Junior Sister/Charge Nurse, Medical Short Stay

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Junior Sister/Charge Nurse, Medical Short Stay

The closing date is 12 March 2026

Band 6 Sister/ ChargeNurse - A exciting opportunity has arisen to join our MSSU team. We pride ourselves in providing a progressive, supportive environment with a dynamic and motivated team. We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual, who is looking for a challenge, if you are confident, well organised with excellent communication skills and see yourself as a visible Nurse leader who has high standards, excellent clinical skills and knowledge then we would like to hear from you.

The Medical short stay unit is a 22 bedded unit at the Alexandra hospital in Redditch. This is a busy and dynamic working environment; we aim to discharge patients home within a 72-hour window. It is fast paced and we have an excellent discharge rate, by working closely with the multi-disciplinary team. Our mission is to work together with our partners in health and social care to provide safe, effective, personalized and integrated care for local people, delivered consistently across all services by skilled and compassionate staff.

We are committed to delivering a Nursing Service that provides the best patient care and recognize that our excellent nursing staff are key in enabling and providing compassionate, patient centred care.

For any more information please contact Ward Manager Sara Room on 512091 or via email:

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate must be able to co-ordinate and prioritize care in a busy environment. The ability to communicate effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team, doctors and nurses. You will be supported in this post by the Ward Manager, the MSSU team and Matron for Urgent Care.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job responsibilities

• To ensure the maintenance of a high standard of nursing care at all times through the effective management of staff and resources and to be available for advice and support.
• Provide effective leadership and to act as a good role model, as well as to liaise with all members of the multi disciplinary team and co ordinate all aspects of care in the best interests of patients and their families.
• To supervise junior staff and to teach qualified and unqualified staff as appropriate.
• Achieve and maintain competence in identified mandatory and statutory training, develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge.

Person Specification Experience

• Experience as working as a band 5 or above.
• Ward / departmental based training.
• Managing clinical risks and incidents at ward level.
• Working within a busy hospital environment.
• Clinical Audit activity.
• Complaints Handling.

Qualifications

• GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
• RGN With current registration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

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