Junior Sister: Sponsorship Available

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Guildford Ward is looking for motivated, adaptable, forward thinking and enthusiastic Band 6 Sisters/Charge Nurses with excellent communication skills and the motivation to develop and progress their management skills in our purpose built, bright and modern environment

Our enhanced care unit is an intermediate level of care between that provided within HDU and the ward, where enhanced advice and support from the critical care team can be accessed. We provide care to those patients whose care needs are greater than those that are provided on a general ward and ensures a seamless escalation of care should that be required.

Each cubicle is fitted out with cardiac monitors and medical devices to allow holistic care to be provided to both low acuity and high dependency patients who may require supported breathing interventions and work closely with our critical care outreach and respiratory teams to ensure the best possible outcomes for our patients

We are dedicated to training and developing our staff in their chosen field and take pride in supporting our nurses to become nurse specialists and nurse leaders of the future. We encourage close working with all members of the multi-disciplinary teams and support our band 6 nurses in their roles as practice supervisors and assessors to develop our junior staff and encourage and promote professional learning and development

Main duties of the job

We are recruiting nurses who are passionate about providing and supporting the delivery of high quality, safe and evidenced based care in our 20 bedded unit .

This band 6 role provides a real opportunity to develop your clinical skills and knowledge base while working closely alongside our well established infection control team in our negative pressure environment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse Part 1 or 12
  • Recent post qualification or equivalent experience in acute setting/ Emergency Setting
  • Demonstrates professional updating of knowledge in past two years
  • Teaching qualification ENB 998 or City & Guilds 730 or equivalent

Desirable

  • First degree

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Organised
  • Good communicator (good written and verbal skills)
  • Good listener
  • Teaching / presentation
  • Excellent leadership, assessment and prioritising skills
  • Clinical skills of venepuncture, cannulation, , IV drug administration
  • IT literacy

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 8 November 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.