University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Rheumatology
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Job Summary
Are you an experienced and motivated nurse leader looking for an opportunity to help shape the future of Rheumatology services? We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to provide visible clinical leadership across our Rheumatology and Infusion Suite teams, driving excellence in patient care, quality, safety, and service improvement.
This is an exciting time to join our service as we continue to expand and develop. Recent investment in the workforce includes additional specialist nursing roles, revised job plans, enhanced blood monitoring services, and the expansion of nurse-led clinics. These developments will strengthen service resilience, improve patient access, and support innovative models of care.
The successful candidate will lead a skilled and supportive team, overseeing the day-to-day operational management of the service while promoting a positive culture focused on staff wellbeing, professional development, and continuous improvement. You will play a key role in governance, workforce planning, quality improvement, and service transformation.
Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will support the development of advanced nursing practice and help shape future service delivery. This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference to patients and staff while contributing to the ongoing development of a modern, sustainable Rheumatology service.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
You will provide visible, compassionate leadership, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centred care. You will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the service, supporting high standards of clinical practice, service performance, and patient experience.
You will lead and develop a multidisciplinary workforce, promoting a culture of inclusion, learning, and continuous improvement. Responsibilities include workforce planning, recruitment, roster management, appraisal, supervision, attendance management, and staff wellbeing. You will support professional development and help build a resilient workforce that is equipped to meet future service demands.
Working closely with the Matron, consultant rheumatologists, specialist nurses, and wider multidisciplinary teams, you will contribute to service development and transformation. This includes supporting the expansion of nurse-led services, blood monitoring clinics, biologic pathways, and infusion services to improve patient access, outcomes, and experience.
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You will maintain a strong focus on quality, safety, and governance, ensuring compliance with Trust policies and professional standards. The role includes managing incidents, complaints, and risk, implementing learning, and supporting quality improvement initiatives. Using patient feedback, audit findings, and performance data, you will identify opportunities for improvement and help shape innovative, sustainable Rheumatology services for the future.
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value, and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do, and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such, we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long-term health condition, mental health, or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse on NMC register
- Health care management / Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Professional Portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
- Substantial relevant and recent clinical experience within a complex health care setting or Acute NHS setting working as a deputy Manager Band 6 position including the supervision and education of junior staff/students
- Can demonstrate understanding / experience / in practice based supervision / assessment as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for student supervision and assessment
- Demonstrable current, recent experience of team leadership and management within the healthcare setting
- Demonstrable understanding of the management responsibility for pay and non-pay resources associated with the clinical service
- Evidence of effective multi-professional working
- Experience of being a mentor
- Demonstration of a significant contribution to innovative practice or change management
- Experience in interviewing and selection of staff
- Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice
- Demonstrate an ability, experience, passion in the following areas:
- Leadership
- Team building
- Managing Resources
- Time management
- Role modelling
- Change management/ clinical developments
- Clinical governance
- Audit and research
- Workforce planning / management
- NHS policy and political awareness
- Knowledge of clinical governance
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Additional Criteria
Essential
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Approachable and friendly
- Supportive
- Flexible
- Well organised
- Good communicator
- Ability to delegate and supervise
TBC at appointment
- Willingness to work core shift patterns for the area Monday to Friday with occasional out of hours /weekend working
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information, please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Gemma Chinn
01214245360
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49387.00 to £56515.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9019442
Job locations
Solihull Hospital
Lode Ln
Solihull
West Midlands
B91 2JL
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Job Description
Band 7 Senior Sister or Charge Nurse Rheumato_Gemma Chinn JD PS.pdf – 536KB Opens in a new window
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