Job Introduction
Are you a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse with a passion for rehabilitation and older people’s care?
We are looking for an experienced Band 6 Team Sister / Charge Nurse to join our 24-bed inpatient ward at Sheppey Community Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to take on a senior clinical role within a supportive multidisciplinary team of around 30 staff members.
You will work closely with the Ward Manager to support the day-to-day operational management of the ward while delivering and overseeing high standards of patient-centred care.
If you are forward-thinking, organised and committed to delivering outstanding care in a community hospital setting, this could be the role for you.
Main Responsibility
As a Band 6 Team Sister / Charge Nurse, you will:
Support the Ward Manager with the day-to-day management of the ward
Provide clinical leadership and act as a role model to nursing staff
Contribute to holistic assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of patient care
Promote patient independence and support rehabilitation goals
Maintain a high standard of patient-focused care
Ensure a safe, clean and well-managed clinical environment
Communicate effectively with patients, carers and the wider multidisciplinary team
Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records
Promote positive working relationships across the team
Act in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct
Participate in rotational shifts across days and nights
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a confident and organised nurse who is passionate about rehabilitation and community hospital care.
You will:
Hold a Nursing Degree
Have current NMC registration
Have experience working in an inpatient or rehabilitation setting
Demonstrate strong leadership and organisational skills
Be able to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
Have excellent communication skills
Be confident using IT systems including Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
Be flexible to work rotational day and night shifts
Package Description
As a Band 6 Team Sister / Charge Nurse, you’ll be part of our valued inpatient ward team at Sheppey Community Hospital, supporting the delivery of high-quality rehabilitation and community hospital care.
You will feel valued as a Team Sister / Charge Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
£37,338 – £44,962 AFC Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
Plentiful on-site parking
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases as well as cashback and voucher offers
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies
Online and face-to-face wellbeing support including mental health, legal, financial and career coaching services
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to implement ideas that help us deliver our purpose: Changing lives through transforming health and care – backed by ringfenced innovation funding
The pride of working for an organisation committed to high clinical and quality standards, with the majority of services rated “Good” or “Outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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