Deputy Ward Sister/Charge Nurse - Ward 34

Deputy Ward Sister/Charge Nurse - Ward 34

The closing date is 11 February 2026.

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.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

Person Specification Further Training

• Mandatory training and updates
• Evidence of moving and handling training.
• Attendance at conferences / study days. QI / Sherwood6 Change Management Training

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

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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata