Senior Staff Nurse - Paediatric High Dependency Unit

Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Sutton-in-Ashfield is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse for their newly established Paediatric Critical Care Unit. The ideal candidate will champion clinical excellence, collaborate with healthcare teams, and deliver compassionate care. Join a recognized Trust committed to employee wellbeing and patient-centered service delivery.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with comprehensive clinical skills and experience.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and deliver high-quality care.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and high standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high-quality, evidence-based care in the Paediatric Critical Care Unit.
• Work closely with the Lead Nurse to support care delivery.
• Engage in team collaboration across the healthcare network.

Job description

About the Role

Senior Staff Nurse, you will play a pivotal role in embedding clinical excellence within our new unit. You will work collaboratively across the network and with the Lead Nurse to ensure that care delivery is consistently high-quality and evidence-based.

Opportunity

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity to join our newly established Paediatric Critical Care Level 2 Unit at King’s Mill Hospital. We are looking to recruit a dedicated team of Band 6 Senior Staff Nurses who are passionate about delivering high-quality care and eager to be part of a pioneering venture for the Trust.

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

About Sherwood Forest Hospitals

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

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.

Values and Culture

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.

Recruitment Process & DBS

• Please note that any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email: [email protected]
• Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will be deducted from your first salary once you’ve commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced.
• If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.