Inpatient Sister / Charge Nurse - Melton inMelton Mowbray inMelton Mowbray PUBLISHED 17 OCT 2024

Band 6: £37,338 to £44,962 a year  PERMANENT 
You are welcome to visit during the application process to give you an insight to the types of care delivered on our wards, our MDT working processes and how we work with our patients and their families to facilitate safe discharge home.

If you don't think a Community Hospital is a challenging and interesting place to work, then think again.

Dalgliesh Ward at Melton Mowbray Hospital has 17 beds and is nurse led which will give you high levels of autonomy and satisfaction in leading a service and delivering excellent patient care. The ward provides sub-acute care, medical step down and palliative care as well as rehabilitation.

The post holder will take overall responsibility for care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional nursing leadership, guidance and clinical advice in relation to the key dimensions of health care quality patient safety, effectiveness of healthcare interventions, patient experience and the care environment.

You will also ensure the delivery of a clinically effective service which meets the needs of individuals, families and communities in line with local and national development plans, Trust policies and procedures

You are welcome to visit during the application process to give you an insight to the types of care delivered on our wards, our MDT working processes and how we work with our patients and their families to facilitate safe discharge home. If you would like to arrange a visit, please contact

Free parking is available on site.

The local bus transport network has a stop close by.

The Trust encourages a healthy work life balance and flexible working opportunities are available.

  • Professional and managerial accountability and responsibility for the ward and services delivered.
  • Management of budgets, quality and standards of practice.
  • Management of the team and ward performance by utilising systems such as clinical supervision, personal development, competency planning and monitoring, clinical audit and policy compliance checks.
  • The post holder will ensure staff are appropriately trained to deliver the care required and ensure supervision and mentorship is in place.
  • The post holder is influential within the organisation and provides detailed advice to others internally and externally to the organisation, within their sphere of competence.

About us

If you like what you’ve read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto ‘apply for this job’ and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the Job Description and Person Specification.

If you don't think a Community Hospital is a challenging and interesting place to work, then think again.

Dalgliesh Ward at Melton Mowbray Hospital has 17 beds and is nurse led which will give you high levels of autonomy and satisfaction in leading a service and delivering excellent patient care. The ward provides sub-acute care, medical step down and palliative care as well as rehabilitation.

The post holder will take overall responsibility for care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional nursing leadership, guidance and clinical advice in relation to the key dimensions of health care quality patient safety, effectiveness of healthcare interventions, patient experience and the care environment.

You will also ensure the delivery of a clinically effective service which meets the needs of individuals, families and communities in line with local and national development plans, Trust policies and procedures

You are welcome to visit during the application process to give you an insight to the types of care delivered on our wards, our MDT working processes and how we work with our patients and their families to facilitate safe discharge home. If you would like to arrange a visit, please contact

Free parking is available on site.

The local bus transport network has a stop close by.

The Trust encourages a healthy work life balance and flexible working opportunities are available.

  • Professional and managerial accountability and responsibility for the ward and services delivered.
  • Management of budgets, quality and standards of practice.
  • Management of the team and ward performance by utilising systems such as clinical supervision, personal development, competency planning and monitoring, clinical audit and policy compliance checks.
  • The post holder will ensure staff are appropriately trained to deliver the care required and ensure supervision and mentorship is in place.
  • The post holder is influential within the organisation and provides detailed advice to others internally and externally to the organisation, within their sphere of competence.

About us

If you like what you’ve read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto ‘apply for this job’ and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the Job Description and Person Specification.



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