Deputy Ward Leader - Ward 42

Sherwood Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Deputy Ward Sister to lead a 24-bed ward at King’s Mill Hospital. You will provide clinical leadership, mentor junior staff, and work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care.

The role emphasizes safeguarding patient safety, governance, and service development, with a focus on supportive leadership and ongoing professional development within an award-winning NHS foundation trust.

Qualifications

• First Level Registered Nurse with NMC registration.
• Mentoring/teaching qualification or course.
• Diploma or degree in health / nursing related studies.
• Experience in leadership/management in a ward setting.

Responsibilities

• Support the ward leadership and day-to-day management, regularly taking charge and ensuring safe, high-quality patient care.
• Provide clinical leadership, support staff development and contribute to governance initiatives.
• Collaborate with Ward Sister and multidisciplinary team to maintain standards and drive service development.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Mentoring staff

Patient-centered care

Team collaboration

Education

NMC registered nurse

Teaching qualification / Mentoring Course

Health/nursing degree or diploma

Job description

Job summary
Are you a compassionate and motivated Registered Nurse looking to make a real difference? We are seeking an experienced nurse to join our dedicated 24-bed ward, caring for some of our most vulnerable patients.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your leadership skills while supporting and mentoring junior colleagues. We are looking for someone with strong clinical experience, excellent communication skills, and a passion for delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
You will join a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team committed to providing exceptional patient experiences. As a role model and clinical leader, you will promote best practice, support service improvement, and contribute to the ongoing development of the ward and wider service.
If you are committed to delivering outstanding care and are ready to take the next step in your nursing career, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
As Deputy Ward Sister, you will support the leadership and day-to-day management of the ward, regularly taking charge and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality patient care.
You will act as a professional role model, providing clinical leadership, supporting staff development, and contributing to both clinical and non-clinical governance initiatives.
Working closely with the Ward Sister and multidisciplinary team, you will help maintain and improve care standards, drive service development, and promote evidence-based practice to achieve the best outcomes for patients.
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 sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship 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 the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Details
Date posted: 11 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 214-MED-8224931
Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
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 skill
• 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 supervise 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
Essential

• 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
Essential

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

• Enhanced DBS clearance
• NMC registration and revalidation
• 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 skill
• 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 supervise 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
Essential

• 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
Essential

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

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).

Additional information
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).

Employer details
Employer name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details
Employer name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Ward Leader
Nisha Sunny
[e-mail]
01623622515

Details
Date posted: 11 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 214-MED-8224931
Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom

Supporting documents
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.