Job summary
- Main area
- Pastoral Care
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term - 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday days but occasional weekend, evening and night required as per needs)
- Job ref
- 362-A-25-7246162
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pastoral Care Lead Nurse
Band 6
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
A new role has been created at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust for a Pastoral Care Lead Band 6. The role will focus on recruitment, retention and the provision of pastoral care for nursing staff. The applicant will be involved in supporting new starters from their interview through until they start working at the Trust. During this time they will work with the individuals, their future colleagues and PEFs (if they are newly qualified) to ensure that each new starter experiences a positive journey in joining the Trust. The individual must be compassionate, caring , supportive and be able to demonstrate strong leadership to all new starters.
Secondment opportunities is also welcome.
Main duties of the job
- To hold day to day responsibility for liaising & engaging with the Education Team within a defined area in response to identified need and strategic priorities.
- Creating an effective working relationship with the education service to ensure staff are well supported and have access to the appropriate resources and training.
- To effectively manage & support individuals in a safe learning & working environment.
- To provide leadership, guidance & role modelling for newly recruited registered and non-registered clinical nursing staff.
- To manage the processes for assessing and performance of professional development for all registered and non-registered clinical nursing staff.
- The provision of pastoral care in collaboration with the Matron for Workforce & Recruitment and Retention Administrator.
- Creating a working relationship with potential employees from interview stage, through the recruitment process to starting at the Trust.
- Supporting new starters during the transition from learner to practitioner.
- Working in line with the People Promise to provide a supportive work life balance.
- Provide active clinical guidance, i.e. hands on care.
- To work with service leads in developing workforce plans within the Trust & support divisions in response to staff feedback to retain staff and harbour positive culture and improve staff wellbeing.
- To maintain records of interventions provided and support given.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Co-ordination of promotional campaigns for recruitment events. Managing the retention pathway, Grow & Retain our Workforce (GROW), which provides opportunities for registered nurses (RNs) to gain experience working in a different clinical environment. Work effectively with Professional Nurse Advocates (PNAs) in supporting staff. Commence open communication channels & provide support throughout the recruitment process for new starters. Create dialogue with new starter's new line manager & matron & arrange Meet the Team visits for the new starter . Liaise with the Professional Education Facilitators (PEFs) & Preceptorship Team. Co-ordinate Keeping in Touch sessions for newly qualified nurses who have yet to start at the Trust who may want the opportunity to complete competency assessments in clinical skills. Organise the allocation of each new starter with a Buddy to working alongside them throughout their induction. Attend university careers events, which may occasionally be at the weekend, promoting the Trust as an employer of choice. Visit colleges and schools, actively promoting working for the NHS and the role of a career in nursing. Provide pastoral support for the newly qualified with their transition from learner to active practitioner. Support the career development of the internationally educated nurses supporting the EDI strategy. Work alongside the education team, support the internationally educated nurses currently practicing as HCAs to complete their OSCE to support their transition to RNs. Identify a Mentor to meet the individual on a regular basis to provide support and reassurance. In the absence of the Workforce Matron the post holder will step up and fulfil the duties where required. Assist the Workforce Matron in supporting and contributing to agreed developments within the Division. Ensure you are a visible leader onsite and in the community settings.
‘Before applying for a secondment opportunity please familiarise yourself with the Trust secondment policy (found on the intranet) and ensure that you have discussed and gained approval from your current line manager’
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN adult nursing qualification
- Current NMC registration
- Professional or clinical qualification relevant to the speciality or evidence of working towards
- Leadership qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of study at degree level
- Supporting learners in practice
- Formal teaching qualification or experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- An understanding of the need of confidentiality awareness at all times
- Updated research & evidence based practice
- Knowledge of Health & Safety issues
- Awareness of Data Protection
- Awareness of legislation relevant to the post
- Knowledge of the Preceptorship pathway
- Knowledge of the formal capability and probation policy
- Competency in vast clinical skills
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of further learning
- Mental Health First Aider
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in adult care
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Evidence of of ability to effectively co-ordinate a team
- Safeguarding Level 3 training
- substantial experience of working at band 5 or higher
- ability to work as a team and autonomously
- evidence of supervising others
- evidence of enhanced clinical skills
- experience of teaching
- experience of dealing with conflicting demands
- evidence of dealing with failing students and employees
- experience of QI and change management
Desirable criteria
- Able to demonstrate awareness of or evidence of clinical governance
- Coaching skills
- Undertaken or willing to under the Trust's 'Work together to get results' programme
- Investigation training
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate ability to assess, plan, implement & evaluate care.
- Organisation abilities
- IT skills
- Awareness of implementing change & willingness to learn new skills
- full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Christopher Barlow
- Job title
- Workforce Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For more information about this role email Christopher Barlow, Workforce Matron, at [email protected]
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