Job vacancy: Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry

Job summary

Main area: Stroke
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 218-NM-B6-7973965

Employer: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Town: Coventry
Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/08/2026 23:59
Interview date: 02/09/2026

Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A shift/ team leader, providing clinical leadership and management support, developing and evaluating best practice within the department. The post-holder will deputise for the department manager as required.
Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to patients/ carers and the multi-professional team.
A skilled practitioner and clinical leader providing support to the management team, participating in service/policy development.
Responsible for clinical assessment of a group of patients and management of a team, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented and evaluated/audited.
Organisation of cross-departmental/organisational activities including HR, resourse, and bleep holder responsibilities as appropriate.
Demonstrate highly technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including; complex patient monitoring, equipment management and frequent administration of invasive tests/procedures.

Please see the attached job description for further details.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current Professional NMC Registration • Study at level 6 (Degree/Diploma) • Evidence of continuous professional development • Teaching and Assessing Qualification or willingness to undertake

Experience

Essential criteria

• Professional clinical experience in appropriate specialty • Ability to successfully manage people and change

Desirable criteria

• Experience in HR and Management related issues • Resource Management

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• A knowledgeable clinician with the ability to apply evidence based practice • A sound knowledge of professional policies and procedures • Knowledge of clinical governance and a commitment to clinical supervision and staff development • A good understanding of current issues relating to the NHS

Desirable criteria

• Experience in Policy/ Service development

Skills

Essential criteria

• IT skills • Patient focused • Excellent communication skills • Able to prioritise and meet deadlines effectively • Good management of own and others time • Able to use initiative and make decisions • Analyse problems and implement effective and appropriate solutions

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below) • Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience

To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we’ll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Juliet Efe

Job title

Ward Manager

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

02476967813

Additional information

Natalie Gibbs

Modern matron

[email protected]

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Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

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Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills

Essential criteria

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

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Applicant requirements

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Documents to download

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