Nuffield Health is Britain's largest not-for-profit healthcare organisation. Join us as a Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in our Derby Hospital and play your part in building a healthier nation.

Our Role

At Nuffield Health, you will discover nursing as it should be. You will have more time to care and get to know the people who are your patients, as you help them through difficult times. As a Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse, you will be responsible for ensuring the highest standards of care are provided.

Responsibilities of a Sister/ Charge Nurse

• Support the Ward Senior Sister in the efficient running of the ward.

• Co-ordinate activity and be instrumental to making sure patients receive seamless, personalised care.

• Have the privilege of working directly with consultants, who are experts in their field.

• Use your knowledge and skills in assessment, care planning and delivery to make a valuable contribution to the patient's experience.

• Provide commitment to creating a supportive and enabling working culture on the ward, which promotes patient staff and safety.

Our Ideal Sister/ Charge Nurse will have:

• A wide range of nursing skills and knowledge, including care of patients pre and post operatively, following a wide range of surgical procedures. For example, Cardiac, Colorectal, Orthopaedic, Day-care, Plastics, ENT, Gynea, Urology and more.

• Excellent communication skills and an enthusiastic, forward thinking approach.

• As much confidence working independently, as you do as part of a team.

• Excellent leadership and ward management skills - including a commitment to role modelling good practice and developing staff members.

Our Benefits

We want you to be the best you can be. We promise that we will support you with training opportunities, career development options and our unique health & wellbeing focused benefits package. This includes free membership across all of our Fitness & Wellbeing clubs, along with free private healthcare. Not only this but we also offer a range of lifestyle and financial wellbeing benefits.

Be your best and join us in building a healthier nation.

Salary - Competitive

Closing date - 22/04/2021

Location - Derby

Contract Type - Permanent

Hours - Up to 37.5 hours per week

Applications will be considered as they are received and interviews will be arranged accordingly. We reserve the right to close adverts early, for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications. Therefore please apply early to ensure you are considered for the post.