Sister/Charge Nurse Derby

Job summary

This is an opportunity for a Band 6 role on ward 203/Royal Derby Spinal Centre within Trauma and Orthopaedics.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our management team, who possess excellent communication and leadership skills, and promote excellent quality of care, whilst supporting junior staff on the ward to do the same. The role will entail working weekends, bank holidays and nights to provide unit bleep cover.

The ideal applicant will have demonstrable years of experience within Trauma and Orthopaedics and ideally have experience working with acutely unwell patients and complex discharge planning.

The successful applicant will show evidence of service improvement or innovation.

You will have the full support of the management team and your peers, enabling you to succeed in this role.

Main duties of the job

The majority of your role will be clinical, and you will be a clinical lead on the ward supporting and mentoring junior members of the team with your experience and knowledge.

The job will also entail all aspects of people/staff management, for example, ensuring staff wellbeing, completing appraisals, dealing with conflict and more.

You will be expected to complete audits, rosters, reports, attend meetings and liaise with all members of the MDT as well as many other tasks.

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust

• Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily
• We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust - over 3,300 per week
• An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day - 6th largest in the country
• Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily.
• We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
• We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
• We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day

Job responsibilities

UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AIgenerated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

Important visa information

Due to UK Home Office immigration rule changes effective from 22 July 2025, applicants sponsored under Occupation Code 6131 (Nursing Auxiliaries and Assistants) may not be eligible to bring dependants under the Skilled Worker route if their Certificate of Sponsorship is issued on or after this date. Applicants are responsible for understanding how these rules apply to their individual circumstances. The Trust cannot provide immigration advice. Further information is available on the Skilled Worker visa: Your partner and children - GOV.UK

Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

Skilled worker: Health and Care Visa

Read about the Health and Care Visa for employing overseas nationals (excluding Irish citizens) under the points-based immigration system.

Impacts of the changes to the UK immigration policy | NHS Employers

Person Specification

Registered Nurse

Essential

• NMC Qualification

Desirable

• Evidence of teaching/training colleagues

Post registration experience

Essential

• Demonstrable post registration experience
• Demonstrable experience within an acute hospitable setting

Desirable

• Evidence of continued learning post registration

  Experience

  Essential

  • Demonstrable experience within orthopaedics
  • Demonstrable experience within care of Trauma Spines
  • Experience of mentoring, supporting, coaching and developing staff

  Desirable

  • Experienced in trauma admissions
  • Experienced in care of complex patients

  knowledge of ward management

  Essential

  • Knowledge of ward and people management
  • Knowledge of working with hip fracture and dementia patients

  Desirable

  • Evidence of undertaking appraisals/audits
  • Evidence of making/supporting change

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Derby Hospital
  Uttoxeter Road
  Derby
  DE22 3NE
  United Kingdom

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer contact details

  For questions about the job, contact

  Ward Manager
  Dani Poxon
  dani.poxon@nhs.net
  01332788294

  Details

  Date posted

  10 September 2026

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £39,959 to £48,117 a year
  pro rata / pa

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  320-SURG-1476

  Job locations

  Royal Derby Hospital
  Uttoxeter Road
  Derby
  DE22 3NE
  United Kingdom

  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.

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration.