Senior Sister​/Charge Nurse

Job Overview

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is growing and moving forward with ambitious plans and major investment in our people and facilities! It’s an exciting time to join us and grow as a professional – while playing your part in the delivery of first‑class care.

This is an exciting opportunity for a committed leader with exemplary communication and interpersonal skills, who is an excellent role model and passionate about quality, safety and innovation. The role is high profile and requires you to lead and manage a team of nurses with varied skills and experience. You must have energy and enthusiasm to oversee the delivery of safe and effective care, explore new and innovative ways of working and drive forward the Trust Quality Strategy.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate insight into team structures, dynamics and have the ability to motivate and influence stakeholders.

We are proud to hold an outstanding rating by CQC and have carefully developed a robust plan to extend our capacity to support the current pandemic climate.

We are looking to recruit Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurses to join our critical care team based on the Wexham site. The successful individuals will provide leadership, responsibility and accountability for the management of the Critical Care unit. The post holder will be expected to support the Matron and Head of Nursing in delivering the Trust’s Nursing agenda, ensuring that both local, cross‑site and national quality targets as well as key performance indicators are achieved.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability‑confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first‑class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis;

we do our utmost to work with staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information regarding the role.

• Registered General Nurse
• Educated to degree level or working towards a degree
• Recognised post‑registration critical care qualification

• Strong leadership and management skills
• Ability to prioritise workload and others
• Ability to identify and manage poor performance

• Effective team building and staff development
• More than 3 years at band 6 in critical care

• Ability to provide strong leadership
• Credible clinical expert

• Experience of writing policies