Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: UHNM
Town: Stoke On Trent
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/04/2025 23:59
Ward Manager/Charge Nurse
Band 7
Job overview
We have a very exciting opportunity for a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to join Ward 123 Older Adults Team. The ward has a strong multi-disciplinary team providing care to older adults, taking direct admissions from our Frail Elderly Assessment Unit and Acute Medical Unit.
This successful post holder will work part-time alongside the current Senior Sister to manage and lead the ward. This role is suitable for an established leader or an aspiring leader who will benefit from working alongside a proven role model and leader.
We welcome applications from individuals who feel they can meet the demands and needs of this specialist area.
Main duties of the job
You will be a registered nurse with an excellent track record of success in leading a team. You will be passionate about patient care and have the foresight and ability to facilitate and sustain change.
You will have evidence of degree level study and recent study development and will be willing to undertake further study to facilitate you in your role. You will require at least 2 years within a senior nursing leadership.
You must be willing to develop the team under your leadership and lead change with confidence and care. We will provide you with a supportive environment and you will have a mentor within the Division to help you in your role. You will receive support from your own team, with clinicians who are eager and willing to help you with the continued development of this ward.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching, and research.
The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provides emergency treatment, planned operations, and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work, and research.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full-time, part-time hours, and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
* Registered Nurse on NMC Register
* Teaching and assessing/mentorship qualification
Experience
* Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience to include 12 months of management/leadership experience
* Acute NHS Experience
* Leadership/Management Qualification or Training
* Older Adults Care
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith, or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
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If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.
At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay.
If you obtained your qualifications overseas, you will be required to provide an official government translation through ECCTIS (formerly known as NARIC). Please note, this is in addition to any professional registration requirements and not a replacement for your qualifications.
If you are currently in the UK on a visa, you must have at least six months remaining on your visa at the time of application to ensure sufficient time for the recruitment and training process associated with the role. The requirement of at least six months remaining on your visa does not apply to a Skilled Worker Visa, as a new Skilled Worker Visa would be required for a new role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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