Department Ward Sister / Charge Nurse - Ward 11

at  Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, dynamic, hardworking nurse to join our Leadership team as a Ward Sister/Charge Nurse on Ward 11 within Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
We are looking for a forward thinking, enthusiastic, dynamic staff member to take on the role of Ward Sister / Charge Nurse on the newly created trauma orthopaedic ward, which will provide orthopaedic care for patients who have sustained orthopaedic injuries requiring both surgical and conservative management. This will increase our current orthopaedic bed base by 24 beds and will be a second trauma orthopaedic ward.
The suitable candidate should have good leadership and communication skills to assist the team in providing outstanding care for all patients. They should be confident, supportive and passionate about patient care.
The applicant will be required to work alongside the multi-disciplinary team to promote and monitor safe, effective practice through the CARE values and the strategic priorities. They will be responsible for maintaining safe staffing levels.
You will be able expected to support and implement changes to clinical practice as required. You will be required to encourage professional development within the team, perform audits and manage and mitigate your own budget.
To understand the role in more detail, please read attached job description and person specification documents
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.
We would love you to join us.
To understand the role in more detail, please read attached job description and person specification document

Please refer the Job description for details