300 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7985300?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exceptional time to join Cancer Services at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. We are building a forward-thinking, clinically empowered workforce where diversity, support, and development are at the core of everything we do. Our investment in people and our commitment to strong front-line clinical leadership create an environment where you can truly thrive and make a difference. In cancer services, excellence is essential; you will play a key role in shaping and delivering the latest evidence-based practice, ensuring our patients receive the highest quality treatment and support. As Deputy Sister within our Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) Unit, you will work closely with a highly skilled multidisciplinary team to deliver specialist care to patients with oncological and haematological diagnoses. This is a dynamic and rewarding role where clinical expertise meets leadership, offering you the opportunity to influence service delivery and enhance patient experience. We are seeking an experienced SACT practitioner with a strong background in administering systemic anti-cancer therapies and supporting patients and their families through complex and often challenging pathways. Alongside your clinical expertise, you will bring leadership and management experience - demonstrating the ability to support, motivate, and develop staff, coordinate clinical activity, and contribute to service improvement and innovation. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will act as the designated deputy to the individual with continuing responsibility for the unit, playing a key role within a multi-professional team committed to delivering a coordinated, comprehensive, and holistic service for patients with cancer and/or haematological diagnoses. In this role, you will regularly take charge of the unit, providing effective clinical, professional, and operational leadership in the absence of the SACT Sister. You will ensure the smooth running of the service while maintaining the highest standards of patient care and safety. Working collaboratively with Clinical Nurse Specialists and colleagues across SACT and Haematology services, you will contribute to delivering an outstanding, patient-centred experience across all aspects of treatment. You will also play an active role in developing others, supporting the teaching, supervision, and assessment of registered staff, learners, return-to-practice nurses, and healthcare assistants - helping to foster a skilled, confident, and compassionate workforce. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert. If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application. If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on \[email protected\] quoting the vacancy reference number. ## Job Details This is an exceptional time to join Cancer Services at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. We are building a forward-thinking, clinically empowered workforce where diversity, support, and development are at the core of everything we do. Our investment in people and our commitment to strong front-line clinical leadership create an environment where you can truly thrive and make a difference. In cancer services, excellence is essential; you will play a key role in shaping and delivering the latest evidence-based practice, ensuring our patients receive the highest quality treatment and support. As Deputy Sister within our Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) Unit, you will work closely with a highly skilled multidisciplinary team to deliver specialist care to patients with oncological and haematological diagnoses. This is a dynamic and rewarding role where clinical expertise meets leadership, offering you the opportunity to influence service delivery and enhance patient experience. We are seeking an experienced SACT practitioner with a strong background in administering systemic anti-cancer therapies and supporting patients and their families through complex and often challenging pathways. Alongside your clinical expertise, you will bring leadership and management experience - demonstrating the ability to support, motivate, and develop staff, coordinate clinical activity, and contribute to service improvement and innovation. ## Job Description The post holder will act as the designated deputy to the individual with continuing responsibility for the unit, playing a key role within a multi-professional team committed to delivering a coordinated, comprehensive, and holistic service for patients with cancer and/or haematological diagnoses. In this role, you will regularly take charge of the unit, providing effective clinical, professional, and operational leadership in the absence of the SACT Sister. You will ensure the smooth running of the service while maintaining the highest standards of patient care and safety. Working collaboratively with Clinical Nurse Specialists and colleagues across SACT and Haematology services, you will contribute to delivering an outstanding, patient-centred experience across all aspects of treatment. You will also play an active role in developing others, supporting the teaching, supervision, and assessment of registered staff, learners, return-to-practice nurses, and healthcare assistants - helping to foster a skilled, confident, and compassionate workforce. ## Responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert. If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application. If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on \[email protected\] quoting the vacancy reference number. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrate clinical expertise, relevant to the area - Demonstrable interest in and commitment to the professional development of others - Able to contribute to the development of students, nurses and oneself - Able to contribute to develop the workplace as a learning environment - Awareness and understanding of current health issues and in particular to demonstrate a good understanding of the NHS Plan and recent initiatives **Desirable** - Previous experience of leading change in a clinical environment - An understanding of HR processes and issues pertaining to staff management - An understanding of nursing issues in relation to finance management ### Special Circumstances **Essential** - There is an expectation that all staff will work cross site ### Skills, Abilities & Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to organise and manage day to day departmental activities and the activities of large multidisciplinary team within this. - Communication skills – able to relate and communicate with patients and staff at all levels and from different professions. Adapts communication style as necessary and is able to work with and through others. - Team building and working skills – able to lead a team to achieve results - Understanding of the issues pertaining to clinical risk management - Ability to utilise research in clinical practice - Problem solving skills – able to respond to unexpected issues and provide first line response and to identify appropriate sources of secondary support - Highly self-motivated – Possesses high internal work standards, sets themselves and helps others to set attainable goals; wants to do things better, to improve, to be more effective and efficient; measure progress against target - Flexibility – Able to adapt to ensure achievement of objectives within constantly changing situations and environments - Customer focused – committed to ensuring a positive hospital experience for patients and their relatives/ carers - Understanding of the issues pertaining to change management **Desirable** - IT/Computer Skills ### Education, Qualification & Training **Essential** - 1st Level Registered General Nurse - Further professional studies relevant to the clinical area - Mentorship programme or equivalent teaching qualification **Desirable** - Degree in Nursing or Equivalent ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 232.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10340834) - [person specification (pdf, 328.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10313702) - [functional requirements form (pdf, 192.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10313701) ## 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.