Ward Leader - C24 in Nottingham

Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site QMC Town Nottingham Salary £47,810 – £54,710 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/02/2026 23:59

Ward Leader – C24

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the challenging but rewarding role of Ward Leader to join the team on C24.

The successful applicant will already be a developing inspirational leader with the ability to motivate and develop a team to deliver excellence in nursing care. A kind and caring manner in supporting your patients, their families and our dedicated team of staff is vital to deliver this role.

In order to succeed you will have excellent patient care, clinical and managerial skills. You will have experience in a surgical area or similar environment in the role of Deputy Sister/ Charge Nurse and recent experience of acute care environments. Excellent communication skills are essential to this role.

Main duties of the job

As the Ward Leader, you will be in charge of the ward and ensuring that the standards and quality of care given to patients, together with the environment in which care is delivered, are maintained at a high standard.

You will be an effective leader and role model and will be expected to provide regular direct clinical care and use your experience to support the implementation of both clinical and non-clinical governance.

You will be able to work flexibly as a member of the ward team to support and ensure standards are being maintained, evaluated, and where necessary improved.

The successful applicant should be motivated and have the ability to inspire staff, with previous experience and evidence of implementing changes and embedding good practice into the culture of our department.

You will also need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will be supported to develop their leadership and managerial skills. You will lead by example to deliver excellence in patient care. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills. You will be enthusiastic and motivated and will enjoy working in a fast paced, ever changing environment.

You will be expected to work as part of the clinical team and lead that team to deliver the highest possible standards of care. A desire to improve patient experience is essential.

Person specification

Person specification

• Degree in Health/Nursing related studies
• Formal leadership and management training
• Completion of all local competency packages
• Research training/experience

Experience

• Post registration experience to include management/leadership experience
• Experience of supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students
• Ability to lead change and lead new ways of working
• Evidence of ability to mentor
• Experience of audit/research
• Formal teaching of groups of staff
• Clinical experience within the speciality

Communication and Relationship Skills

• Able to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team
• Demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills
• Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with conflict
• Demonstrate self-awareness and understanding of personal accountability
• Team player who can initiate, delegate and complete projects
• Ability to support colleagues, patients and relatives/carers in distressing circumstances
• Demonstrate evidence of providing formal teaching sessions
• Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team
• Demonstrate leadership for the management of change

Analytical and Judgment Skills

• Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are put in place
• Ability to generate and present reports and documents
• Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures/guidelines
• Demonstrate insight in the use of data to influence patient care and services
• Demonstrate a knowledge of current issues related to NHS strategy and policy
• Use of clinical benchmarking to influence patient care
• Ability in the use of appraisal, personal development review and training needs analysis

Planning and Organisational Skills

• Can formulate short and long term objectives
• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
• Demonstrate the personal development of members within the team
• Ability to effectively lead a team
• Experience in strategic planning for a service

Closing dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: If you have a disability and find online job applications difficult, you can use an easy read application form instead.

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation into the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service – I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.