Job requirements
Essential
4 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Essential
2 years experience in Infectious Diseases/ward 117
- Essential
NMC registrant
- Essential
Excellent communication skills
- Essential
Experience coordinating staffing levels and managing patient flow
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Essential
Student Assessor
- Essential
Knowledge of PPE for HCID
- Essential
Evidence of leadership development
- Essential
Experience of quality monitoring/improvement
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse on ward 117 the Infectious Diseases Unit. Ward 117 is a 14 bedded inpatient Infectious Diseases inpatient facility.
On successful application and interview you will be an integral part of the ward leadership team of 3 band 6 Nurses and 1 band 7 nurse, working together to provide Senior leadership skills, knowledge and guidance in Infectious diseases inpatient and ward management.
2 years experience at band 5 RN level on the Infectious Diseases Unit are essential prior to application.
Main duties of the job
Daily Nurse in charge and in-reaching duties
Taking part in audits
Taking part in training
Expanded skills-finance management, sickness and absence management, appraisals, DATIX and risk assessment management, quality monitoring and improvement, roster management, management of complaints, managing complex situations, leading ward meetings -this list is not exhaustive
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Learning expanded skills-finance management, sickness and absence management, appraisals, DATIX and risk assessment management, quality monitoring and improvement, roster management, management of complaints, managing complex situations, leading ward meetings -this list is not exhaustive
Also please see attached JD/PS
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.
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This advert is for Senior Staff Nurse with University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Staff nurse role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Nov 2026.
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