About this role
Job summary
We are seeking motivated Deputy Sisters/Charge Nurses to join our dynamic team. We are looking for enthusiastic Registered Nurses with a passion for delivering strong, forward-thinking leadership in Emergency Nursing.
Our innovative, fast-paced department has a proven track record of high performance and recognised excellence in patient care. This role offers a rewarding and varied environment, where you will support the coordination of daily operations and contribute to delivering consistently high standards of care across all emergency settings.
As part of the senior nursing team, you will help foster a supportive and inclusive culture while developing your own leadership capabilities, supported by the Lead Nurse team. You will also play a key role in service improvement, staff training and education, appraisals, and recruitment and retention, helping to shape the future of the department.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements Essential
Good communication skills with clear written and oral skills Proven management skills- effective organisation abilities, supervisory skills, leadership skills
Qualifications Essential
1st level Registered Nurse Evidence of personal and professional development in critical care practice/ management
Desirable
Diploma level study, or the willingness to undertake
Experience Essential
Significant post registration experience Experience within Accident & Emergency
Contractual Requirements Essential
Regular attendance Ability to work flexibly
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).
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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 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)