Job summary
Are you looking for your next leadership challenge?

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse with excellent communication skills who is caring, compassionate, and committed to making a positive difference every day?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Band 7 Registered Nurse to lead the dedicated team on Kimberley Ward within our Gastroenterology service.

Gastroenterology is a dynamic, evidence-based specialty that provides excellent opportunities for professional development and career progression within a supportive and collaborative environment. Our expert multidisciplinary team delivers high-quality care to patients with a wide range of gastroenterological conditions, from complex nutritional and eating disorders to acute gastrointestinal bleeds and other specialist conditions.

We are seeking a compassionate, motivated, and inspiring nurse leader who is passionate about delivering outstanding patient care while supporting and developing a dedicated nursing team.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong clinical leadership and decision-making abilities.
• A compassionate and patient-centred approach to care.
• The motivation to embrace new challenges and drive service improvement.
• A commitment to supporting the development and wellbeing of colleagues.

Main duties of the job
As the Ward Manager, you will provide visible, professional leadership, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality patient care while fostering a positive and supportive working environment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing leadership and accountability for the standards of nursing practice within the ward, ensuring care is delivered in line with professional standards, Trust policies, and evidence-based practice.
• Leading, managing, and developing the nursing workforce to deliver a high-quality, patient-centred, and cost-effective service.
• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement, supporting staff development, wellbeing, and professional growth through effective supervision, appraisal, and education.
• Ensuring the ward operates efficiently, maintaining appropriate staffing levels, effective resource management, and compliance with quality and performance standards.
• Managing complaints, clinical incidents, and near misses within the ward, ensuring they are investigated promptly, lessons are identified, and appropriate actions are implemented to improve patient safety and quality of care.
• Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to deliver excellent patient outcomes and enhance the patient and family experience.

Full time: 37.5 hours per week

Interview date: TBC

About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description for full details of the role, and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse on appropriate part of the NMC Register
• Willingness to further develop knowledge and skills

Experience
Essential

• Extensive post registration experience including significant experience within relevant speciality at Band 6 or equivalent

Skills
Essential

• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills

Attitude & Aptitude
Essential

• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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).

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.

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).