Due to developments within the Emergency Department, we are currently looking to recruit Deputy Sister/Charge Nurses. We are looking for enthusiastic, highly motivated Registered Nurses to join our team who demonstrate a passion for effective and dynamic leadership within Emergency Nursing.

We are an innovative and dynamic Emergency Department with excellent performance in our quality indicators and our achievements have been widely recognised.

You will enjoy a challenging, varied pace and exciting working environment caring for all emergency attendance in all areas of the department. As a Deputy Charge Nurse/Sister you will be responsible for the coordination of the department on a daily basis supporting the team towards the delivery of high standards of patient care.

As part of the senior nursing team you will ensure that a supportive and proactive working environment is maintained. Within the role your own learning will be furthermore supported with guidance from the Lead Nursing team looking at your own individual developmental needs. You will be heavily involved in service improvement, training and education, appraisals and staff recruitment and retention.

For further information or an informal discussion about this position please contact Lead Nurse Irvine Makani via email Irvine.makani@nhs.net or Stacey Marriott, Emergency Care Matron via email stacey.marriott1@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

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

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

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 we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

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.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

• Good communication skills with clear written and oral skills
• Proven management skills- effective organisation abilities, supervisory skills, leadership skills

Qualifications

Essential

• 1st level Registered Nurse
• Evidence of personal and professional development in critical care practice/ management

Desirable

• Diploma level study, or the willingness to undertake

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience
• Experience within Accident & Emergency

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Regular attendance
• Ability to work flexibly

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL

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