Deputy Ward Leader - Ward 42 | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Sutton-In-Ashfield, NG17 4JL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	10 Sept 2026
Closing date:	10 Oct 2026

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Summary

Are you a compassionate and motivated Registered Nurse looking to make a real difference? We are seeking an experienced nurse to join our dedicated 24-bed ward, caring for some of our most vulnerable patients.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your leadership skills while supporting and mentoring junior colleagues. We are looking for someone with strong clinical experience, excellent communication skills, and a passion for delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.

You will join a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team committed to providing exceptional patient experiences. As a role model and clinical leader, you will promote best practice, support service improvement, and contribute to the ongoing development of the ward and wider service.

If you are committed to delivering outstanding care and are ready to take the next step in your nursing career, we would love to hear from you.

As Deputy Ward Sister, you will support the leadership and day-to-day management of the ward, regularly taking charge and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality patient care.

You will act as a professional role model, providing clinical leadership, supporting staff development, and contributing to both clinical and non-clinical governance initiatives.

Working closely with the Ward Sister and multidisciplinary team, you will help maintain and improve care standards, drive service development, and promote evidence-based practice to achieve the best outcomes for patients.

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 sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship 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 the 9thApril, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

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

This advert closes on Wednesday 23 Sep 2026

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