Supervisory Night Sister

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Supervisory Night Sister to provide senior leadership, clinical support, and pastoral guidance overnight across divisions A and B. The role requires not only advanced nursing skills but also the ability to supervise staff, manage patient flow, and uphold care quality and safety standards.

Applicants must hold current registration, demonstrate CPD and leadership experience, and be prepared to deliver ILS, venipuncture, cannulation, and

Qualifications

• Appropriate professional registration
• Evidence of CPD
• Evidence of wellbeing or PNA qualifications/experience or willingness to work towards
• Leadership or management qualifications/experience or willingness to work towards
• Extended clinical skills to include Immediate Life Support (ILS), cannulation, catheterization, verification of death, fit mask testing and vaccinations

Responsibilities

• Provide senior leadership, advice and pastoral support overnight whilst maintaining an overview of division A&B.
• Promote and support quality and safety over both divisions.
• Support Clinical Site Managers to ensure patients are transferred to their designated ward within a specific time frame to maintain flow across Divisions A & B.
• Provide clinical support across all division A&B to include venipuncture, cannulation, blood cultures, blood gases, 12 lead ECG, catheterisation, blood transfusions, administration of medications, intermediate life support and verification of death.
• To challenge appropriately and confidently where standards of care, behaviour and attitudes fall below our trust standards and NMC guidelines.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical leadership

Staff management

Venipuncture

Cannulation

Catheterisation

Blood gases

ECG 12-lead

IV meds admin

Patient care

Education

Appropriate professional registration

CPD evidence

Willingness to work towards wellbeing/PNA qualifications

Leadership/management qualifications/experience

Extended clinical skills: ILS, cannulation, catheterisation, verification of death, fit mask testing, vaccinations

Job description

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Supervisory Night Sister

The closing date is 26 November 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team of Supervisory Night Sisters at Dorset County Hospital.

The successful applicant with be required to provide senior leadership, advice and pastoral support across the hospital overnight. They will need to maintain an overview of both divisions across the trust and work closely with wider members of the hospital overnight to identify staff challenges and risks. As part of the role you will need to be able to provide clinical support such as venepuncture, cannulation, catheterisation, blood cultures, blood gases, 12 lead ecg, blood transfusions and administering IV medications. You will be supporting the Clinical Site Managers with operational issues, ensuring hospital safety and function at all times.

UKVI Sponsorship: This role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). We welcome applications from individuals who require sponsorship to work in the UK. Sponsorship will be offered subject to meeting UKVI eligibilitycriteria.

UKVI Sponsorship: This role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). We welcome applications from individuals who require sponsorship to work in the UK. Sponsorship will be offered subject to meeting UKVI eligibilitycriteria.

Main duties of the job

To provide senior leadership, advice, and pastoral support overnight whilst maintaining an overview of division A&B. Work closely with the wider members of the hospital overnight, identifying staff challenges, and risks. Promote and support quality and safety over both divisions. As an experienced leader you will be expected to problem solve, navigate challenges. Using your critical thinking and problem-solving abilities to ensure staff and patients have the best experience and outcomes.

Support Clinical Site Managers to ensure patients are transferred to their designated ward within a specific time frame to maintain flow across Divisions A & B. To use highly developed clinical knowledge and skills to provide high standards of evidence- based, patient centered care respecting dignity and privacy.

Provide clinical support across all division A &B to include venipuncture, cannulation, blood cultures, blood gases, 12 lead ecg, male & female catheterisation, blood transfusions, administration of medications, intermediate life support and verification of death.

To challenge appropriately and confidently where standards of care, behaviour and attitudes fall below our trust standards and NMC guidelines. To lead by example.

About us

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate's individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

Job responsibilities

Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.

Please contact us at [e-mail] if you are unable to view or download the attachment.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications & Training

• Appropriate professional registration
• Evidence of CPD
• Evidence of wellbeing or PNA qualifications/ experience or willingness to work towards
• Leadership or management qualifications/experience or willingness to work towards
• Extended clinical skills to include Immediate Life support ( ILS), cannulation, catheterization, verification of death, fit mask testing and vaccinations

Knowledge & Experience

• Significant post registration experience with a minimum of 3 years in acute medical/surgical or emergency care
• Understanding of professional healthcare issues
• Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centred care and patient education
• Experience of resource management including staff and budget management
• Knowledge of clinical governance and experience of Risk and Route Cause Analysis management and managing complaints
• Experience of being directly/indirectly involved with national initiatives

Skills & Abilities

• Evidence of ability to act as a proficient healthcare practitioner
• Evidence of ability to maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, patients and visitors
• Evidence of an ability to manage patient flow and ability to elevate as required in accordance with policy
• Ability to effectively prioritise and organise own workload and workload of others.
• Demonstrates the application of evidence based practice, critical appraisal skills and knowledge of professional issues
• Evidence of an area of special interest

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.

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust