CRF Senior Charge Nurse

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced nurse with strong ward or unit management experience to join our motivated team at the NIHR Clinical Research Facility:
Manchester at The Christie (CRF). This is an excellent opportunity for a nurse leader who enjoys managing a clinical area, leading teams, and maintaining high standards of oncology care within a specialist environment.

The CRF is a research-active service; however, prior research experience is not essential. Training and support will be provided to develop the research knowledge required for the role. What matters most is your ability to provide visible leadership, manage staffing and patient flow, and create a positive, well-led clinical environment that enables safe and effective research delivery.

As a key member of the CRF leadership team, you will provide proactive leadership across research clinics, outpatient services, day-case activity and inpatient care. You will play a central role in supporting the unit through a period of significant development, including the planned CRF refurbishment and the staged transition to extended and 24/7 working, working closely with fellow Band 7 Senior Charge Nurses to ensure safe, coordinated care across the service.,

We are seeking a confident, organised and compassionate nurse leader who can provide day-to-day operational oversight of the CRF and support the Matron and Operational Lead in delivering the unit's objectives. You will lead and support the nursing team, ensure safe clinical practice, coordinate activity across outpatient, day-case and inpatient areas, and maintain high standards of governance, safety and patient experience.

A key part of the role will be supporting the CRF through its refurbishment programme and the staged transition to a 24/8 service, helping to implement new ways of working, engage staff positively and ensure continuity of safe, effective operations during change.

You will provide visible leadership on the unit, oversee workforce planning, staffing and patient flow, respond to clinical and operational issues, and model a supportive, inclusive culture. Training in research processes, protocols and regulatory requirements will be provided, enabling you to facilitate the delivery of high-quality clinical research while applying your core strengths in ward leadership and people management.

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes.

And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.