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Job summary

Main area
General Surgery
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Permanent night, weekends and bank holidays)
Job ref
190-0449-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/06/2025 23:59
Interview date
08/07/2025

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Nurse Coordinator

NHS AfC: Band 6

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Is providing excellent Nursing care and getting the basics right one of your key drivers?

Are you an enthusiastic caring nurse who is interested in working within the Hospital out of Hours team?

Do you have a lot of drive and enjoy variation in your nursing role?

Excellent forward thinking staff nurses are honest and straight forward and have high standards. They thrive on the busy nature of the role and they love being on top of things. If this is you, then we want to hear from you.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and suitably experienced nurse, to develop their skills, knowledge and management experience and work alongside nurses and medical staff to enhance the patient experience within the Hospital out of Hours (HOOH). The benefits are improved medical provision for patients within the Admission Units, Medical and Surgical directorates offering a more consistent approach to service provision.

Applicants are expected to be able to work on both the Northern General Hospital and Royal Hallamshire Hospital/Weston Park Hospital sites.

Includes Nights, twilight shifts and weekend day shifts including bank holidays.

 

Main duties of the job

The role will be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team which comprise of Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Doctors in Training and Medical Consultants, as well as the more traditional health care roles.  

The nurse coordinator will work within a defined scope of practice and to agreed standards applied within a local setting.  

The role will be multi factorial and improve the quality of and access to health care provision and strengthen professional leadership. 

The post holder will be responsible to the Matron of the HOOH team. The Nurse Coordinator will be expected to utilise their skills and knowledge in the triage, assessment, prioritisation and allocation of patient tasks in the acute setting.

 

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The HOOH team is composed of ACP's, Support workers and coordinators who support and augment the working of the medical team outside of normal working hours (including weekends and bank holidays).

Working across the STH sites, we provide and support the provision of patient care. We are looking for hardworking individuals who can adapt to changing and unpredictable situations and provide the best care possible.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

 

Person specification

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Be prepared to complete further relevant training for progression of the role within an agreed timescale.
  • Commitment to continuous personal development.
Desirable criteria
  • Venepuncture and cannulation skills
  • ECG
  • CVAD/ PICC line trained.
  • ILS/ALS course

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse (Valid with NMC)
  • Demonstration of Management/Leadership skills and aptitude
  • Post-graduate (Level 6) Education
  • To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
  • Further post-registration education relevant to acute inpatient care.
Desirable criteria
  • Management/Leadership qualification
  • Subject specific training relevant to acute inpatient care.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive post registered experience, a considerable amount which must be as a fully trained Nurse within an acute or unscheduled care setting
  • Experience of team Leadership / management
  • Evidence of personal professional development
  • Ability to work autonomously.
  • An understanding of patient co-ordination/ care prioritisation in a busy acute area
Desirable criteria
  • Experience with supervising/ developing others (including giving feedback)
  • Previous experience within a HOOH service

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel Finnigan
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2266508
Additional information

Rhian Booth 

Matron

Email: [email protected]

 

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