# Junior Sister/Charge Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/junior-sistercharge-nurse/0571ae6a-5cfb-4e0c-ae44-e3801484f6c3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/junior-sistercharge-nurse/0571ae6a-5cfb-4e0c-ae44-e3801484f6c3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** St James's University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Charge nurse - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 to £48,117 a year - **Contract type:** Fixed-Term - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T10:28:42.896Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9298-26-0874 - **Application URL:** https://vacancies.leedsteachinghospitals.jobs/Job/JobDetail?jobid=2018&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary J80 is a dynamic and fast-paced department, caring for approximately 70-90 patients each day who attend for a wide range of day-case treatments. We are seeking an experienced registered nurse with a strong background in haematology, oncology, or a related speciality, together with experience in the administration and delivery of SACT. This is an excellent leadership opportunity for a skilled and experienced nurse with a broad range of clinical expertise, who is passionate about delivering high-quality care and supporting patients with complex needs. The successful candidate will play a key role in leading and managing this specialist service while working alongside the Senior Sisters to support the day-to-day management and ongoing development of the unit. ### Main duties of the job As a Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse, you will play a key role in the day-to-day leadership and operational management of our busy SACT Day Case Unit. Working closely with the Senior Sisters, you will coordinate patient flow, oversee the safe delivery of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy, and ensure the highest standards of patient-centred care are maintained. You will provide clinical leadership, support and develop junior staff, contribute to service improvement initiatives, and act as a role model for professional practice. The role requires excellent organisational, communication and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage a fast-paced environment while supporting patients with complex oncology and haematology needs. ### 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: 02 September 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 6 - Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year - Contract: Fixed term - Duration: 12 months - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 002016 - Job locations: St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities For questions about this job, contact: Name: Sarah Waite Position: Senior sister Email: s.waite2@nhs.net Phone number: 01132068580 Shortlisting Date: 22.09.26 Interview Date: 01.10.26 Job Summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to join our nurse-led Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) Day Case Unit (J80) on a full-time, 12-month secondment. J80 is a dynamic and fast-paced department, caring for approximately 70-90 patients each day who attend for a wide range of day-case treatments. We are seeking an experienced registered nurse with a strong background in haematology, oncology, or a related speciality, together with experience in the administration and delivery of SACT. This is an excellent leadership opportunity for a skilled and experienced nurse with a broad range of clinical expertise, who is passionate about delivering high-quality care and supporting patients with complex needs. The successful candidate will play a key role in leading and managing this specialist service while working alongside the Senior Sisters to support the day-to-day management and ongoing development of the unit. You will possess excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills and will be responsible for supporting and developing the nursing team, promoting professional standards and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care. Experience in administering intravenous chemotherapy would be a significant advantage. We are committed to supporting both personal and professional development and will provide opportunities tailored to the successful candidate's learning and career aspirations. If you are looking for an exciting leadership role within a specialist oncology service and are committed to providing exceptional care for patients receiving systemic anti-cancer treatments, we would love to hear from you. Why you should join our Team Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the UK, providing local and specialist healthcare services to patients across Leeds, Yorkshire and beyond. The Trust employs more than 20,000 staff and delivers care to around 1.8 million patients each year across seven hospitals on five sites. It is a nationally recognised centre for specialist services, education, research and innovation, with strong links to the universities of Leeds and Leeds Beckett. The Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality specialist and integrated care, underpinned by The Leeds Way values of being Responsible, Open and Honest, One Team and Kind. What you will bring to the role As a Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse, you will play a key role in the day-to-day leadership and operational management of our busy SACT Day Case Unit. Working closely with the Senior Sisters, you will coordinate patient flow, oversee the safe delivery of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy, and ensure the highest standards of patient-centred care are maintained. You will provide clinical leadership, support and develop junior staff, contribute to service improvement initiatives, and act as a role model for professional practice. The role requires excellent organisational, communication and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage a fast-paced environment while supporting patients with complex oncology and haematology needs. J80 is a fast-paced and busy daycase unit delivering Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatments (SACT) 7 days per week, treating approximately 80 patients per day. The Unit is open 07:30am – 19:30pm Monday – Friday. 07:30am – 18:30pm on Saturdays and 07:30am – 16:00pm on Sundays. 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 quality, compassionate and safe care delivery. - Knowledge of evidence-based practice. - Knowledge of clinical governance processes at ward/department level. - Knowledge of infection prevention and control requirements, including Universal Infection Control Precautions. - Knowledge of health and safety, risk management and incident reporting procedures. - Knowledge of the requirements for professional development, mandatory training and revalidation. ### Experience **Essential** - An experienced nurse. - Evidence of supporting change management. - Experience of assessing patient care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care. - Experience of delivering high quality compassionate care and promoting evidence-based practice. - Experience of contributing to quality improvement programmes and using audit, local research, metrics and feedback to identify practice that needs improvement. ### Leadership and Management **Essential** - Good leadership qualities. - An ability to motivate team members. - Ability to provide professional, clinical, managerial leadership and supervision for the nursing team. - Ability to assist with the effective and efficient management of the ward / department. - Ability to deputise for the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in their absence. - Ability to build effective teams and promote collaboration between teams. - Ability to support the development of the nursing team and junior staff. ### Clinical Skills and Practice **Essential** - Ability to act as a visible clinical lead and role model to the nursing and wider team by delivering high quality compassionate care as an expert practitioner. - Ability to supervise ward staff with regards clinical practice and patient experience to promote the delivery of excellent clinical standards. - Ability to maintain documentation standards in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised. - Ability to set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care. - Ability to balance clinical risk and clinical decision making against context. - Ability to safeguard the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times and adhere to LTHT safeguarding policies. - Ability to respond to changing circumstances, including changes in patient condition and prioritisation of workload. - Ability to calculate drug doses. ### Personal Qualities and Values **Essential** - A commitment to professional development and the development of the team. - 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. - Patient-centred, collaborative, fair, accountable and empowered approach, consistent with The Leeds Way values. ### Qualifications and Registration **Essential** - Registered nurse, with registration maintained and revalidated in accordance with the requirements directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. - Acts in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Code: Professional Standards Practice and Behaviour (March, 2015). - Undertakes all mandatory training required for the role. ### Communication and Interpersonal Skills **Essential** - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. - Robust verbal and written communication skills required at all times. - Ability to ensure effective communication is maintained at all times. - 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 when dealing with complex and changing care needs of patients. ### Other Requirements and Working Conditions **Essential** - Ability to work shifts. - 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 deal with difficult situations including death and dying, distressed patients and relatives/carers. - Ability to deal with complex workload and staffing or performance issues. - Ability to work in conditions involving body fluids, infection exposure, and potential violence and aggression from patients and/or relatives/carers. - Commitment to Continuous Professional Development remaining a priority. ## Documents - [Job description (DOC, KB)](https://vacancies.leedsteachinghospitals.jobs/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=3472&JobId=2018) ## 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.