Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse to further develop their skills and knowledge within a dynamic Acute Medicine environment.

As a key member of the ward leadership team, you will work closely with the Ward Sister, acting as their deputy and regularly taking charge of the ward. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe and compassionate patient care, maintaining excellence in both clinical standards and the patient experience.

You will be an inspiring leader and positive role model, providing visible clinical leadership while delivering hands-on patient care. Using your experience, you will support the implementation of clinical and non-clinical governance, contributing to continuous improvement and embedding best practice across the team.

Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, you will help to drive service development, ensuring standards are consistently monitored, evaluated and enhanced. This is a fantastic opportunity to further develop your leadership skills within a supportive environment that encourages growth, innovation and professional development.

Main duties of the job
Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.

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.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
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Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.

Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate attitudes and behaviours consistent with the Trust expectations
• Flexible and adaptable
• Caring
• Enthusiastic and well motivated
• Confidence
• Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrable basic IT skills
• Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care
• Able to respond to problem situations and to ensure that effective interventions are put in place
• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
• Able to contribute to the development of implementation and monitoring of local objectives and action plans
• Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
• Competent and capable of using medical equipment
• Able to undertake patient / non patient handling manoeuvres

Desirable

• Audit or research within the clinical area
• Providing staff with feedback on their individual performance and use of the knowledge and skills framework
• Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others
• Demonstrate effective resource management
• Demonstrate knowledge of current issues related to NHS policies
• Evidence of negotiation and influencing skills
• Demonstrate evidence of providing formal teaching sessions
• Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team

Qualifications- Academic/ Craft/ Professional
Essential

• First Level Registered Nurse, with NMC registration
• Suitable teaching qualification / Mentoring Course

Desirable

• Diploma or degree in health / nursing related studies
• Continuing professional development / reflective profile
• Completion of all local competency packages or has undertaken Working in New Ways Packages relevant to role and specialty
• Formal leadership and management training

Further Training
Essential

• Mandatory training and updates
• Relevant post basic study e.g. specialist pathway
• Evidence of moving and handling training

Desirable

• Attendance at conferences / study days
• QI / Sherwood6 Change Management Training

Experience
Essential

• Significant post registration experience, including some experience within specialty
• Significant experience at band 5
• Supervision of non registered staff, pre registration and post basic students
• Evidence of ability to mentor
• Ability to manage the clinical area or ward efficiently and effectively
• Demonstrate an understanding of the deputy sister / charge nurse role

Desirable

• Research training / experience
• Recent or current experience within the specialty
• Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse, or project work
• Evidence of formal teaching experience
• Experience of leading a team
• Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to effectively lead a team, prioritise workload of self and others, and effective time management skills
• Successful implementation and management of a nursing change process
• Understanding of the role of advocacy

Contractual Requirements
Essential

• Enhanced DBS clearance
• NMC registration and revalidation

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.

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