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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity awaits within a leading healthcare institution, seeking a dedicated nurse leader to join their innovative team. This role offers the chance to lead nursing staff while ensuring the highest quality of patient care. With a focus on professional development, the organization is committed to flexible working and fostering a supportive environment. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in shaping the future of nursing services, driving improvements, and mentoring the next generation of healthcare professionals. If you are passionate about making a difference and advancing your career, this position is perfect for you.
Qualifications
- Current level one NMC registration is essential.
- Degree in health or nursing related studies required.
- Post-registration experience with management skills needed.
Responsibilities
- Manage staff and budgets while maintaining high care standards.
- Provide leadership and direct clinical care as needed.
- Ensure patient involvement in their care and gather feedback.
Skills
Leadership
Communication
Interpersonal Skills
Nursing Care
Mentoring
Team Management
Education
Degree in Health/Nursing
Teaching & Assessing Qualification
Formal Leadership Training
Job description
Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has become available within the Nottingham Neurosciences Unit for an individual who is enthusiastic, self-motivated and a dynamic nurse leader. If that's you then we would welcome you to apply to lead our nursing team on D11.
We are seeking a nurse who can demonstrate motivation towards delivering the highest standard of nursing care and the ability to work as part of a proactive and forward thinking multidisciplinary team.
We are looking to recruit a ward sister/charge nurse who will provide excellent care and gets the basics right, someone who loves to develop others to become excellent at what they do and wants to make a difference.
This is a great opportunity to develop your Leadership and Managerial skills with the support of the wider managerial team. We are committed to flexible working and improving the lives of our staff through active staff involvement.
Main duties of the job
You will be self-driven, innovative with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will also be highly motivated with a desire to provide the highest standards of care, whilst demonstrating clear leadership. You will provide support and supervision of nursing and non-nursing staff; assist in maintaining and monitoring of standards through Nursing Metrics Dashboard, Tendable Benchmarks and Trust Infection Control Audits and standards.
We have a management team that is both innovative and proactive in ensuring that high quality care is delivered to our patients. We are keen to encourage developments in line with Trust policy and working in new ways. We recognise responsibility to ensure that staff are developed and stimulated within their environment in order to achieve vision and deliver care that reflects the values and behaviours of the Trust. We offer excellent opportunities for career progression, training and development.
About Us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Date posted
17 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
164-7117629
Job locations
Queens Medical Centre
Derby Road
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Have 24-hour responsibility for managing staff and budgets. Ensuring that the standards and quality of care given are maintained to a high standard, to include hotel service provision and the environment in which care is delivered.
Have responsibility in ensuring that patients and users are involved in their care.
Providing visible evidence that their feedback is used to maintain standards or implement improvements that have an effect on their care.
Be an effective leader and role model, providing regular direct clinical care, in addition to ensuring effective use of non-clinical time to support the implementation of both clinical and non-clinical governance, facilitating the modernisation of patient services.
Work clinically as a member of the team administering treatments ensuring standards are being maintained, evaluated and where necessary improved
Undertake Any Other Duties That May Reasonably Be Required.
The post holder is required to hold a valid 1st level registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Job Description Job Responsibilities
Have 24-hour responsibility for managing staff and budgets. Ensuring that the standards and quality of care given are maintained to a high standard, to include hotel service provision and the environment in which care is delivered.
Have responsibility in ensuring that patients and users are involved in their care.
Providing visible evidence that their feedback is used to maintain standards or implement improvements that have an effect on their care.
Be an effective leader and role model, providing regular direct clinical care, in addition to ensuring effective use of non-clinical time to support the implementation of both clinical and non-clinical governance, facilitating the modernisation of patient services.
Work clinically as a member of the team administering treatments ensuring standards are being maintained, evaluated and where necessary improved
Undertake Any Other Duties That May Reasonably Be Required.
The post holder is required to hold a valid 1st level registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications Essential
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
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Address
Queens Medical Centre
Derby Road
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
Employer's website
https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
An exciting opportunity has become available within the Nottingham Neurosciences Unit for an individual who is enthusiastic, self-motivated and a dynamic nurse leader. If that's you then we would welcome you to apply to lead our nursing team on D11.
We are seeking a nurse who can demonstrate motivation towards delivering the highest standard of nursing care and the ability to work as part of a proactive and forward thinking multidisciplinary team.
We are looking to recruit a ward sister/charge nurse who will provide excellent care and gets the basics right, someone who loves to develop others to become excellent at what they do and wants to make a difference.
This is a great opportunity to develop your Leadership and Managerial skills with the support of the wider managerial team. We are committed to flexible working and improving the lives of our staff through active staff involvement.
Main duties of the job
You will be self-driven, innovative with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will also be highly motivated with a desire to provide the highest standards of care, whilst demonstrating clear leadership. You will provide support and supervision of nursing and non-nursing staff; assist in maintaining and monitoring of standards through Nursing Metrics Dashboard, Tendable Benchmarks and Trust Infection Control Audits and standards.
We have a management team that is both innovative and proactive in ensuring that high quality care is delivered to our patients. We are keen to encourage developments in line with Trust policy and working in new ways. We recognise responsibility to ensure that staff are developed and stimulated within their environment in order to achieve vision and deliver care that reflects the values and behaviours of the Trust. We offer excellent opportunities for career progression, training and development.
About Us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Date posted
17 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
164-7117629
Job locations
Queens Medical Centre
Derby Road
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Have 24-hour responsibility for managing staff and budgets. Ensuring that the standards and quality of care given are maintained to a high standard, to include hotel service provision and the environment in which care is delivered.
Have responsibility in ensuring that patients and users are involved in their care.
Providing visible evidence that their feedback is used to maintain standards or implement improvements that have an effect on their care.
Be an effective leader and role model, providing regular direct clinical care, in addition to ensuring effective use of non-clinical time to support the implementation of both clinical and non-clinical governance, facilitating the modernisation of patient services.
Work clinically as a member of the team administering treatments ensuring standards are being maintained, evaluated and where necessary improved
Undertake Any Other Duties That May Reasonably Be Required.
The post holder is required to hold a valid 1st level registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Job Description Job Responsibilities
Have 24-hour responsibility for managing staff and budgets. Ensuring that the standards and quality of care given are maintained to a high standard, to include hotel service provision and the environment in which care is delivered.
Have responsibility in ensuring that patients and users are involved in their care.
Providing visible evidence that their feedback is used to maintain standards or implement improvements that have an effect on their care.
Be an effective leader and role model, providing regular direct clinical care, in addition to ensuring effective use of non-clinical time to support the implementation of both clinical and non-clinical governance, facilitating the modernisation of patient services.
Work clinically as a member of the team administering treatments ensuring standards are being maintained, evaluated and where necessary improved
Undertake Any Other Duties That May Reasonably Be Required.
The post holder is required to hold a valid 1st level registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications Essential
- Current level one NMC registration
- Degree in health / nursing related Studies
- Relevant post-basic study relevant to specialty
- Have a suitable Teaching & Assessing / Mentoring Qualification
- Formal leadership and management training
- Research training/experience
- Completion of all local competency packages.
- Continuing professional development/ reflective profile
- post registration experience to include management/leadership experience
- Supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students
- Evidence of ability to mentor
- Ability to lead change and lead new ways of working
- Experience of audit/research.
- Formal teaching of groups of staff
- Budget management
- Able to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team
- Demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills
- Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with conflict
- Team player who can initiate, delegate and complete projects
- Demonstrate self-awareness and understanding of personal accountability
- Ability to support colleagues, patients and relatives/carers in distressing circumstances.
- Demonstrate evidence of providing formal teaching sessions
- Demonstrate leadership for the management of change
- Can formulate short and long term objectives
- Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations .
- Demonstrate the personal development of members within a team.
- ability to effectively lead a team
- effective time management skills
- effective resource management
- Experience in strategic planning for a service
- Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are put in place.
- Ability to generate and present reports and documents.
- Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures/guidelines
- Demonstrate insight in the use of data to influence patient care and services
- Demonstrate a knowledge of current issues related to NHS strategy and policy
- Use of clinical benchmarking to influence patient care (Essence of Nursing)
- Ability in the use of appraisal, personal development review and training needs analysis
- Current level one NMC registration
- Degree in health / nursing related Studies
- Relevant post-basic study relevant to specialty
- Have a suitable Teaching & Assessing / Mentoring Qualification
- Formal leadership and management training
- Research training/experience
- Completion of all local competency packages.
- Continuing professional development/ reflective profile
- post registration experience to include management/leadership experience
- Supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students
- Evidence of ability to mentor
- Ability to lead change and lead new ways of working
- Experience of audit/research.
- Formal teaching of groups of staff
- Budget management
- Able to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team
- Demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills
- Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with conflict
- Team player who can initiate, delegate and complete projects
- Demonstrate self-awareness and understanding of personal accountability
- Ability to support colleagues, patients and relatives/carers in distressing circumstances.
- Demonstrate evidence of providing formal teaching sessions
- Demonstrate leadership for the management of change
- Can formulate short and long term objectives
- Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations .
- Demonstrate the personal development of members within a team.
- ability to effectively lead a team
- effective time management skills
- effective resource management
- Experience in strategic planning for a service
- Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are put in place.
- Ability to generate and present reports and documents.
- Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures/guidelines
- Demonstrate insight in the use of data to influence patient care and services
- Demonstrate a knowledge of current issues related to NHS strategy and policy
- Use of clinical benchmarking to influence patient care (Essence of Nursing)
- Ability in the use of appraisal, personal development review and training needs analysis
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
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Address
Queens Medical Centre
Derby Road
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
Employer's website
https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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