Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Deputy Sister Outpatients

The closing date is 26 November 2026

Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and experienced registered nurse to join our Outpatient Department as a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse. This is an exciting opportunity a nurse working in Outpatients to support delivering high-quality patient care and service development.

Main duties of the job

• Protecting and supporting the health of individual patients and clients
• Assessment of care and health education needs
• Development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care including referring patient to community services when necessary
• Under supervision, to gain experience and skills in Clinical Practice, facilitation and teaching and management as appropriate.
• To work in accordance with Whittington Health Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and contribute towards achieving the Trust "Top 10" objectives
• To maintain effective communication
• To take charge of the department in the absence of senior nursing staff
• To treat all patients, visitors, carers and work colleagues with dignity and respect
• Provide support to the Clinical Nurse Specialists in the various outpatient clinics
• Assist in carrying out Health & Safety, Fire and Hand Hygiene as required

About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work

Details
Date posted: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year pro-rata per annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 220-WHT-8380430
Job locations: Whittington Health NHS Trust, Magdala Ave, London, N19 5NF, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities

• Protecting and supporting the health of individual patients and clients
• Assessment of care and health education needs
• Development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care including referring patient to community services when necessary
• Under supervision, to gain experience and skills in Clinical Practice, facilitation and teaching and management as appropriate.
• To work in accordance with Whittington Health Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and contribute towards achieving the Trust Top 10 objectives
• To maintain effective communication
• To take charge of the department in the absence of senior nursing staff
• To treat all patients, visitors, carers and work colleagues with dignity and respect
• Provide support to the Clinical Nurse Specialists in the various outpatient clinics
• Assist in carrying out Health & Safety, Fire and Hand Hygiene as required

Person Specification
Communication

• Essential: Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats
• Essential: Maintain professional boundaries and working relationships with patients and Colleagues
• Essential: Communicates with patients and carers in an empathetic manner
• Essential: Liaising with the Outpatient Charge Nurse to ensure that clinical areas have adequate clinical cover at all times
• Desirable: Demonstrates understanding of good practice in Customer Care

Personal and People Development

• Essential: Demonstrates understanding of own role within the team
• Essential: Willing to develop self & undertake in-house study
• Essential: Takes charge of outpatients in absence of senior staff
• Essential: Able to develop awareness of resource and risk management issues within boundaries of role

Provision of care to meet health and wellbeing needs

• Essential: Able to provide essential care for patients as directed
• Essential: Able to use designated medical devices after training
• Essential: Able to carry out clinical procedures as required
• Essential: Respects the privacy and dignity of the individual

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.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address: Whittington Health NHS Trust, Magdala Ave, London, N19 5NF, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Lead Nurse, Tara Egan, tara.egan@nhs.net, 02072885161

Supporting documents
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust's privacy notice

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and is committed to equal opportunities in all of its recruitment practices.