Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse - Renal Medicine/Renal Assessment Unit

£39,959 to £48,117 a year

Ward 3 is 28-Bedded Renal Ward with Renal Assessment Unit.

Ward 3 is a friendly, supportive, and welcoming team that takes pride in delivering high-quality patient-centred care. We foster a positive working environment where staff are encouraged to develop their skills, share ideas, and support one another. With strong multidisciplinary working and a commitment to continuous improvement, Ward 3 offers an excellent opportunity to grow professionally within a specialist renal service.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, and compassionate Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse to join our 28-bedded Renal Ward, which includes a busy Renal Assessment Unit. This is an excellent opportunity for a nurse with a passion for renal care and team development to further enhance their leadership and management skills within a specialist clinical environment.

As a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse, you will support the Ward Manager in providing visible clinical leadership and ensuring high standards of patient care. You will work closely with The Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), Support junior nurses/student nurses, Renal Specialist CNS Teams, The Dialysis Unit and wider Renal Services. You will also have the opportunity to work as part of the Renal assessment unit based on Ward 3.

You will be responsible for coordinating the day-to-day running of the ward, supporting patient flow, promoting quality and safety, supervising junior staff, and contributing to service improvement initiatives. The role offers opportunities to develop leadership skills while delivering excellent patient-centred care within a specialist renal setting.

*The post holder will be professionally accountable for the maintenance of standards and professional practice as set by the NMC Code of Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour and relevant professional guidelines,

*They will regularly take charge of the practice setting or defined area of the practice setting / group of patients and take responsibility for ensuring the coordination and direct provision of high standard of holistic, patient centred care by assessing nursing care and health education needs, and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for each patient.

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.

Main Duties Continued:Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

*To be designated to act as a deputy to the person holding continuing responsibility for the organisation and management of the practice setting.

*To demonstrate and facilitate others to develop the necessary skills and experience in ward/department management and provide leadership in the absence of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.

*Use a range of techniques to set and monitor standards of clinical practice, audit, research and teaching to continually improve standards of care and patient experience.

*To support the development and implementation of audit, quality and risk management initiatives.

*To teach and act as a facilitator/ mentor /assessor / preceptor to nursing students, junior registered and unregistered staff, volunteers and work experience candidates, as well as participating in clinical supervision programmes as appropriate.

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.

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27 October 2026

Agenda for change

Band 6

Permanent

Full-time, Flexible working

304-9019355

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

United Kingdom