Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - SSU

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse to support ward management, ensure clinical standards, and lead a nursing team. The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse with leadership experience and a strong commitment to patient care. This position offers an exciting opportunity to enhance your skills in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Must be able to demonstrate attitudes and behaviours consistent with Trust expectations.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current issues related to NHS policies.
• Research training or experience.

Responsibilities

• Act as Deputy to the Ward Sister and lead charge regularly.
• Provide direct clinical care and support governance.
• Ensure standards of care are maintained and improved.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Leadership

Team working

Problem-solving

Clinical skills

Education

First Level Registered Nurse with NMC registration

Diploma or degree in health/nursing related studies

Suitable teaching qualification/Mentoring Course

Job description

Go back Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - SSU

The closing date is 19 November 2025

An exciting opportunity for an experienced registered nurse eager to develop their skills and knowledge in acute medicine.

The post holder will act as Deputy to the Ward Sister and will be required to take charge regularly, ensuring that standards and quality of care given to patients is delivered and maintained to a high standard. Be an effective leader and role model and will be expected to provide regular direct clinical care and use experience to support the implementation of both clinical and non-clinical governance, work flexibly as a member of the ward / departmental team and in support of the ward sister to ensure standards are being maintained, evaluated, and where necessary improved.

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.

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Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Knowledge

• 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
• 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
• 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 and support others
• 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

• First Level Registered Nurse, with NMC registration
• Suitable teaching qualification / Mentoring Course
• Diploma or degree in health / nursing related studies
• 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

• Mandatory training and updates
• Evidence of moving and handling training
• Attendance at conferences / study days

Experience

• 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
• 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

• 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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust