Band 6 Sister​/Charge Nurse

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Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Fully Rotational (inc days, nights, weekends and Bank Holidays)) Job
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Site Blackpool Victoria Hospital Town Blackpool Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/09/2026 23:59

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year.

We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

As a band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse, you will be a visible person on the ward who is able to take control of situations and manage the general day to day running of the unit. You will need to be approachable and supportive to all staff and be able to offer advice and guidance when needed. You will lead by example and support junior staff to maintain the units high standards.

We currently have vacancy for a full-time, permanent band 6 position on Ward C1. We are a female general medical ward, consisting of 16 inpatient beds.

We are seeking an innovative, highly motivated forward thinking nurse who has the ability to manage a busy unit on a daily basis using expert clinical knowledge and judgement whilst providing support to staff. You will be responsible co-ordinating a busy inpatient ward area as well as supporting in the management of staff, alongside the ward manager .

You will be expected to have both a ‘hands on' approach in providing high quality care and have a visible and approachable presence on the ward in order to support junior staff with their role. You will also be expected to support the ward manager with general management duties and have an understanding of the varying factors that affect patient care and experience, staff development and must comply with Trust Policies at all times.

This is a permanent position.

The successful candidate will be supported by the ward manager and matron.

For more information and an informal chat please contact Jonathan Fulford-Brown on .

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.

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