Staff Nurse

Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton-in-Ashfield is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse for its new Paediatric Critical Care Unit. The role involves delivering high-quality, evidence-based care and working collaboratively within a supportive team environment. Candidates should possess a BSc in Paediatric Nursing, be NMC registered, and have relevant experience in paediatric settings. This position offers a competitive salary and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Innovative work environment

Supportive team culture

Qualifications

• Experience within Paediatric HDU/ITU setting.
• Mentoring abilities.
• Ability to manage clinical area efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, and implement patient care efficiently.
• Support and supervise others in the unit.
• Work collaboratively with a team to ensure high-quality care.

Skills

Flexible and adaptable

Caring and compassionate

Effective communication

Problem-solving abilities

Teamwork skills

Education

BSc/1st Degree in Paediatric Nursing

NMC registered

QIS PCCU / High Dependency Course in Paediatrics

Job description

Overview

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

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, covering day, nights and weekend duties.
• Ability to communicate in a highly sensitive manner.
• Provide confidential information concerning patients/clients requiring empathy, persuasion, and reassurance.
• Skills for assessing and interpreting complex needs of patients/clients.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Caring and compassionate.
• Enthusiastic and well‑motivated.
• 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, 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.
• Supervise and support others.
• Manage resources effectively.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current issues related to NHS policies.
• Negotiate and influence effectively.
• Work effectively within a team and demonstrate team working skills.

Required Qualifications

• BSc/1st Degree in Paediatric Nursing or equivalent qualifications/training and experience.
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses.
• NMC registered.
• QIS PCCU / High Dependency Course in Paediatrics.
• Suitable teaching qualification / Mentoring Course.

Desirable Qualifications

• Audit or research within the clinical area.
• Leadership qualification.
• Sign‑off mentor.
• Leadership Courses.
• QISR.
• Attendance at conferences / study days.
• Research training / experience.
• Recent or current experience within paediatric ITU/HDU.
• Link nurse or project work experience.
• Formal teaching experience.
• Experience of leading a team.
• Successful implementation and management of a nursing change process.
• Understanding of the role of advocacy.

Essential Experience

• Significant post‑registration experience, including experience within Paediatric HDU/ITU setting.
• 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.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates clinical care of patients/clients; gives specialist advice to patients/clients/carers.

Desirable Experience

• Research training / experience.
• Recent or current experience within paediatric ITU/HDU.
• Involvement in link nurse or project work.
• Formal teaching experience.
• Experience of leading a team.
• Leadership skills and effective team management.

Further Training – Essential

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

Further Training – Desirable

• Attendance at conferences / study days.
• QISR.
• Leadership Courses.

Benefits

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a new and innovative unit, shaping its development from the ground up. You'll be supported by a forward‑thinking team and have access to professional development opportunities within a Trust that values its staff.

About the Trust

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.

Equal Opportunities

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