Sister/Charge Nurse

2 weeks ago


Oxford, United Kingdom NHS Blood and Transplant Full time

Sister/Charge Nurse

Job Summary

You will lead and motivate a team of Healthcare Assistants and Donor Care Supervisor(s) to provide and deliver a high standard of personal care. You will use your clinical judgement to make decisions about donor suitability to meet our regulatory and governance requirements.

Main duties of the job

  • Taking clinical responsibility for ensuring the safe assessment and blood donation of our donors.
  • Being accountable for the safe running of a blood donation session.
  • Taking responsibility for ensuring an excellent donor experience.
  • Maintaining the competency and skills of your team and yourself.
  • Being able to adapt communication styles for difficult conversations.
  • Maintaining your professional development to help us deliver improvements to our practice.

Your working hours will be:

On a shift basis but, the normal hours for this role are 5 days per week / 9 days per fortnight. Early shifts start at 08:00 and finish 17:00. Late shifts start at 10:30 and finish 19:30, this will be 8.33hour days.

The working days are Monday Friday and Sunday (including Bank Holidays).

Weekend and bank holiday working will be required. You can expect to work some long hours, but you won’t be working more than 5 days a week.

About You

Experience and Knowledge

  • Demonstrate leadership qualities and understand the principles of best practice to deliver high quality care.
  • Have experience of supporting the professional development of others.
  • Have an understanding of clinical audit and research.
  • Have experience of supporting improvements and change in practice.
  • Have an awareness of patient safety initiatives and risk management.
  • Have experience of working with Information Technology such as hand-held devices and Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

Qualifications and Training

  • Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration (which must be maintained) as Registered Nurse Adult
  • Have a valid driving licence and access to a car (or lease car if applicable)

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.

About Us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, we’re incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers.

It’s an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality.

Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever


Link to Nursing careers page: “Take your nursing career in a new direction. Find out more about the exceptional work our Nurses do here”


This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 19th May.

Interviews are anticipated to be held on Thursday 30th May subject to confirmation.


For informal enquiries or to arrange a session visit please contact Kakale Sebogiso

Job Title: Clinical Oxford Donor Centre Manager

Contact Details: Kakale.Sebogiso@nhsbt.nhs.uk



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