About this role
Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team on Ward 307 as a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse, specialising in Head and Neck surgery. We welcome applications from skilled and motivated Registered Nurses who are committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate care.
The successful candidate will be expected to work closely with the Senior Sister, to ensure the delivery of patient centred and clinically effective care. Alsoacting as a professional role model to the Nursing team.
We are seeking someonewith a passion to identify new ways of working to deliver our service in a responsive way to our patients, in line with local and national guidelines.
Main duties of the job
Acting as a support to the Senior Sister in the department. In the absence of the Senior Sister you must effectively manage the ward and treatment room, ensuring the delivery of high quality care. To provide the junior nursing team with support and leadership. To work closely with clinicians in the clinical setting and assisting with examinations as required. To collaborate with other members of the wider MDT such as Nurse specialists, Speech and Language Team, and Dietetic team to provide seamless quality care to our service users. You must be committed to embracing new challenges and development opportunities and have a passion for developing the nursing Participation on the surgical bleep holder rota. Support with activity, admissions/transfers and staffing issues. Be prepared to train in Tracheostomy care. Closing Date of Application: 19 May 2026
Interview date: 02 June 2026
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond. Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes Key Facts:
We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day. We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week. An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country. Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily. Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres. We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres. We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day. UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training Essential
Professional Registration Significant post registration experience Evidence of degree / working towards or equivalent experience
Desirable
Appropriate Clinical Speciality qualification/equivalent experience Evidence of leadership & management training
Experience and Knowledge Essential
Specific knowledge of the clinical area Evidence of management / leadership skills Experience of mentoring, supporting, coaching and developing staff
Desirable
Experience in tracheostomy care and changes Holds/working towards/desire to become a professional nurse advocate Assessor/Supervisor training/equivalent qualification
Skills and Ability Essential
Clinical Expertise in managing complex and clinically ill patients Manages the clinical workload, prioritising and re-prioritising Contributes to safe/safer staffing
Desirable
Deputising for Senior Sister / Charge Nurse Evidence of quality Improvement & Clinical Audit/Research
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Employer's website https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)