Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Maternity Ward | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Deputy Ward Leader for the Maternity Ward. The successful candidate will ensure high standards of patient care and provide leadership within the team. Responsibilities include managing ward operations, supporting clinical audits, and maintaining quality care standards. This is a great opportunity to drive improvement in healthcare. Apply now to make a meaningful impact in the community.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a leadership role within a healthcare setting.
• Ability to manage staff operations, including appraisals and training.
• Strong commitment to maintaining high standards of patient care.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ward and ensure high standards of care.
• Support clinical audits and maintain nursing care standards.
• Manage day-to-day staff operations.

Skills

Leadership skills

Patient care

Clinical audits

Job description

Are you passionate about providing the highest quality patient care? Do you have the leadership skills to support and maintain healthcare standards? King's Mill Hospital is looking for a dedicated individual to join our team as a Deputy Ward Leader.

As a Deputy Ward Leader on the Maternity Ward, you will play a crucial role in maintaining and improving the standards and quality of care provided to patients. Your responsibilities will include:
• Acting as the Deputy, regularly taking charge of the ward and ensuring high standards of care and environment.
• Providing effective leadership and role modeling, offering regular direct clinical care.
• Working flexibly within the ward/department team to ensure standards are maintained, evaluated, and improved as necessary.
• Supporting clinical audits and maintaining essential nursing care standards
• Managing day-to-day staff operations, including appraisals, recruitment, disciplinary issues, work allocation, and training delivery.

SFHS' Maternity ward is dedicated to providing the highest quality patient care. We are committed to continuous improvement and supporting our staff to achieve their full potential. If you are ready to take on a challenging and rewarding leadership role within a supportive team, we want to hear from you. Join us in making a difference in healthcare, apply now and become an integral part of our team!

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

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:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

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.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.


This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Aug 2025