Sister/Charge Nurse Advert

Band 6 - £28,050 to £36,644 per annum pro rata

Part Time - 42 hours per fortnight

Location: Leicester (Mobile Team and Donor Centre)

Ref: 918-BN3518

Have you ever thought about where the blood that you transfuse comes from? Are you thinking of taking a new direction in your nursing career? Looking for a change? If so come and work for us.

NHS Blood and Transplant collects over 7,000 blood donations every day providing vital blood and blood products that help to save and improve the lives of thousands of people every year. We are dedicated to making a difference and we need your help to do so.

We save lives but we don’t work in hospitals. No two days are the same in this fast moving and variable environment. We collect blood from donors in Donor Centres and also travel to where our donors are in mobile teams.

As a Sister/Charge Nurse in this autonomous role, you will lead and motivate a team of donor carers (similar to Health Care Support staff), use your clinical judgement to make safe decisions about suitability and ensure your team deliver a high standard of care that enables us to meet our regulatory and governance requirements. We need your leadership and management skills to ensure that patients receive safe blood and blood products and our donors feel safe and cared for. By giving the best experience we can for our donors, you will ensure they will want to return time and time again.

No prior specialist knowledge is required for this band 6 role; we value what you bring. If you are able to work independently, lead with compassion and resilience, excited by the prospect of enabling change in a fast moving environment, then this is the job for you. We will provide all the training and support you will need with excellent learning and development opportunities and career progression.

The normal working hours for this role are 42 hours per fortnight, working 5 shifts per fortnight at approximately 8.5 hours per shift.  This may include evenings, weekends and bank holiday working. The earliest possible start time would be approximately 08:15, and if on a late shift the finish time would be approximately 21:30. You will be expected to work across the Leicester Donor Centre and mobile team as part of this role so we’ll need you to be flexible - but we’ll let you know in advance which days and hours you’ll be working.

An informal visit is highly recommended. To arrange an informal discussion about this role please contact Adele Mayer – Senior Sister, on Tel: 07764280790 or via email at: Adele.Mayer@nhsbt.nhs.uk

This advert will close at 23:59 on Wednesday 31st October 2018 (subject to change), with interviews taking place on Wednesday 21st November 2018 (subject to confirmation).