Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Complex Care Nurse

The closing date is 04 March 2026

Job summary

Are you a Registered Nurse with a core interest in complex care around safeguarding and vulnerabilities? If so, an opportunity has arisen for a complex care nurse to join our supportive team in the corporate division within safeguarding and vulnerabilities.

We are a supportive department to all divisions on specialist matters relating to safeguarding and vulnerabilities throughout Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

You'll be joining a multi-professional team for safeguarding and vulnerability advice and guidance across the Trust. this is your chance to influence best practice and protect those most at risk.

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:

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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

18 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

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

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

214-CEN-7781723

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

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Knowledge of safeguarding, vulnerability, and relevant legislation
  • Strong clinical assessment and care planning skills
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively within a team
  • Well developed communication skills and time management
  • Effective organisational abilities

Desirable

  • Awareness of health inequalities

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse (Adult, Mental Health, or Learning Disability) with current NMC
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development

Further Training

Essential

  • Teaching Qualification or relevant experience

Experience

Essential

  • Post-registration experience in acute or community care
  • Experience working with patients with complex needs/vulnerabilities

Desirable

  • Experience in safeguarding adults and/or children
  • Experience in multi-agency working

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

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Knowledge of safeguarding, vulnerability, and relevant legislation
  • Strong clinical assessment and care planning skills
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively within a team
  • Well developed communication skills and time management
  • Effective organisational abilities

Desirable

  • Awareness of health inequalities

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse (Adult, Mental Health, or Learning Disability) with current NMC
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development

Further Training

Essential

  • Teaching Qualification or relevant experience

Experience

Essential

  • Post-registration experience in acute or community care
  • Experience working with patients with complex needs/vulnerabilities

Desirable

  • Experience in safeguarding adults and/or children
  • Experience in multi-agency working

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.

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)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Security Management & Violence Reduction Lead

Wesley Burton

wesley.burton@nhs.net

07584594936

Details

Date posted

18 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

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

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

214-CEN-7781723

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton In Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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