Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Junior Sister/ Charge Nurse
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Job Overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team.
You will need to work closely with Consultants, Junior Doctors, and other multidisciplinary teams on the ward, as part of the provision of care services to patients.
We are looking for someone with a strong leadership style who is able to support forward planning and has a strong discharge focus in practice.
Main duties of the job
As Sister/Charge Nurse, you will be working closely with the Senior Sister and Matron, playing an integral role in driving changes with a range of comprehensive orientation and support.
We can offer you a range of management and leadership development opportunities to support you in this role.
Essential skills key to this role are implementing and maintaining high clinical standards whilst caring for patients, enhancing staff personal development, providing guidance, support, and expertise to clinical staff.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis, and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot, and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users, and each other:
- Committed to Excellence
- Working Together
- Facing the Future
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For full details of the key responsibilities required for this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN - Current first or second level NMC Registration
- Evidence of continuing education & professional development
- Specialty qualification
Desirable criteria
- Degree in Nursing or other relevant field or can demonstrate experience of working to this level.
- Management course or qualification
- Leadership course, module, or qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Worked in a UK acute trust as a qualified nurse or student nurse in the last 2 years
Skills
Essential criteria
- Proven teaching and assessing skills.
- Proven oral and written communication skills.
- Able to manage difficult situations effectively and to work under pressure.
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines, working in an organised way with excellent time management skills
- Effective negotiation skills
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement, and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
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We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
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