Critical Care Sister/Charge Nurse

2 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom The Christie NHS FT Full time
Job Summary

The Christie NHS FT is seeking an experienced Critical Care Sister/Charge Nurse to join our team in the Critical Care Unit. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for providing high-quality patient care and leading a team of nurses and healthcare assistants.

Key Responsibilities
  • Clinical: Assess and prioritize the needs of critically ill patients and their families, ensuring the provision of client-centered care that promotes health and well-being.
  • Clinical: Ensure accurate documentation of patient care in accordance with hospital policies and standards, developing and maintaining effective communication with patients and families.
  • Clinical: Assess educational and informational needs of patients and families, providing up-to-date information to enable them to participate in the planning of care.
  • Clinical: Enhance care within the clinical area by utilizing relevant research outcomes when planning and delivering nursing care.
  • Clinical: Evaluate nursing care and communicate with medical staff regarding patients' changing healthcare needs.
  • Clinical: Maintain safe practice according to hospital policies and standards, ensuring all prescribed drugs and treatments are administered in accordance with hospital policy.
  • Managerial: Take charge of the unit in the absence of the unit manager, ensuring standards of care and unit management are maintained.
  • Managerial: Foster a supportive working environment and maintain staff morale, promoting a culture where staff feel valued and able to reach their potential.
  • Managerial: Act as a preceptor/mentor to new unit staff and pre- and post-registered nurses.
  • Managerial: Work with the unit sister to ensure clinical standards of care are achieved and participate in audit of clinical care.
  • Education: Maintain awareness of current nursing practice, utilizing relevant educational opportunities to maintain the highest standards of care offered to patients with cancer.
  • Education: Supervise clinical staff and disseminate knowledge and current developments, developing oneself and others in areas of practice.
  • Education: Participate in planned programs of appraisal with the unit manager, facilitating timely PDR completion.
  • Education: Liaise with the School of Nursing, participating in the teaching of basic and post-basic learners and training assessments.
  • Education: Ensure own learning and development needs are met.
  • Professional Development: In consultation with the unit manager, agree learning objectives designed to meet the goals of personal and professional development and undergo appropriate programs of study.
  • Professional Development: Gain teaching skills by undertaking a teaching and assessing course and applying the principles in the clinical setting.
  • Professional Development: Accept responsibility to develop managerial skills within the clinical setting, planning duty rotas that match needs with available expertise.
Person Specification
  • Qualifications: RGN Level 1 or 2, Degree, Diploma, or equivalent in nursing studies, Post-Registration certificate in critical care, Mentorship course.
  • Desirable: Management course, Post-Registration certificate or course in Cancer care.
  • Experience: Extensive experience in a relevant specialty, Leadership experience.
  • Desirable: Managerial experience.
  • Skills: Excellent communication skills, Ability to work as part of and lead a team, Ability to work using own initiative, Highly motivated and enthusiastic, Ability to deliver a high quality of care.
  • Desirable: Computer Literacy.
  • Knowledge: Committed to own personal professional development and that of other staff members.
  • Other: Able to work flexible shifts, Day/night rotation.
  • Values: Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours.


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