Job summary
An exciting new role has arisen for a motivated Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse to work as part of the nurse led Outpatient Department.

The Outpatient Department runs multiple outpatient clinics daily. Our small team are passionate about providing high quality patient centred care and positive patient experiences.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, motivated and committed to providing high quality nursing care. You should be able to work autonomously as well as part of a team and possess excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills. You will need to be forward thinking, well organised and have a positive attitude towards flexibility and embrace change.

You should have expertise in the required clinical skills relevant for this Band 6 post and previous experience working at Band 6 level is desirable. You should possess effective problem solving skills and are expected to work within your scope of practice adhering to the Code and Trust policies and procedures at all times.

You will act as a senior role model to the team and visiting clinicians and should be able to demonstrate previous experience of mentoring students and junior staff and hold a relevant mentorship or teaching qualification.

Main duties of the job

• Working across all the clinical areas alongside multidisciplinary teams to ensure smooth flow of clinics. This requires excellent communication, time-management and problem-solving skills to resolve any issues (e.g. managing clinic delays).
• Effective leadership and management skills- being in charge of the department and deputising in Sister's absence. Responsibilities also include liaising with the site and senior leadership teams as well as providing leadership to nursing colleagues on site.
• Supporting Sister with managerial duties including: writing off duty; ensuring safe daily staffing; appraisals for junior staff members; recruitment; managing staff absence; managing clinical incidents and risks; dealing with and managing patient complaints; assessing various student learners and apprentices; managing the care of acutely unwell patients and facilitating prompt transfer to the necessary acute setting; assisting stock management processes; assisting budget management and cost effectiveness; assisting with management and scheduling of OP clinic timetable.
• Sound understanding of an outpatients setting along with an enthusiastic and innovative character to develop this evolving service.

(Cont'd under detailed job description and main responsibilities)

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Details
Date posted: 16 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pa pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 10 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 387-MED0148-NG
Job locations: Outpatient Department Level 4, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
(Main duties of the job cont.)

• Expertise in clinical skills, including: medicines management (Subcutaneous injections); cannulation and venepuncture; ECGs; responding to NEWS2 scores and escalating appropriately, management of acutely unwell patient; conflict management skills; cognitive assessments, and dynamic patient risk assessments
• Act as an effective role model promoting excellence through practice
• Confidence in supervising junior members of the team and having the ability to bring out the best in all staff. Being approachable and helpful and providing staff a voice and a platform to provide feedback

You must have the initiative to adapt to the changing demands of the service and be able to positively contribute to the development of service provision. Ability to cover the department and provide reasonable flexibility in terms of hours worked, including varying shift patterns across operational hours will be expected.

The successful candidate will be required to deputise for the Outpatient Sister in her absence and also provide support across all the Outpatient areas in times of A/L and sickness, therefore the ability to travel between UHBW sites is essential.

You should be motivated and keen to further develop your own skills and knowledge. Our commitment to you is to provide an environment conducive to supporting you with this wherever possible.

So, if you are a dynamic individual who enjoys a challenge and would like to join a small nurse led team who are passionate about providing high quality care to their patients, then we want to hear from you.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Active 1st level registration with NMC
• Relevant accredited post registration qualification at level 3
• Qualification in Teaching, assessing and Mentoring

Desirable

• Willingness to work towards Masters level academic study
• Previous experience working at B6 level

Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Appropriate post registration experience in nursing and speciality
• Appropriate proven leadership and management experience
• Proven commitment and experience, evidence in teaching

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking research or audit projects
• Evidence of commitment to research based practice or evidence of project work undertaken
• Experience as preceptor / mentor

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Organisation and management skills
• Teaching
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Ability to problem solve
• Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
• Ability to perform clinical activities specific to speciality
• Competency in medication administration including intravenous medication.
• Ability to lead a team
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to manage difficult situations
• Able to influence other team members
• Act as a role model and as a mentor/assessor
• Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
• Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
• Commitment to the development and provision of high quality nursing care
• Awareness of current national changes in nursing / NHS
• General good health, Able to work on feet for long periods. Aware that the role can be stressful and emotional at times

Aptitudes
Essential

• Supportive
• Respectful
• Innovative
• Collaborative

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).

Employer details
Employer name: Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Outpatient Department Level 4, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Outpatient Manager, Ayolabi Ezobi, ayolabi.ezobi@uhbw.nhs.uk

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