Main area General Medicine Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (shift work) Job ref 214-MED-6939373
Site King's Mill Hospital Town Sutton-In-Ashfield Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/03/2025 23:59
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.
We would love you to join us.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has come up on Ward 34 to be Deputy Ward Leader. We are seeking a dynamic and passionate individual who is dedicated to delivering the highest standards of patient care and is ready to take on a leadership role within our team.
As the Deputy Ward Leader, your primary responsibility will be to support the delivery of top-quality patient care, contributing to personal actions and fostering continuous improvement. In this leadership role, you will work closely with the Ward Leader, acting as their right-hand person. You will regularly assume responsibility for the ward, ensuring that both the quality of care provided to patients and the environment in which care is delivered are maintained to the highest standards.
This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference in the care we provide, while developing your leadership skills in a supportive, collaborative setting.
Main duties of the job
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
* Must be able to demonstrate attitudes and behaviours consistent with the Trust expectations
* Flexible and adaptable
* Caring
* Enthusiastic and well-motivated
* Confidence
* Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication 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 of 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
* Audit or research within the clinical area
* Providing staff with feedback on their individual performance and use of the knowledge and skills framework
* Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others
* Demonstrate knowledge of current issues related to NHS policies
* Evidence of negotiation and influencing skills
* Demonstrate evidence of providing formal teaching sessions
* Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team
Qualifications-Academic/ Craft/ Professional
* First Level Registered Nurse, with NMC registration
* Suitable teaching qualification / Mentoring Course
* Diploma or degree in health / nursing related studies
* Completion of all local competency packages or has undertaken Working in New Ways Packages relevant to role and specialty
* Formal leadership and management training
Experience
* Significant post registration experience, including some experience within specialty
* 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
* Demonstrate an understanding of the deputy sister / charge nurse role
* Research training / experience
* Recent or current experience within the specialty
* Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse, or project work
* Evidence of formal teaching experience
* Experience of leading a team
* Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to effectively lead a team, prioritise workload of self and others, and effective time management skills
* Successful implementation and management of a nursing change process. Understanding of the role of advocacy
Contractual Requirements
* Enhanced DBS clearance
* NMC registration and revalidation
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