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Junior Sister/Charge Nurse Are you a band 5 with urology experience looking for a new challenge, or an existing Junior sister looking to broaden your skill set? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Sister/Charge Nurse to join the J42 Urology Ward team. We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic senior nurse who is adaptable, forward-thinking, and committed to leading and embracing change. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership and decision-making skills, with a creative approach to improving patient care. The role involves working closely with the Ward Leader to enhance patient safety, care quality, and overall experience, while also supporting and developing staff at all levels. This includes encouraging, guiding, and facilitating the ongoing development of clinical skills, knowledge, and professional experience. The successful applicant will thrive in a fast-paced ward environment and bring the energy, resilience, and drive needed to support senior leaders, ward staff, and patients, ensuring the highest standards of care are consistently delivered.
Main duties of the job
The jobholder will play an essential role assisting the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse with the 24-hour continuing responsibility for the effective and efficient management of the ward / department. They will contribute to the provision of professional, clinical, managerial leadership and supervision for the nursing team. The jobholder is responsible for helping to develop and maintain a ward or departments philosophy that has the patient at the centre of compassionate safe and quality care delivery. By assisting with managing the administrative and financial aspects of the ward, the jobholder will support the cost-effective use of resources. As an experienced nurse the jobholder will assist in co-ordinating activities on the ward or department ensuring effective communication is maintained at all times, providing support to qualified and unqualified nurses within the ward/dept. He/she will play a key role in the assessment of patient care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The jobholder will act as a role model, promoting quality evidence-based practice, developing the nursing team and ensuring effective management of the ward/department in the absence of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse. Please see job description for further information.
About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Details
- Date posted: 19 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 001911
- Job locations: St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
For questions about this job, contact:
Lucy Crooke
Senior Sister
l.crooke@nhs.net
01132066858
Why you should join our Team
Urology sits within Abdominal Medicine and Surgery CSU. The ward is unique as it is the only urology ward caring for both acute and elective patients who require a hospital stay. The Team works closely with the urology consultants to ensure patients are safe, well cared for, and consistently receive a high standard of care.
The ward also collaborates with the wider urology departments, offering valuable opportunities for professional development within the speciality. J42 is a welcoming and supportive place to work, known for its positive atmosphere, strong teamwork, and patient centred approach. The team is frequently recognised for delivering excellent patient care, even in the face of challenging and high-acuity situations.
What you will bring to the role
You will:
- Support the Ward Leader in providing effective leadership to the clinical team.
- Motivate, support, and inspire staff to deliver efficient, safe, high-quality patient care.
- Promote and deliver a consistently positive patient experience.
- Encourage the development of effective teamwork and strong collaboration across teams.
- Proactively identify potential issues and implement preventative measures, mitigation strategies, or contingency plans as required.
- Assist with the line management of the nursing team, including monitoring individual and team performance and attendance.
- Support the effective deployment of staff in line with patient flow to ensure safe and efficient care delivery.
- Participate in and support local and trust-wide recruitment activities.
- Assist in managing the appropriate use of bank and agency staff.
- Support the Ward Leader in investigating and responding to accidents, complaints, incidents, and other significant events.
- Contribute to the delivery of a safe, high-quality, and cost-effective service within agreed budgets.
- Identify, raise, and respond appropriately to concerns related to risk, safety, malpractice, or wrongdoing, in line with the LTHT whistleblowing policy and procedures.
- Deputise for the Ward Leader in their absence, as required.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
We are….
Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind
Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time
Our priorities:
People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Code: Professional Standards Practice and Behaviour (March, 2015).
- Knowledge of NMC and LTHT guidelines relating to documentation standards.
- Knowledge of clinical governance processes and measures to ensure the quality of fundamental and essential aspects of care.
- Knowledge of local and national guidance relating to the quality and safety of patient care.
- Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures for children and vulnerable adults.
- Knowledge of infection prevention and control requirements, including Universal Infection Control Precautions and hand hygiene.
- Knowledge of health and safety, risk management and safer working procedures.
Desirable
- Knowledge of quality improvement methods, including the Leeds Improvement Method.
- Knowledge of service developments, advances and research relevant to the clinical area.
Experience
Essential
- As an experienced nurse, assist in co-ordinating activities on the ward or department.
- Experience of providing support to qualified and unqualified nurses within the ward/department.
- Experience of assessment of patient care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
- Experience of supporting change management.
- Experience of clinical leadership, supervision and the development of a nursing team.
- Experience of working in an acute hospital environment.
- Experience of dealing with complex and changing care needs of patients.
Desirable
- Experience of assisting with line management of a nursing team, including individual and team performance, attendance management and workforce planning.
- Experience of quality improvement programmes, audit, local research, metrics and feedback.
- Experience of supporting work-based inter-professional learning.
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Ability to deliver high quality compassionate care as an expert practitioner.
- Ability to act as a visible clinical lead and role model to the nursing and wider team.
- Ability to assess patient care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
- Ability to supervise ward staff with regards clinical practice and patient experience to promote the delivery of excellent clinical standards.
- Ability to promote compassionate evidence based practice.
- Ability to balance clinical risk and clinical decision making against context.
- Ability to calculate drug doses.
- Ability to respond to changes in the patient condition and changing circumstances.
- Ability to maintain documentation standards in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised.
Desirable
- Clinical skills specific to this area.
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council registration.
- Fulfils the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration.
- Undertake all mandatory training required for the role.
- Commitment to professional development and the development of the team is essential.
Desirable
- Completion of a structured leadership and management development programme.
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the clinical area.
Personal Qualities and Values
Essential
- Commitment to delivering high quality evidence based care.
- Commitment to working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Commitment to the clinical area, valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and creative working environment.
- Commitment to own development and the development of junior staff.
- Act as a role model, promoting quality evidence-based practice.
- Patient-centred.
- Collaborative.
- Fair.
- Accountable.
- Empowered.
Desirable
- Commitment to promoting patient involvement and feedback within service improvements.
- Commitment to maintaining and sustaining improvements until they are firmly embedded into the values and culture of the clinical area.
Leadership and Management Skills
Essential
- Good leadership qualities.
- Ability to motivate team members.
- Ability to assist the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse with the 24-hour continuing responsibility for the effective and efficient management of the ward/department.
- Ability to provide professional, clinical, managerial leadership and supervision for the nursing team.
- Ability to deputise for the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in their absence.
- Ability to promote the building of effective teams and collaboration between teams.
- Ability to anticipate problems and take preventative or mitigating actions, or have contingency plans available.
- Ability to support and inspire staff to provide efficient, effective, safe, quality care to patients.
- Ability to support the effective deployment of staff to provide safe and effective care.
Desirable
- Experience of assisting with recruitment events and management of bank and agency staff.
- Experience of supporting the management of administrative and financial aspects of a ward or department.
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Robust verbal and written communication skills required at all times.
- Ability to maintain effective communication at all times when co-ordinating ward or department activities.
- Ability to promote and maintain positive working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust, involved in the care of patients.
- Ability to communicate with relatives/carers in relation to complex and changing care needs.
- Ability to work collaboratively with nursing staff, Allied Health Professionals, medical staff and facilities staff.
Desirable
- Experience of facilitating work-based inter-professional learning.
Other Requirements and Working Conditions
Essential
- Ability to undertake shift working.
- Ability to undertake frequent standing, sitting, walking, kneeling and crouching to attend to patient needs.
- Ability to undertake moving and handling of patients and equipment on a daily basis, using lifting aids where required.
- Ability to sustain continuous mental effort and concentration during an 8–12 hour shift.
- Ability to deal with exposure to difficult situations including death and dying, distressed patients and relatives/carers.
- Ability to deal with staffing and performance issues.
- Ability to work in conditions involving body fluids, infection risks and possible violence and aggression from patients and/or relatives/carers.
- Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and compliance with relevant Trust policies.
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