North Bristol NHS Trust
Supervisory Ward Sister
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Supervisory Ward Sister – Surgical Admissions Unit (SAU) and Surgical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC)
About Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT)
North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust merged on 1st July 2026 to form Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, creating a stronger organisation delivered exceptional healthcare to Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
Through this transformation, BFT enhances quality patient outcomes, fairer care, and new opportunities for its staff. Flexible working is actively encouraged to achieve a healthy work-life balance—majority of applications will be prioritised if declared flexible working requirements are considered early.
BFT is committed to workplace diversity, particularly aspiring women and candidates from BAME backgrounds, who are traditionally underrepresented.
Job Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic Supervisory Ward Sister to co-lead and manage the Surgical Admissions Unit (SAU) and Surgical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC).
As the key Supervisory Ward Sister in SAU, you will play a leadership role in:
- Delivering high-quality, patient-centred care for urgent surgical assessments while coping with a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment.
- Supporting and inspiring the nursing team.
- Coordinating patient flow to ensure safe, timely, and positive patient experiences.
This role is perfect if you thrive under operational pressure, are passionate about continuous improvement, and can positively embrace change.
This is a full-time position, Monday–Friday, with the occasional weekend coverage to help rotation.
Note: We monitor the use of #GenAI#; applicants who used AI tools must disclose this in their application.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The role requires clear and effective leadership, and full accountability for shift management. Key responsibilities include:
- Direct Patient Care Participation: Assess, plan, and deliver high-quality urgent surgical assessments across SAU/SDEC.
- Safety First: Ensure adherence to high clinical best practice, optimal flow, and positive patient experiences in a high-volume admissions environment.
- Collaborative Leadership: Partner with Clinical Matron, GM, specialty leads to drive evidence-based patient care.
- Resource Management: Balancing staffing models and facility use to effective, cost-conscious deployment while maintaining clinical excellence.
- Clinical Advocacy: Represent departmental standards, provide expert clinical guidance both on shift and externally.
- Initiating Continuous Improvement: Identify clinical inefficiencies, monitor standard compliance, and help innovate for service needs.
- Audit & Evaluation: Engage in audit initiatives to assess and advance care, patient experience, safety, and operational practices.
- Budget Accountability: Adhering to budgetary parameters within allocated health-related financial constraints.
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Values and Commitment
At BFT, we support innovative exellence in patient care while fostering professional development through:
- A strongäus÷service integration
- Clinical excellence
- Commitment to equity and belonging in hiring practices
Equal Opportunities & Safeguarding Commitment
- All applications from envisioned Christian, Black, Asian, and minority (BAME) backgrounds are welcomed.
- Anonymous data analysis will be used to analyze our hiring strategy for better inclusion.
- The Trust prioritizes health and wellness promoting career growth, flexible support, and training.
- Mandates internal safeguarding compliance as part of its role, aligning with NHS Safeguarding Practice guidance.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification Requirements
Essential:
- Active NMC registration
- BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing degree
- Recognised teaching qualification
- **Level 3/ Level 6 (contin
- Continued professional development post-registration contributions.
Desirable:
- Post graduate qualification
- Management or leadership courses
Key Skills & Experience
Essential:
- Specialist knowledge of acute surgical assessment and state diagnosis.
- 3+ years recent experience working at Band 6/Senior Sister.
- Leadership and management exposure (formal qualifications preferred).
- Change management experience to streamline practices.
- Strong communication & teamwork skills:
- Responsive to patients, families, and multi-disciplinary collaborators.
- Managing *prioritisation within fast-paced.
- Translate clinical needs into practice adjustments.
- +3 years of clinical management and implementation strategy observation.
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Desirable:
- Admission unit experience.
Evidence of Leadership
Essential:
- Demonstrated successful team leadership, peaceful escalations management during shifts.
- Performance drives competence through the development of the vertical clinical pathway.
- Commitment to compassionate centered care.
---## Benefits of Working at BFT
- Exceptional Healthcare Legacy: As a Major Trauma Centre aside housing diverse services meeting excellence.
- Health & Well-being priorities: Covering workforce support (Counseling &Wellbeing).
- Flexible working encouraged as fair family responsive.
- Evaluated diverse inclusion structures strengthening ethos provision.
Contact Information:
For further information, email trac@NHS or view our full job description in detail.
Application Notice
- Vacancy close date: Depending on eligible proficiency, fill rate processing may close early upon receiving adequate applicants.
- Early expression: prioritise applying if eligible.
- Interview timings: Expected within three weeks post closing. Note: Interview progress will be notified via: nhs.netmail accounts only.
Understanding the importance of post-job clarity, references take following ensuring effort promptness. Ensure providing:
- Accurate contact details/personal professional-associated emails.
- Reference should be line-manager/lead access in spanned capacities.
Special Statements
- Basic Equality: we maintain confidentiality processing anonymised personal applications to strengthen inclusive * ال* 와 uploaded.
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- Sponsorable Fiscal rules: Overseas candidates? Verify immigration staus feasibility within UKVI sponsorship guidelines.
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