Sister​/Charge Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Go back Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 19 February 2026

As a Sister/Charge Nurse you will provide day to day leadership to the nursing team facilitating the efficient working of the multidisciplinary team to assess care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.

In this role you will be co-ordinating the running of the Intensive Care Unit whilst working collaboratively to ensure a good patient journey and supporting and developing team members. Support and education in management of the acutely unwell patient will be delivered at ward level when working in the Outreach role.

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated nurse to join the service, and in return, we provide excellent opportunities for CPD, peer support and supervision.

If you have proven relevant expertise and can demonstrate continued professional development and above all are enthusiastic and a good team member we would welcome your application.

For more information or for an informal visit please contact:
Michaela O'Sullivan  - Tel

• The Main duties of the Sister/Charge nurse are to co-ordinate the shift whilst maintaining a calm and professional attitude.
• You will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of patient care. You will be working closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure that consistently high standards and quality of care for patients are maintained and that the patient's needs are met.
• To provide clinical advice, training, education and support to patients, relatives and other professional colleagues.
• To promote a safe clinical environment for all patients, their carer's, visitors and staff and comply with the Trust and relevant network policies, procedures, guidelines, protocols, values and expected behaviours.

The Intensive Care Unit is a fourteen bedded unit which admits level 2 and 3 patients requiring complex care needs moving on to meet their rehabilitation needs both within the unit and on their continuing journey home.

The multidisciplinary team work collaboratively to ensure the patients needs are met compassionately and to a high standard with the goal of helping patients achieve their optimum level of health post critical illness or a peaceful death.

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

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• Leadership Training

• Leadership training

• oClinical expert in the care of level 3 critically unwell adults and children.
• oKnowledge of individual responsibility to health and safety and clinical risk
• oKnowledge of safe care and staffing numbers
• oKnowledge of Outreach
• oExposure to HR management
• oResearch awareness
• oDiverse and adaptable communication skills to enable effective communication with the MDT

• Able to discuss the purpose and direction of Outreach

• Key leadership responsibilities, clinical governance, health and safety, safe staffing and conflict management
• Human Resources, Budget awareness, negotiation, advanced communication skills and research awareness

• Effective leader and role model, working accurately and reliably under pressure to make safe clinical decisions
• Recruitment and selection and experience of change management

• Communicate clearly and effectively, effective interpersonal skills, work as part of a team and on own initiative and work/life balance

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.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust