Sister/Charge Nurse - Outpatients
Camberley, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 5 days ago
Job Overview
Outpatient Department.
Band 6 Sister / Charge Nurse
Part time Substantive 18.5 hours over 2 days
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, enthusiastic, and highly motivated registered nurse with a varied clinical experience to join the senior Outpatient team.
The Outpatient team are passionate about constantly improving our service and delivering high quality care to our patients.
We are looking for committed individuals with excellent organisational and leadership skills. Excellent interpersonal skills are required to lead and support the team and to undertake a wide range of administrative duties in tandem with clinical duties.
The successful candidate will demonstrate criteria set out in the Job Description and Person Specification. Experience working in an outpatient clinic setting would be an advantage but not essential.
The candidate will be based in either the Frimley South onsite team or the offsite team, but we work as one team, and the role covers all our locations in Frimley South. Frimley South Outpatients has three main sites, Aldershot Centre for Health, Fleet Community Hospital and Frimley Park Hospital. Sites are operational between 0800 -1830 hrs Monday to Saturday.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a dedicated and highly skilled Band 6 Nurse to provide cover across designated Frimley Health Outpatient locations. The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of the department, coordinating capacity and flow while delivering the highest standard of patient care.
Key Responsibilities
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
Apply online now
Outpatient Department.
Band 6 Sister / Charge Nurse
Part time Substantive 18.5 hours over 2 days
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, enthusiastic, and highly motivated registered nurse with a varied clinical experience to join the senior Outpatient team.
The Outpatient team are passionate about constantly improving our service and delivering high quality care to our patients.
We are looking for committed individuals with excellent organisational and leadership skills. Excellent interpersonal skills are required to lead and support the team and to undertake a wide range of administrative duties in tandem with clinical duties.
The successful candidate will demonstrate criteria set out in the Job Description and Person Specification. Experience working in an outpatient clinic setting would be an advantage but not essential.
The candidate will be based in either the Frimley South onsite team or the offsite team, but we work as one team, and the role covers all our locations in Frimley South. Frimley South Outpatients has three main sites, Aldershot Centre for Health, Fleet Community Hospital and Frimley Park Hospital. Sites are operational between 0800 -1830 hrs Monday to Saturday.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a dedicated and highly skilled Band 6 Nurse to provide cover across designated Frimley Health Outpatient locations. The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of the department, coordinating capacity and flow while delivering the highest standard of patient care.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide Band 6 cover for a 6-day service at specified outpatient locations, ensuring capacity and flow are managed effectively.
- Deputise for the Senior Sister and Matron, taking on the role of Bronze Command in their absence, maintaining an organised and structured workforce.
- Adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and RN competencies, ensuring best practice is followed at all times.
- Lead the nursing team, acting as a visible, dynamic, and professional role model for others, demonstrating exceptional clinical competence.
- Inspire and motivate the team, leading change initiatives and promoting excellence in nursing practice, empathy, and professionalism.
- Support, supervise, and assess learners, students, new, temporary, and junior staff within the department.
- Collaborate with Practice Development teams to support the progression of registered nurses and health care support workers, ensuring they practice competently and advance in their roles.
- Take responsibility for consolidating, enhancing, and broadening your own clinical knowledge and skills, and furthering your professional development
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN with current UK NMC registration.
- Supporting Learners in Practice (SLIP) or similar recognised qualification.
- Educated to Nursing Degree level. or on degree pathway.
- Level 6 leadership course.
- Yellow Belt Training (Lean Competency System)
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in an acute healthcare Trust.
- Nurse in charge training
- Evidence of previous Band 6 experience
- Experience within an Outpatients setting.
Essential criteria
- Able to prioritise workload and effectively manage a clinical area.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal). Ability to manage conflict/ difficult/ stressful situations, working calmly and effectively under pressure.
- Effectively facilitate the supervision and assessment of learners and junior staff.
- Excellent Computer skills, Teams, SharePoint, Excel, Word.
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
Apply online now
