We are looking for a Registered Nurse/Practitioner to join our team as Band 6 Deputy Ward Leader for our Surgical Day case unit in our brand new Planned Care Centre.
The East Midlands Planned Care Centre is a newly renovated, impressive building which opened in December 2024. It is a stand‑alone unit on site at the Leicester General Hospital and was a multi‑million pound investment built to improve care and reduce waiting lists for the people of Leicester and beyond.
Role Overview
The vacancy post is part of the ITAPS team and will deputise within two areas: the Surgical day case unit – consisting of TAA, Recovery and Discharge – and the Post‑operative unit – which houses an 18‑bedded ward dedicated to elective day case / post‑surgical activity. We need a highly motivated practitioner to join us in this evolving team that will grow and develop over time.
Responsibilities
* Lead as a visible clinical expert, providing direction, effective and inspirational leadership.
* Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients.
* Provide leadership and supervision of the caring process.
* Deputise and take charge of the given area regularly.
* Participate in effective clinical leadership and management of the team.
* Actively contribute to the improvement of services and the quality of care provision.
* Act as a role model, mentor, teach, assess and support students and learners and participate in the education, development and mentorship of other staff.
* Confidently admit, recover and discharge patients independently.
Strategic Context
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023‑2030). We have four primary goals:
* High‑quality care for all
* Being a great place to work
* Partnerships for impact
* Research and education excellence
We will embed health equality in all we do – taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face and working in partnership with communities.
Values
* We are compassionate
* We are proud
* We are inclusive
* We are one team
Team Leadership Responsibilities
* Support the Team Leader/Matron to ensure the ward/department environment is safe, clean, comfortable and well maintained in line with patient and public expectations.
* Ensure that the delivery of care to own patients and for all patients when in charge meets the standards determined by the Sister/Charge Nurse/Team Leader.
* Ensure that self and team members act at all times to provide a personalised service to patients in accordance with agreed standards and promotes quality, diversity and rights.
* Contribute to setting, maintaining and monitoring of standards of care to the optimum level and lead the improvement of care, through benchmarking, audit and research.
* In the absence of the Team Leader ensure there is adequate support, safe mentorship and supervision of learner nurses and all staff.
* Proactively seek feedback on patient and public experience in order to address concerns in a timely manner and build on success.
Additional Information
For further details on the role, please see the job description/person specification. This advert closes on Tuesday 18 Nov 2025.
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