Lead Nurse

This is a 12 month fixed term/secondment opportunity

We are seeking an exceptional nurse to join our Emergency Department team as a Lead Nurse. This is an exciting opportunity to provide visible leadership in a fast-paced environment, driving high quality, patient‑centred care and supporting service improvement.

We are looking for an experienced Registered Nurse with urgent or emergency care expertise, strong leadership skills, and a passion for developing others. You will inspire teams, promote patient safety, and lead improvements that make a real difference to patients and staff.

• Provide effective professional and clinical leadership to nursing teams.
• Ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate patient care.
• Support and develop staff through coaching, supervision, and performance management.
• Lead on quality improvement, patient experience, and patient safety initiatives.
• Manage resources efficiently to support service delivery and performance.
• Promote a positive culture of teamwork, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Support the achievement of Trust and departmental objectives.
• Act as a role model for professional practice and leadership.

• Excellent clinical skills.
• Relevant specialist skills and abilities for the ward/department.
• Excellent managerial, leadership and organisational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent teaching, training and preceptorship skills.
• Able to motivate and develop a team of staff.
• Able to problem solve and initiate change.
• Able to work across professional boundaries.
• Ability to delegate and prioritise.
• Interviewing skills.
• Ability to initiate, manage and sustain change.

• Thorough specialty knowledge relevant to the department.
• Understanding of audit and research methodologies.
• Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues.
• Handling clinical incidents and complaints.
• Awareness of equality and diversity.
• Knowledge of website access.

• Please describe in around 100 words:
  What Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
• Please describe in around 100 words:
  Describe a time when you had to deliver on a commitment that was difficult for you.
• Please describe in around 100 words:
  How do you ensure you build and sustain positive working relationships within a team?

• 1st level registered nurse (equivalent to 1st degree) plus significant Emergency Department experience at either Nurse Grade F or Band 6 plus additional qualifications including Assessing and Mentoring qualification and additional relevant degree (or evidence of working towards a degree).
• Evidence of ongoing dynamic continuing professional development within the specialty linked to demonstrable clinical competencies.
• NVQ D32/33 Assessor Course.
• Advanced Life Support training.

• Demonstrable experience of taking charge of a ward environment.
• Experience of leading and managing a team of nurses.
• Previous experience of change management and problem solving.
• Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints.

Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.