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Job requirements
Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Excellent clinical assessment skills
- Skills
Highly skilled in wound assessment and management
- Skills
Leadership and organisational skills
- Skills
Ability to prioritise workload and manage competing demands
- Skills
Effective communication and patient education skills
- Knowledge
Breast surgery pathways
- Knowledge
Pre-operative assessment processes
- Knowledge
Infection prevention and control
- Knowledge
Clinical governance and risk management
- Experience
At least 2 years post registration experience including a minimum of 1 year’s recent experience within the outpatient department
- Experience
Experience in assessing post-operative and chronic wounds
- Experience
Experience in identifying and escalating surgical wound complications including infection, seroma, haematoma and wound dehiscence
- Qualifications
NMC Registered Nurse
- Qualifications
Evidence of continuing professional development
- Qualifications
Relevant experience in breast care, surgical, or outpatient settings
- Qualifications
Teaching/Mentorship qualification
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Leadership or management training
- Skills
Breast care qualification or relevant specialist study
- Skills
Audit and quality improvement experience
- Knowledge
Evidence of mentoring and development of staff
- Experience
Previous Band 6 experience
- Qualifications
Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
Job overview
Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse West Wing OPD
We are looking for the best talent to work in our World-Class Heart, and Cancer Centre. In return, the Barts Health will provide unsurpassed professional development opportunities, enabling investment in a range of new initiatives that would mean:
- doctors and nurses in training will be able to gain experience in different hospitals along the whole patient pathway.
- there would be greater opportunity for career progression – we could retain good staff who might otherwise leave to gain promotion.
- becoming world-class will enable us to recruit some of the best doctors and researchers in the world – who can share their knowledge and experience.
- joining forces with other partners in an Academic Health Science System will mean that staff would be better able to secure funds and pool their talents to develop new technology, techniques and treatments.
Main duties of the job
To manage, maintain and support effectively Outpatients Departments in St Bartholomew’s Hospital. The OP area is open on a Monday to Friday basis with varying hours. There is a possibility that in the future there will be weekend working as well.
He / She is responsible for the overall management of the clinical area and for the professional development of any junior staff; the sister / Charge Nurse will provide advice and support to the whole team involved in caring for patients. He / She will be expected to set and maintain high standards of care and be accountable for auditing and monitoring those standards.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment
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.
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This advert is for Junior Sister / Charge Nurse - Outpatient Department(OPD) with Barts Health NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Charge nurse role. The advertised salary is £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inc. The contract type is 12 months (Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months). The application deadline is 13 Oct 2026.
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