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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated nurse to join our renal team as the Band 7 Ward Leader for J50 Female Renal Inpatient Unit, specialising in nephrology and renal transplantation.
Main duties of the job
J50 is a dynamic and fast-paced ward caring for patients with acute and chronic kidney disease, including those undergoing dialysis and post-transplant management. We are seeking a strong, compassionate leader to support and inspire a multidisciplinary team, drive clinical excellence, and uphold the highest standards of person-centred care.
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: 18 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 7
- Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 10 months
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 001846
- Job locations: St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Shortlisting Date: 02/09/2026
Interview Date: 14/09/2026
Why you should join our Team
Abdominal Medicine and Surgery (AMS) is the largest and most complex CSU at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT). We provide acute and elective inpatient services, diagnostic services, see large numbers of outpatients and deliver life-long care. We have 14 inpatient ward areas located in Lincoln Wing and Bexley Wing at St Jamess Hospital, endoscopy units across three sites and 7 satellite dialysis units across West Yorkshire. As a CSU we want to recruit enthusiastic, motivated and passionate people who share our commitment to provide excellent patient centred care and experience.
What you will bring to the role
As the Ward Leader for J50, you will provide visible, supportive leadership while maintaining a strong clinical presence. You will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality care to patients with complex renal conditions, including those undergoing dialysis and transplantation. The role includes overseeing day-to-day operational and staffing needs, ensuring effective workforce planning and team coordination. You will drive service development, quality improvement initiatives, and innovation in line with Trust and Renal strategy/priorities. A key part of the role is fostering a positive and inclusive culture that supports learning, accountability, and staff wellbeing. You will work closely with a skilled multidisciplinary team, including renal consultants, dialysis units, transplant coordinators, dietitians, and allied health professionals, to deliver patient-centred care and enhance outcomes across the nephrology and transplantation pathway.
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
Skills
Essential
- Leadership and management skills
- Effective communication skills
- Teaching and assessing skills
- Preceptorship skills
- Organisational skills
- Time management skills
- Quality improvement skills
- Team player
- Learns from incidents and complaints
- Conflict resolution
- Managing stress
- Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control
- Ability to act professionally at all times
- Demonstrates influencing and negotiation skills
- Self-confidence, uses this to lead, involve and challenge others appropriate
- Displays high motivation and commitment to success
- Demonstrates problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to prioritise workload and met deadlines whilst paying attention to detail
- Ability to work under pressure
- Clinical leadership
- Appraisal skills
- Education and training
- Management
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
- Skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge, and recent practice, of the care of adults with both end stage and acute renal failure, including the ability to perform and teach haemodialysis.
- Audit & Standard setting
- Service development and/or change management
- Understanding of performance management strategies
- Local and national nursing agenda
- Current issues in health and social care
- Standards of professional practice
- Understands the business of the ward
- Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda
- Understanding of relevant national service guidance pertinent to the service
- Awareness of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies
- Understanding of organisational structures
- Commitment to clinical audit, research and evidence-based practice
- Understanding of budget management
- Understanding of Human resources policies and guidance as pertinent to the management and leadership of the clinical team
- Knowledge and understanding of current issues in health and social care
- Budget management
- Understanding of evidence-based practice - research conscious
- Recruitment and selection knowledge
- Can demonstrate an understanding of current issues in health and social care
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience.
- Significant experience within a leadership role or equivalent
- Experience of managing and leading a team and substantial renal disease management experience.
- Clinical experience within the speciality
Other Requirements
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Compassionate and caring
- Capable of lateral thinking
- Motivator of self and others
- Positive approach to change
- Assertive / courageous
- Flexible
- Adaptable
- Able to identify and manage stress in self and others
- Ensures personal and professional behaviour and integrity at all times
- Role model
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to deliver feedback effectively
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RN Adult for adult clinical areas or RN Child for children's areas) (Level 1 or 2)
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Degree in Nursing or related subject or equivalent professional experience
- Evidence of effective professional and leadership development
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Willing to undergo training as necessary
Desirable
- Non-medical prescriber qualification (or willingness to complete within 6 months)
- Post-registration renal qualification
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