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Medway NHS Foundation Trust
About
Medway NHS Foundation Trust is a public benefit corporation authorised under the National Health Service Act 2006. It is a single-site hospital based in Gillingham, Medway Maritime Hospital, which serves a population of more than 424,000 across Medway and Swale.
We provide clinical services to almost half a million patients a year, including more than 125,000 Emergency Department attendances, more than 88,000 admissions, more than 278,000 outpatients appointments and more than 5,000 babies born last year.
As an NHS Foundation Trust, we have a 24-strong Council of Governors and more than 10,000 public members. We employ around 4,400 staff, making us one of Medway’s largest employers. In addition, close to 400 volunteers provide invaluable support across the League of Friends, Hospital Radio and the Voluntary Services Department.
Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse - SMART
Accepting applications until: 09-Feb-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 09-Feb-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Address
- Windmill Road
- Town
- Gillingham
- Postcode
- ME7 5NY
- Major / Minor Region
- Kent
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 23 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (to cover 24hrs service)
Salary
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Acute Medicine
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse - SMART
Division: Operations Directorate
Band: 6
Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum/ pro rata
To apply you should ‘ have a full UK driving license and a car’
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.
We are recruiting for the SMART (Surgical Medical Acute Recovery Team) Service, a Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse, who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take the service and the Trust forward, by ensuring that we continue to be the first choice for patients.
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As a Clinical Sister/ Charge Nurse you will provide clinical and professional leadership, supervision and support to patient, nursing staff and students within the SMART team.
You will triage, assess, plan and implement the care of patients who are transferred home under the care of the SMART service, into a H@H virtual ward in the community. We use Remote patient monitoring, hence a good clinical knowledge in analysing vital signs and escalating clinical concerns for urgent treatment via our virtual pathway is essential
Responsibility for reviewing care delivery and maintaining records in accordance with local and with NMC guidelines.
The work will include driving to visit patients in the community therefore it is essential that you have a full UK driving license and a car
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Members of SMART work autonomously, therefore we are looking for someone with excellent evidence based experience in the care of acute patients. Specific training will be provided to facilitate the pathways covered by SMART in the community. Confidence, good communication skills and the ability to make sound decisions is vital.
The Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse must also be able to liaise with all members of the multidisciplinary team to coordinate safe effective and timely care practices within the SMART service.
The successful post holder’s main responsibility will be the day to day care of patients on SMART h@h virtual ward, and also ensuring that all patients referred are triaged and prepared safely to continue their inpatient treatment in an outpatient setting.
The SMART Service is nurse led, therefore the ability to work autonomously as well as effectively within a team is essential to initiate prescribed care in conjunction with consultant / other clinicians without direct supervision, reporting directly to the Consultant/team manager/clinical lead and undertake care delivery involving an extensive range of activities acquired through experience or additional short courses e.g acute and chronic disease awareness/management, assisting the MDT, acute/chronic pain management, appropriate care of wound assessments and management, including PICO and Vac dressings, blood monitoring/understanding the results for health promotion. Act as mentor to students, adopt link roles, sound knowledge in intravenous drug infusions, fluid therapy, administration of nebulised drugs, administration of oxygen therapy, computer skills, liaising and with other agencies and professionals, observation recording and interpretation, venepuncture, cannulation, management of central and mid lines, assessing patient and in depth history taking
Assess, plan and evaluate care provided for patients including those with complex needs
As a SMART nurse teaching, auditing, infection control practices and undergoing research are activities undertaken within the role.
SMART will support the successful candidate to meet the demanding and exciting challenges of the role. If you are an ambitious nurse considering to develop your skills further then give us a call to find out what we can offer you. We are more than happy for people to spend time with us to be able to fully understand how SMART works and what we do.
As part of our ongoing commitment to professional development we are offering a number of apprenticeships in Leadership and Management, Business Services, Finance, Accounting and HR, Clinical Support Work, Nursing Associate and Assistant Practitioner alongside our in-house comprehensive clinical pathways.
All of our learning programs will support and encourage all members to be able to apply their learning immediately back into their working life. Our hope is that the education pathways will
play a key role in enabling you to challenge the practices of the past and build capability for the future.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organization. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. We are inspiring and ambitious, respectful and supportive, open and we speak up, we are inclusive and responsible.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN1/RN2/RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality
- BSc / 1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification / training / experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice
- Awareness of clinical governance and risk management issues
Experience
Essential criteria
- Practical experience in the various clinical areas such as Medicine, General surgery and Orthopaedics, for at least 2 years following training
- Some experience in management including management of rotas, managing competencies, resources and staff
- To include dealing with distressed relatives, care of terminally ill and other challenging situations
- Experience of teaching / assessing / supervising others in a clinical setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information
- Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
- Able to maintain clear and legible documentation including electronic documentation
- Basic computer skills including ability to use Microsoft Word and Electronic Patient Records / Electronic devices
Values Based Question
Essential criteria
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Other
Essential criteria
- Driving License & Access to a Car
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jackie Hammond
- Job title
- Head of nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01634833804
- Additional information
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