Ward Sister / Charge Nurse

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Is providing excellent nursing care and getting the basics right one of your key motivations ?
Do you love developing others to become excellent at what they do?
Is making a difference and going the extra mile for patients fundamental to you?
If your answer to these questions is yes, the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse role within our Women’s Health ward may be right for you.
The Women’s Health ward cares for patients undergoing elective and non -elective surgical procedures for gynaecology and breast. The opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic team for a one year fixed term secondment.
The successful post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.This is a really exciting time to be a Sister/Charge Nurse in this speciality. You will lead and drive forward this nationally renowned service and be pivotal in improving the pathways for our patient group.
To be a top Sister or Charge Nurse you will require a strong sense of ownership of your clinical area and demonstrate leadership qualities as a role model to our nursing workforce. You will be honest and approachable, able to work as part of a team, and work in a fast paced environment whilst consistently providing high standards of patient care.
The job isn’t for everyone but for those who have the right strengths and motivators it is energizing and rewarding.
This setting offers huge potential to further develop your clinical, leadership and management skills. Applicants will have demonstrable post registration experience in an acute hospital setting and preferably a real passion for Women’s Health services.
Successful candidates must be friendly and enthusiastic with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040

Please refer the Job description for details