Sister - Charge Nurse - JR115973 in Bath

We are Circle Health Group, the number one independent provider of hospital services in this country, with more than 50 hospitals, 6000 specialists and 2 million patient visits each year. We offer high quality, safe, accessible and affordable healthcare. We want to be the most innovative and patient focused healthcare organisation.

You make sure that standards of patient care are consistently applied and maintained. You maintain and enhance customer service and satisfaction. You promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of all patients, employees and visitors.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

• Clinical Leadership and Care Delivery: Provide hands‑on clinical care, acting as a senior point of support for complex or deteriorating patients. Coordinate daily clinical activity and ensure safe staffing levels, skill mix, and continuity of care. Promote high standards of nursing practice through supervision, coaching, and role modelling.
• Staff Management and Team Support: Allocate and supervise staff during shifts, ensuring responsibilities are clearly defined and patient needs are met. Support the development, appraisal, and competency assessment of junior nurses, HCAs, and students. Contribute to the induction and ongoing development of new staff, ensuring adherence to clinical standards and policies.
• Governance and Patient Safety: Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in line with NMC and organisational standards. Promote compliance with infection prevention, medication safety, safeguarding, and other clinical governance priorities. Report and support investigations of incidents, complaints, and near misses, contributing to a culture of safety and learning.
• Communication and Multidisciplinary Working: Act as a key liaison for patients, families, consultants, and members of the wider multidisciplinary team. Ensure effective communication during handovers, ward rounds, and discharge planning. Foster a collaborative environment that supports respectful teamwork and a positive patient experience.
• Service Delivery and Operational Oversight: Assist with the coordination of admissions, discharges, and patient flow within the department. Support the Clinical Services Manager in meeting departmental targets, maintaining equipment, and managing resources effectively. Contribute to audit, quality improvement, and service evaluation initiatives.
• Professional Development and Responsibility: Maintain NMC registration and demonstrate professional accountability at all times. Keep up to date with clinical best practices, guidelines, and innovations in nursing care. Promote continuous learning and reflective practice within the team.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

• Essential: Registered Nurse (Adult) with valid NMC registration. Significant post-registration experience in an acute or relevant specialty. Experience in leading and supervising a team within a clinical environment. Strong clinical decision‑making, communication, and coordination skills. Commitment to high standards of patient care and professional development.
• Desirable: Mentorship / Practice Assessor qualification. Leadership or management training (or willingness to undertake). Experience in audit, service improvement, or quality assurance projects. Familiarity with private healthcare systems and governance frameworks.

WHAT SORT OF PERSON ARE YOU?

You are a great communicator with different people at different levels. You are an excellent judge and decision maker. You are a highly effective problem solver. You are proactive and driven to succeed. You are punctual, committed and reliable. You are flexible and adaptable.

WHAT ELSE?

This is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This is not exhaustive and may change due to future changes and developments. You have to maintain your knowledge and conduct your duties responsibly with the guidance of the Health & Safety at Work Act. You treat all patient information as confidential and would only breach confidence if you felt that a patient or member of staff was at risk of harm.

Health & Safety / Confidentiality: You must maintain knowledge of Health and Safety at Work Act. Ensuring appropriate measures are taken in respect of Health and Safety for staff, visitors and contractors. In the course of their duties employees will have access to confidential material about patients, members of staff and Circle Health Group. On no account must information relating to identifiable patients be divulged to anyone other than authorised persons, for example, medical, nursing or other professional staff, as appropriate, who are concerned directly with the care, diagnosis and/or treatment of the patient. Similarly, no information of a personal or confidential nature concerning individual members of staff should be divulged to anyone without the proper authority. Failure to observe these rules will be regarded as serious misconduct, which could result in disciplinary action being taken including dismissal.

This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This job description is not an exhaustive document and may be subject to alteration in the light of future changes and developments.

Opportunities with Circle Health Group: Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work styles and more. We are passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture.