# Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Clinical Effectiveness > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-sistercharge-nurse-clinical-effectiveness/ac0c05fd-cb6c-4744-9612-564572e40bdf - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-sistercharge-nurse-clinical-effectiveness/ac0c05fd-cb6c-4744-9612-564572e40bdf.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Manchester Royal Infirmary - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Charge nurse - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (To cover maternity leave until the end of August 2027) - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (22.5 hours over 3 days between Monday - Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-07T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T10:25:16.877Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Manchester/Manchester_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Gynaecology/Gynaecology-v8250573 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8250573?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 7 Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse - Clinical Effectiveness - hours over 3 days covering maternity leave We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Sister / Charge Nurse to join our Gynaecology Governance Team, working across the division, covering maternity leave over a 12 month period. Clinical effectiveness incorporates numerous patient focused initiatives striving to improve patient care and safety through a wide variety of activities including incident investigation, monitoring effectiveness, developing practices and facilitating learning, whilst sharing and celebrating achievements. In addition to providing secondary women’s healthcare services for the local population, Gynaecology at St Mary’s Hospital also provides tertiary services to the North West in Gynaecological Oncology, Urogynaecology and Reproductive Medicine. Challenging, interesting and rewarding, the job requires you to have a broad range of experience and skills including excellent communication skills, prior experience & involvement with improving patient care standards and evidence of diplomacy & negotiation skills. Applicants for the position will need to be enthusiastic and have a passion from improving clinical practices and promoting patient safety in women’s healthcare. ### Main duties of the job The post holder has a key leadership and management role at a senior level within the Clinical Effectiveness team. Reporting to the Matron for Governance, the post holder will provide specialist skills and knowledge to support the delivery of high quality clinical effectiveness related activities enabling the delivery of high quality gynaecology care within the division. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Documents to download’ heading. 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Early applications are therefore encouraged. Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your application Here at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, we’re proud to be ALL HERE FOR YOU, for our patients, our communities, and each other. 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What is a DBS Check? A DBS check is a background check that reveals any criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, or warnings. The level of check required depends on the role: Standard DBS: Checks for spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and final warnings. Enhanced DBS: Includes the above, plus any additional information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role. Enhanced with Barred Lists: Includes all of the above, plus checks against the children’s and/or adults’ barred lists. Who Needs a DBS Check Most roles involving direct patient contact, working with children or vulnerable adults, or access to sensitive information will require a DBS check. The job advert and recruitment team will let you know if this applies to your role. The Costs for a DBS At Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), roles that require a DBS check are subject to a cost recovery policy. This means that the cost of submitting and processing a DBS application if you are successful and join us, will be deducted from your salary within the first three months of employment. If, however, you withdraw from a conditional offer after the DBS process has begun, you will still be liable for the cost incurred. For more information about the cost of the various types of DBS, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dbs-fees-are-changing-in-december DBS Update Service Candidates are also expected to register with the DBS Update Service which must be completed within 30 days of the certificate being issued. This helps streamline future employment checks and supports safer recruitment practices. For more information, please visit the DBS Update Service. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Up to date knowledge of governance related matters - Clinical and quality governance framework application - Able to apply national and trust policies in practice **Desirable** - Knowledge of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework - Knowledge of quality improvement schemes and implementing change ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience at Junior Sister/ Charge Nurse Band 6 level - Experience of managing and leading a team - Proven track record of experience and understanding of local and Trust Clinical Effectiveness processes, including incident management, audit, guideline / policy development and education programmes - Evidence of good organisational and planning skills - Recent evidence of continuing professional and personal development - Implementation of audit/research recommendations - Experience of change management - Knowledge of local and national quality of care issues affecting healthcare **Desirable** - Teaching / presenting at internal / external venues - Awareness of budgetary control ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse - Evidence of CPD in relevant specialty - Evidence of Level 3/ Level 6 studies - Teaching/ assessing qualification **Desirable** - Appropriate management or leadership courses ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Excellent communication skills, written and verbal - Excellent IT skills - Good leadership skills - Ability to work under pressure - Aptitude to change - Positive attitude - Team builder - Encourages participation from all staff - Ability to work across boundaries to manage change **Desirable** - Analytical skills ## Documents - [band 7 person spec (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10562814) - [ce b7 functional requirements (pdf, 420.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10562815) - [inside mft – your candidate place (pdf, 306.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2890) - [senior sister/ charge nurse - clinical effectiveness (pdf, 142.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10562813) ## 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.