Ward Sister/Charge Nurse

Job overview

Are you ready to take the next step in your nursing leadership journey?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced nurse to step into the role of Band 7 Ward Sister / Charge Nurse on Women’s Health Ward at UCLH.

The post is for a fixed term 12 month cover

T7 South is a 17 bedded Women’s Health Ward caring for acute and elective surgical patients. We are dedicated to delivering specialist care to breast and gynaecology patients as part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary team. We are looking for a passionate, forward-thinking, and inspirational leader with exceptional clinical skills to lead and manage our dedicated nursing team.

What We’re Looking For:

• A motivated and innovative nurse who can inspire and empower the team
• A strong clinical leader committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care
• An enthusiastic and approachable professional with outstanding communication skills

What We Offer in Return:

• The opportunity to lead and develop a first-class nursing team
• Excellent support from Band 7 colleagues within the Women’s Health division Specialist Hospital Board teams and Divisional Matron
• Outstanding career development, with great prospects for internal promotion and learning opportunities

If you're committed to delivering exceptional patient care and are ready to make a real impact, we want to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

• Line management of a team of nurses

Able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills, provide support and direction to the nursing team

• Co-ordination of ward and nursing team and ensuring to the smooth running of ward
• Ensuring safe, kind and compassionate care for our patients
• Maintaining safe staffing levels
• Dealing with patient queries arising throughout the day in the department and liaising with medical teams and appropriate escalation
• Demonstrating good communication skills with colleagues, patients and carers
• Being open to change in the department and learning new skills as needed
• Demonstrating teamwork by being flexible and building good working relationships with colleagues
• Working collaboratively to improve pathways
• Ensuring education and competency of the nursing team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?