• Job Description

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  Job summary

  Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity to join our newly established Paediatric Critical Care Level 2 UnitatKing's Mill Hospital. We are looking to recruit a dedicated team ofBand 6 Senior Staff Nurses who are passionate about delivering high-quality care and eager to be part of a pioneering venture for the Trust.

  As a Senior Staff Nurse, you will play a pivotal role in embedding clinical excellence within our new unit. You will work collaboratively across the network and with the Lead Nurse to ensure that care delivery is consistently high-quality and evidence-based.

  This is a unique opportunity to be part of anew and innovative unit, shaping its development from the ground up. You'll be supported by a forward-thinking team and have access to professional development opportunities within a Trust that values its staff.

  If you feel you have the qualities and skills we are seeking, please do not hesitate to contact Carol Hind, Lead Nurse PHDU (01623) 622515 Ext. 6175 or email carol.hind1@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

  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.

  Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

  Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

  Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

  Details

  Date posted

  23 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

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

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  214-W&C-7325264

  Job locations

  King's Mill Hospital

  Mansfield Road

  Sutton-in-Ashfield

  NG17 4JL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

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

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

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

  Person Specification

  Contractual Requirements

  Essential

  • Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, covering day, nights and weekend duties

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Ability to communicate in a highly sensitive manner.
  • Provide confidential information concerning patients/clients requiring empathy, persuasion, and reassurance.
  • Skills for assessing and interpreting complex needs of patients/clients.
  • Caring and Compassionate.
  • Enthusiastic and well-motivated.
  • 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.
  • Competent and capable of using medical equipment.
  • Able to undertake patient / non patient handling manoeuvres.

  Desirable

  • Audit or research within the clinical area.
  • Providing staff with feedback on their individual performance in a strength-based approach.
  • Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others.
  • Demonstrate effective resource management.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of current issues related to NHS policies.
  • Evidence of negotiation and influencing skills.
  • Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team.

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BSC/ 1st Degree in Paediatric Nursing or equivalent qualifications/ training and experience.
  • Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses
  • NMC registered
  • QIS PCCU / High Dependency Course in Paediatrics
  • Suitable teaching qualification / Mentoring Course.

  Desirable

  • Leadership qualification
  • Mentor and Assessor

  Further Training

  Essential

  • Mandatory training and updates.
  • Relevant post basic study e.g. specialist pathway.
  • Evidence of moving and handling training.

  Desirable

  • Attendance at conferences / study days.
  • QISR
  • Leadership Courses

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant post registration experience, including experience within Paediatric HDU / ITU setting.
  • Significant experience at band 5.
  • Supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students.
  • Evidence of ability to mentor.
  • Ability to have awareness of how to manage the clinical area or ward efficiently and effectively.
  • Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates clinical care of patients/clients; gives specialist advice to patients/clients/carers.

  Desirable

  • Research training / experience.
  • Recent or current experience within the paediatric ITU/ HDU.
  • 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.

  Person Specification

  Contractual Requirements

  Essential

  • Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, covering day, nights and weekend duties

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Ability to communicate in a highly sensitive manner.
  • Provide confidential information concerning patients/clients requiring empathy, persuasion, and reassurance.
  • Skills for assessing and interpreting complex needs of patients/clients.
  • Caring and Compassionate.
  • Enthusiastic and well-motivated.
  • 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.
  • Competent and capable of using medical equipment.
  • Able to undertake patient / non patient handling manoeuvres.

  Desirable

  • Audit or research within the clinical area.
  • Providing staff with feedback on their individual performance in a strength-based approach.
  • Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others.
  • Demonstrate effective resource management.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of current issues related to NHS policies.
  • Evidence of negotiation and influencing skills.
  • Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team.

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BSC/ 1st Degree in Paediatric Nursing or equivalent qualifications/ training and experience.
  • Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses
  • NMC registered
  • QIS PCCU / High Dependency Course in Paediatrics
  • Suitable teaching qualification / Mentoring Course.

  Desirable

  • Leadership qualification
  • Mentor and Assessor

  Further Training

  Essential

  • Mandatory training and updates.
  • Relevant post basic study e.g. specialist pathway.
  • Evidence of moving and handling training.

  Desirable

  • Attendance at conferences / study days.
  • QISR
  • Leadership Courses

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant post registration experience, including experience within Paediatric HDU / ITU setting.
  • Significant experience at band 5.
  • Supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students.
  • Evidence of ability to mentor.
  • Ability to have awareness of how to manage the clinical area or ward efficiently and effectively.
  • Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates clinical care of patients/clients; gives specialist advice to patients/clients/carers.

  Desirable

  • Research training / experience.
  • Recent or current experience within the paediatric ITU/ HDU.
  • 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.

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  King's Mill Hospital

  Mansfield Road

  Sutton-in-Ashfield

  NG17 4JL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  King's Mill Hospital

  Mansfield Road

  Sutton-in-Ashfield

  NG17 4JL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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