Sister/Charge Nurse in Burton on Trent

£39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata pa

Ward 7 is a high performing, forward thinking ward, with a supportive Senior Nursing team, and is keen to strengthen the team with this appointment. As a 23 bedded ward in General Medical and Elderly Medicine, you will be expected to uphold and ensure that high standards of care and professionalism are maintained at all times, and be able to support the care delivery on a day to day basis. In return we offer excellent opportunities for you to develop your leadership and clinical skills.

The function of the ward is to assess, investigate, treat and discharge or transfer patients to the most appropriate setting following their acute episode of care.

You will experience general medicine, offering you a unique opportunity.

There is an enthusiastic multi professional team, providing a high standard of care to our patients, which is demonstrated through the wards monthly ward assurance results.

Applicants will need to be compassionate, dynamic, reliable and flexible with an ability to demonstrate strong leadership skills and demonstrable post registration experience in an acute hospital setting.

Applicants will need to have excellent clinical skills, knowledge and communication skills with exemplary standards of care.

Applicants will be a role model for the team and will motivate and inspire others to be the very best they can be.

We require a strong and visible leader to support the Senior Sister with the on-going development of the ward, striving towards continued excellence of care for acute General Medical Patients.

Closing date of applications: 25th November 2026

Interview date: 9th December 2026

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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

• 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.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Queens Hospital Burton

Belvedere Road

Burton on Trent

United Kingdom

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

11 November 2026

Agenda for change

Band 6

Permanent

Full-time

Queens Hospital Burton

Belvedere Road

Burton on Trent

United Kingdom