Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse Cystic Fibrosis Unit

Job summary
Are you an experienced nurse leader looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in a highly specialised service? We are seeking an exceptional Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to lead Ward 26, home to established Regional Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centres in the West Midlands.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering outstanding care for adults living with cystic fibrosis and complex respiratory conditions. As Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, you will provide visible clinical and operational leadership, ensuring the highest standards of patient care, safety, quality, and patient experience.

You will be responsible for leading and developing a skilled nursing workforce, managing day-to-day ward operations, overseeing patient flow, supporting staff wellbeing, and driving continuous quality improvement. Working closely with consultants, specialist nurses, physiotherapists, pharmacists, and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing this specialist regional service.

We are looking for an inspirational leader who is passionate about delivering excellence, empowering teams, and creating a positive ward culture. You will have significant post-registration experience, strong clinical credibility, excellent communication skills, and a proven ability to lead teams through change and service improvement.

Main duties of the job
You will lead the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality care for patients with cystic fibrosis and other complex respiratory conditions, ensuring care is responsive, evidence-based, and centred around the needs of patients and their families.

You will oversee the day-to-day management of the ward, coordinating patient flow, staffing, bed capacity, and resources to ensure the service operates efficiently and safely. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will support the achievement of operational and clinical objectives while maintaining exceptional standards of patient care.

A key aspect of the role will be supporting, developing, and inspiring the nursing workforce through coaching, mentorship, supervision, appraisal, and professional development opportunities. You will foster a positive and inclusive culture that promotes staff wellbeing, engagement, learning, and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will lead quality improvement initiatives, support patient safety programmes, and contribute to clinical governance activities to enhance patient outcomes and experience. You will ensure compliance with Trust policies, professional standards, and regulatory requirements while championing excellence in nursing practice

About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse on NMC register.
• Completion of relevant post registration course or experience e.g. Respiratory
• Evidence of Mentorship training

Desirable

• Evidence or working towards Health care management / Leadership Qualification
• Evidence or working towards teaching/education module

Experience
Essential

• Professional Portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
• Subantial relevant and recent clinical experience within a complex health care setting or Acute NHS setting working as a deputy Manager Band 6 position including the supervision and and education of junior staff/ students .
• Can demonstrate understanding / experience / in practice based supervision / assessment as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC ) standards for student supervision and assessment
• Demonstrable current, recent experience of team leadership and management within the healthcare setting.
• Demonstrable understanding of the management responsibility for pay and non-pay resources associated with the clinical service.
• Evidence of effective multi-professional working.
• Experience of being a mentor
• Demonstration of a significant contribution to innovative practice or change management
• Experience in interviewing and selection of staff
• Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice
• Demonstrate an ability, experience, passion in the following areas. (E )
• Leadership
• Team building
• Managing Resources
• Time management
• Role modelling
• Change management/ clinical developments
• Clinical governance
• Audit and research
• Workforce planning / management
• NHS policy and political awareness
• Knowledge of clinical governance

Additional Criteria
Essential

• Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• Approachable and friendly
• Supportive
• Flexible
• Well organised
• Good communicator
• Ability to delegate and supervise
• TBC at appointment
• Willingness to work core shift patterns for the area Monday to Friday with occasional out of hours /weekend working
• OR
• Undertake a range of shift patterns to cover 24/7 period when working as part of a peer group with occasions of out of hours / weekend working

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).