Senior Sister – Ophthalmology: Sponsorship Available

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to join our department. This is a part-time post (18.75 hours per week) working as part of a job share arrangement alongside another part-time Senior Sister. The department operates Monday to Friday, 07:30-18:00.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to provide clinical and operational leadership, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, be able to lead and motivate teams, and support the development of staff and services.

The post holder will be self-motivated, organised and able to work independently as well as collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. They will support workforce management, patient safety, governance, service improvement and the delivery of quality care.

The Eye Unit is a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary service caring for patients with a wide range of ophthalmic conditions. Our team includes nurses, healthcare support workers, ophthalmologists, optometrists, technicians and administrative staff.

The department comprises a busy outpatient service, a day-case ward caring for patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery under local and general anaesthetic, and a nurse-led anti-VEGF injection service. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dedicated team and contribute to the ongoing development of ophthalmology services.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Sister/Charge Nurse is accountable and responsible for the care delivery and management of the Eye unit. This will including the supervision of staff and students. You will be involved in datix investigations, Health Roster, vacancy management, appraisals, ensuring staff training is up to date.

In order to achieve this the senior sister/charge nurse will work in a supervisory capacity and be expected to lead and manage team performance thus enhancing the patient experience, improving patient outcomes and contributing to the organisational priorities.

The Senior Sister/Charge Nurse will act as an exemplar role model delivering high standards of care through demonstrating care and compassion at all times.

Person Specification

Management & Leadership

Essential

  • Organisational Skills
  • Leadership skills

Desirable

  • Management and leadership qualifications
  • Mentor qualification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • NMC registered
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
  • Band 6 experience or equivalent
  • Experience of leading a team

Desirable

  • Mentoring qualification
  • Band 7 experience or equivalent
  • Management and/or Leadership qualification
  • Post registration ophthalmic specialist qualification

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: 24 August 2026

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