Lead Staff Nurse — Patient Care & Team Leadership (Flexible/Remote)

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of nurses, including student nurses, ensuring patient and carers advocacy.
• Plan, evaluate, and deliver patient care, including monitoring, recording, and supporting patients post‑surgery.
• Manage fluid and nutrition monitoring, delivering enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Perform all aspects of general nursing care and maintain compliance with NMC and Trust guidelines.
• Communicate with the multi‑professional team, ensuring safe patient care and advocacy.
• Maintain a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients and carers.
• Determine nursing priorities, create care plans, and report changes affecting patient care.
• Maintain and improve patient care quality through contribution to clinical benchmarking and Essence of Care.
• Respect customs, values, and spiritual beliefs of patients, providing relevant information and support.
• Safely manage drug custody, checking, and administration.
• Develop clinical knowledge and skills to care for acutely ill patients admitted via planned or unplanned routes.
• Undertake expanded practice under supervision to optimise patient care, following ward/department and Trust policies.
• Involve patients and carers in planning and delivery of care.
• Ensure effective communication within the multidisciplinary team.
• Check and maintain all equipment in safe working order.
• Manage allocated workload and supervise less experienced staff.
• Promote safe and efficient use of resources.
• Report incidents, accidents, and complaints to the unit manager and complete Trust incident forms.
• Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures, and clinical governance standards.
• Provide leadership in monitoring care standards and act as shift coordinator in rotation.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• BSc in Nursing (or Diploma in Nursing as a minimum).
• Post‑registration qualification in a relevant specialty.
• Recent clinical nursing experience as a student or registered nurse.
• Demonstrated awareness of own limitations and ability to organise workload and delegate tasks.
• Ability to work as part of a team and support less experienced staff.
• Ability to problem‑solve and make decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable.
• Must have appropriate UK professional registration.
• Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor training (desirable).
• Experience within a relevant clinical setting (desirable).
• Evidence of maintaining a clinical learning environment (desirable).
• Evidence of working with learners and sound clinical nursing knowledge (desirable).
• Basic IT skills including e‑mail and word processing (desirable).
• Ability to work in changing environments (desirable).
• Committed to high standards of patient care (desirable).
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour (desirable).
• Maintain both personal and professional development (desirable).

EEO & Diversity Statement

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity. All employees are expected to comply with safeguarding and anti‑discrimination policies, and applicants from under‑represented groups are encouraged to apply.

Work‑Life Balance & Flexible Working

The Trust supports a healthy work‑life balance and considers flexible working requests, including reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, and remote work options.

Additional Information

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people; a Disclosure and Barring Service check is required. This role follows the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and related regulations.

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