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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Registered Nurse - Ward 12

The closing date is 18 December 2025

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Job summary

The Division of Surgery, Anaesthetics & Critical Care is an integral part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals. We comprise of specialist wards for varying surgical disciplines including colorectal, general surgery, trauma orthopaedics, elective orthopaedics, day case, adult critical care and theatres. We are a friendly team who work closely with each other offering excellent training and education opportunities.

We are seeking Registered Nurses who wish to be part of a team that delivers outstanding care to the community we serve. You will work closely with health care support workers to deliver direct care to our patients and support their relatives during their stay within Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Wards 12 will be part of the trauma unit, admitting patients with acute injuries regularly requiring surgical input. The unit will be a fast paced, busy environment caring for patient's pre and post operatively.

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.

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Details

Date posted

04 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-SRG-7617857

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

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience in an acute setting

Further Training

Essential

  • Change management and leadership skills
  • Supervisory skills.
  • 997 and 998 or FLIPS
  • Cannulation and venepuncture.
  • ILS

Qualifications Academic/ Craft/ Professional

Essential

  • First Level Registered Nurse

Desirable

  • Critical care skills

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Well developed communication skills and time management.
  • Effective organisational abilities.

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Continued Professional Development. Regular Attendance.
  • Ability to work flexibly within working hours of ward/department.
  • Demonstrate professionalism and patient advocacy
Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience in an acute setting

Further Training

Essential

  • Change management and leadership skills
  • Supervisory skills.
  • 997 and 998 or FLIPS
  • Cannulation and venepuncture.
  • ILS

Qualifications Academic/ Craft/ Professional

Essential

  • First Level Registered Nurse

Desirable

  • Critical care skills

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Well developed communication skills and time management.
  • Effective organisational abilities.

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Continued Professional Development. Regular Attendance.
  • Ability to work flexibly within working hours of ward/department.
  • Demonstrate professionalism and patient 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Sister

Louise Curtis

louise.curtis3@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

04 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-SRG-7617857

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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