Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (unsocial and on call shifts)
- Job ref
- 214-SRG-7177478
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton in Ashfield
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Registered Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here annd know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
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Job overview
🌟 Job Opportunity: Staff Nurse – Day Surgery / Eye Units
Location: King’s Mill Hospital
Contract Type: Full Time
Are you passionate about delivering high-quality patient care? We’re looking for a dedicated and compassionate Staff Nurse to join our Day Surgery and Eye Units team at King’s Mill Hospital.
As a Staff Nurse, you will support the Ward Leader in ensuring the delivery of exceptional care to a designated group of patients. You will work autonomously within your professional scope, prioritising your workload under supervision and always acting in accordance with your professional code of conduct.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver safe, effective, and compassionate care to patients in the Day Surgery and Eye Units.
- Support continuous improvement in patient care and service delivery.
- Maintain high standards of infection prevention and control in line with the Trust’s Infection Control Manual.
- Adhere to all Trust policies and procedures, including Health and Safety and Equality and Diversity.
- Promote a culture of dignity, respect, and inclusion for patients and colleagues alike.
At Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are committed to supporting our staff and fostering a positive working environment. You’ll be part of a team that values your contribution and encourages your professional development.
Apply now to join our team and make a difference in health care!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
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:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills with clear written and oral skills
- Effective organisation abilities, supervisory skills
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 1st level Registered Nurse
Further Training
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of personal and professional development
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within the Day Surgery speciality
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- Regular attendance
- Ability to work flexibly
- Involve unsociable hours
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah west
- Job title
- Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623 622515
- Additional information
Deputy ward sisters
Diane Taylor
Nicola Short
Sandra Lambert
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