# Sister/Charge Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/sistercharge-nurse/d0bd6ff3-2652-41e3-9e93-b667f0b2c0f8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/sistercharge-nurse/d0bd6ff3-2652-41e3-9e93-b667f0b2c0f8.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:** £39959.00 to £48117.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-10-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T08:27:29.110Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9298-26-1062 - **Application URL:** https://vacancies.leedsteachinghospitals.jobs/Job/JobDetail?jobid=2272&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary Join SIM (Specialty Integrated Medicine) at LTHT we have an exciting chance for a Band 6 role within one of the Older adult medical wards. Ward J14 is currently a 24 bedded ward, accommodating a combination of female and male patients. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will be responsible for leading the ward staff and working closely in collaboration with the MDT across Specialty Integrated Medicine. J14 provides a great standard of quality care for all our patients and we are looking for highly skilled nurses to continue the fantastic work that J14 has already achieved in caring for our older population in Leeds so we are looking for a enthusiastic and dynamic individual with the capability to empower a team whilst remaining patient centered. Applicants will be expected to practice effectively & delivery excellent care in a timely manner to our patient group. A commitment to personal professional development is essential with the promise from the managing team that we are dedicated to developing our workforce. Candidates are required to have a least 12 months experience at Band 5 level and have substantial acute nursing background with experience in caring for patients in an acute setting. If you would like to discuss this role further or arrange a ward visit please contact Ward Manager Rose Webster rose.webster2@nhs.net. ### 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 October 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: 002270 - Job locations: St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities For questions about this job, contact: Name: Rose Webster Position: Ward Leader Email: rose.webster@nhs.net Phone number: 01132069114 Shortlisting Date: 19/10/2026 Interview Date: 29/10/2026 Why you should join our Team Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions What you will bring to the role Acts in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct. Communicate with patients and carers to ensure they have access to appropriate information. Maintain and deliver compassionate patient focused care in accordance with LTHT guidelines, policies, values and behaviours. Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients, ensuring documentation standards are upheld in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised. Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of patients. Promote evidence based practice. Participate in the audit and evaluation of clinical practice in the interests of promoting and improving quality care through action on findings. Undertake duties on other wards or departments as and when required by service demands or patient need. Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to, the LTHT safeguarding policies. Contribute to the promotion of a positive clinical learning environment. Keep up to date with developments, advances and research in individualised patient care. Participate in research and or education programmes relating to professional nursing issues and practice. In the absence of the Senior Charge Nurse take charge of the ward or department and co-ordinate ward or department activities. 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, evidence-based and compassionate care delivery. - Knowledge of clinical governance processes at ward/dept level. - Knowledge of local and national guidance relating to the quality of patient care. - Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures. - Knowledge of infection prevention and control requirements. - Knowledge of health and safety, risk management and incident reporting procedures. ### Experience **Essential** - As an experienced nurse, the jobholder will assist in co-ordinating activities on the ward or department. - Experience of supporting change management. - Experience of assessing patient care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. - Experience of providing support to qualified and unqualified nurses within the ward/dept. ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Ability to undertake shift working. - Ability to undertake frequent standing, sitting, walking, kneeling and crouching to attend to patient needs. - Ability to move and handle patients and equipment on a daily basis, using lifting aids where required. - Ability to respond to changes in the patient condition and changing circumstances. - Ability to deal with complex and changing care needs of patients within an acute hospital environment. - Ability to calculate drug doses. - Ability to deal with difficult situations including death and dying, distressed patients and relatives/carers, violence and aggression, infections and body fluids. ### Clinical Skills and Practice **Essential** - Ability to provide 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 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, wherever possible. - 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 maintain a safe working environment. - Ability to ensure the safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies. - Ability to ensure that documentation standards are maintained in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised. - Ability to safeguard the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times and adhere to the LTHT safeguarding policies. - Ability to practise Universal Infection Control Precautions and comply with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Infection Control policies. ### 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. - Ability to act as a role model. - Ability to support and inspire staff to provide efficient, effective, safe, quality care to patients. - Patient-centred, collaborative, fair, accountable and empowered approach, consistent with The Leeds Way values. ### Leadership and Management Skills **Essential** - Good leadership qualities. - Ability to motivate team members. - Ability to provide professional, clinical, managerial leadership and supervision for the nursing team. - Ability to deputise for Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in their absence. - Ability to assist in the line management of the nursing team, including individual and team performance, attendance, management and workforce planning. - 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. ### 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 in relation to complex and changing care needs of patients. ### Qualifications and Professional Registration **Essential** - Registered nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration. - Fulfils the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration. - Commitment to professional development and the development of the team is essential. ### Quality Improvement, Education and Development **Essential** - Ability to contribute to quality improvement programmes as required. - Ability to keep up to date with and communicate service developments, advances and research. - Ability to use audit, local research, metrics and feedback to identify practice that needs improvement, and implement and evaluate any resultant improvement plan. - Ability to promote patient involvement and feedback within service improvements to promote a positive patient experience. - Ability to promote a learning and development culture to improve staff skills, knowledge and competence. - Ability to promote a positive learning environment within the clinical area to support the development of knowledge and skills in learners. - Commitment to own development and the development of junior staff. - Commitment to Continuous Professional Development and undertaking all mandatory training required for the role. ## Documents - [Job description (DOC, KB)](https://vacancies.leedsteachinghospitals.jobs/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=4147&JobId=2272) ## 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.