Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

Job summary

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen in the Parkinson's and Rehabilitation Medicine team within the Specialist Rehabilitation outpatient clinic for a part-time permanent Band 7 Senior Sister / Charge Nurse at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital. The previous post holder is retiring after many years working in this service.

The role is 23.5 hrs a week

This role will be workingwith the wider Multidisciplinary team.

The Parkinson's service is an international centre of excellence which is 1 of only 2 in the UK.

You will work with the nurse team and will require strong leadership and communication skills, and the ability to manage and maintain high standards and provide excellent care for our patients.

We are looking for a dynamic, proactive, highly motivated, passionate and resilient individual to become part of the Senior Team. In addition to these attributes, we expect the individual to support the vision of our trust to deliver safe care compassionately.

Applicants must hold a current NMC registration and have demonstrable post registration experience with Band 6 experience in Nursing. The applicant must be able to demonstrate their leadership experience. Parkinson's, rehabilitation medicine experience is desirable but not essential.

An informal visit is strongly advisable to see what we do.

Closing date of applications: 3 November 2026

Interview date: 17 November 2026

Main duties of the job

The candidate should demonstrate excellent communication skills, be dynamic and strive for excellence in all aspects of the role. They also need to demonstrate that they are supportive and are able to manage the daily challenges of being a leader in a diverse department. They will need to act as a role model and maintain and uphold high standards of professional behaviour.

The successful applicant will take overall nursing responsibility for the day-to-day outpatient environment. They will ensure that high standards of nursing care is provided and drive forward both service development and quality improvement. They will also be ensuring we promote patient safety and a positive patient experience.

You will:-

Support the provision of holistic assessment and review of patients with Parkinson's disease

Coordinate the staffing of Parkinsons, Rehabilitation Medicine and Spasticity clinics.

support management of Parkinson's waiting lists.

Provide monthly service reports, collect and submit audit data .

Manage and monitor IPC for the department.

Attend MDT meetings and contribute to MDT service development

We believe that all exceptional Nurses have something extra to offer our patients beyond their training and professional registration, from a kind word or a helping hand to providing a positive outlook or going the extra mile. So, at our Trust, we want to work with people who really share our values in continuously improving our patient experience.

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, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Florence Nightingale Community Hospital

London Road

Derby

DE1 2QY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/

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