Ward Sister – Frome: Sponsorship Available

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Job summary

Frome Ward is a busy 35-bedded acute surgical ward caring for both emergency and elective patients across a range of specialties including General Surgery, Colorectal, Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) Surgery, and Urology.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced registered nurse with excellent leadership skills to play a key role in delivering high-quality, safe, and compassionate care to surgical patients. Working as a Ward Sister requires exceptional communication, collaborative working, and the ability to innovate and adapt to meet the needs of both patients and staff, ensuring safety and quality remain at the centre of everything we do.

As Ward Sister, you will provide day-to-day leadership to the nursing team, acting as a visible role model and clinical expert. You will be responsible for creating a positive ward culture, empowering staff to achieve their full potential, and ensuring that patients receive high-quality, evidence-based care. Adopting a highly visible and accessible approach, you will support patients, relatives, carers, and members of the multidisciplinary team, demonstrating compassionate leadership and professionalism at all times.

Working closely with medical colleagues and partner agencies, you will ensure care is delivered safely, promptly, and appropriately. You will promote proactive discharge planning, optimise patient flow, and support patients to achieve maximum independence throughout their admission.

Main duties of the job

You will provide clinical and operational leadership to the ward team, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centred care. You will work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation, embodying the Trust’s CARE values and contributing to a positive and supportive working environment.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Providing visible leadership and expert clinical guidance to the ward team.
  • Ensuring patients receive high-quality, evidence-based care tailored to their individual needs.
  • Promoting patient safety, quality improvement, and excellence in patient experience.
  • Managing patient flow, bed capacity, and discharge planning to support effective use of resources.
  • Supporting, developing, and mentoring junior staff, acting as a role model for professional practice.
  • Leading workforce planning and ensuring safe staffing levels are maintained at all times.
  • Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to deliver coordinated and seamless care.
  • Driving continuous service improvement and supporting compliance with Trust standards, governance requirements, and national best practice.

About You

We are looking for an inspiring leader who is passionate about delivering outstanding surgical care and developing others. You will be a registered nurse with current NMC registration and significant post-registration experience, ideally within an acute surgical setting.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • 2 years experience in B6 within speciality
  • Evidence of change management
  • Evidence of budgetary awareness

Desirable

  • Leadership qualification

Ward managment

Essential

  • Evidence of insight into ward managment tasks / roles

Training and Development

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate insight into Training needs of staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 11 October 2026

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