Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Supervisory Night Sister
Supervisory Night Sister
DorchesterOn-Site
PermanentFull-Time
£39,959 - £48,117per annumFTE
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Description
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Supervisory Night Sister
The closing date is 26 November 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team of Supervisory Night Sisters at Dorset County Hospital.
The successful applicant with be required to provide senior leadership, advice and pastoral support across the hospital overnight. They will need to maintain an overview of both divisions across the trust and work closely with wider members of the hospital overnight to identify staff challenges and risks. As part of the role you will need to be able to provide clinical support such as venepuncture, cannulation, catheterisation, blood cultures, blood gases, 12 lead ecg, blood transfusions and administering IV medications. You will be supporting the Clinical Site Managers with operational issues, ensuring hospital safety and function at all times.
UKVI Sponsorship: This role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). We welcome applications from individuals who require sponsorship to work in the UK. Sponsorship will be offered subject to meeting UKVI eligibility criteria.
Main duties of the job
To provide senior leadership, advice, and pastoral support overnight whilst maintaining an overview of division A&B. Work closely with the wider members of the hospital overnight, identifying staff challenges, and risks. Promote and support quality and safety over both divisions. As an experienced leader you will be expected to problem solve, navigate challenges. Using your critical thinking and problem-solving abilities to ensure staff and patients have the best experience and outcomes.
Support Clinical Site Managers to ensure patients are transferred to their designated ward within a specific time frame to maintain flow across Divisions A & B. To use highly developed clinical knowledge and skills to provide high standards of evidence- based, patient centered care respecting dignity and privacy.
Provide clinical support across all division A & B to include venipuncture, cannulation, blood cultures, blood gases, 12 lead ecg, male & female catheterisation, blood transfusions, administration of medications, intermediate life support and verification of death.
To challenge appropriately and confidently where standards of care, behaviour and attitudes fall below our trust standards and NMC guidelines. To lead by example.
About us
At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.
Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.
We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.
We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate's individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role. All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.
Details
Date posted: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 405-26-NM553DT
Job location: Dorset County Hospital, Williams Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2JY, United Kingdom
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications & Training
Knowledge & Experience
Skills & Abilities
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 the NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: Apply via the company portal
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Head of Operations, Lesley Roberts, Lesley.roberts41@nhs.net, 01305255838
Supporting documents: Privacy notice: Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice
Supervisory Night Sister
The closing date is 26 November 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team of Supervisory Night Sisters at Dorset County Hospital.
The successful applicant with be required to provide senior leadership, advice and pastoral support across the hospital overnight. They will need to maintain an overview of both divisions across the trust and work closely with wider members of the hospital overnight to identify staff challenges and risks. As part of the role you will need to be able to provide clinical support such as venepuncture, cannulation, catheterisation, blood cultures, blood gases, 12 lead ecg, blood transfusions and administering IV medications. You will be supporting the Clinical Site Managers with operational issues, ensuring hospital safety and function at all times.
UKVI Sponsorship: This role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). We welcome applications from individuals who require sponsorship to work in the UK. Sponsorship will be offered subject to meeting UKVI eligibility criteria.
Main duties of the job
To provide senior leadership, advice, and pastoral support overnight whilst maintaining an overview of division A&B. Work closely with the wider members of the hospital overnight, identifying staff challenges, and risks. Promote and support quality and safety over both divisions. As an experienced leader you will be expected to problem solve, navigate challenges. Using your critical thinking and problem-solving abilities to ensure staff and patients have the best experience and outcomes.
Support Clinical Site Managers to ensure patients are transferred to their designated ward within a specific time frame to maintain flow across Divisions A & B. To use highly developed clinical knowledge and skills to provide high standards of evidence- based, patient centered care respecting dignity and privacy.
Provide clinical support across all division A & B to include venipuncture, cannulation, blood cultures, blood gases, 12 lead ecg, male & female catheterisation, blood transfusions, administration of medications, intermediate life support and verification of death.
To challenge appropriately and confidently where standards of care, behaviour and attitudes fall below our trust standards and NMC guidelines. To lead by example.
About us
At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.
Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.
We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.
We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate's individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role. All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.
Details
Date posted: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 405-26-NM553DT
Job location: Dorset County Hospital, Williams Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2JY, United Kingdom
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications & Training
- Essential: Appropriate professional registration
- Essential: Evidence of CPD
- Essential: Evidence of wellbeing or PNA qualifications/ experience or willingness to work towards
- Essential: Leadership or management qualifications/experience or willingness to work towards
- Essential: Extended clinical skills to include Immediate Life support (ILS), cannulation, catheterization, verification of death, fit mask testing and vaccinations
Knowledge & Experience
- Essential: Significant post registration experience with a minimum of 3 years in acute medical/surgical or emergency care
- Essential: Understanding of professional healthcare issues
- Essential: Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centred care and patient education
- Essential: Experience of resource management including staff and budget management
- Essential: Knowledge of clinical governance and experience of Risk and Route Cause Analysis management and managing complaints
- Desirable: Experience of being directly/indirectly involved with national initiatives
Skills & Abilities
- Essential: Evidence of ability to act as a proficient healthcare practitioner
- Essential: Evidence of ability to maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, patients and visitors
- Essential: Evidence of an ability to manage patient flow and ability to escalate as required in accordance with policy
- Essential: Ability to effectively prioritise and organise own workload and workload of others.
- Essential: Demonstrates the application of evidence based practice, critical appraisal skills and knowledge of professional issues
- Desirable: Evidence of an area of special interest
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 the NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: Apply via the company portal
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Head of Operations, Lesley Roberts, Lesley.roberts41@nhs.net, 01305255838
Supporting documents: Privacy notice: Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice
