An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Ward Leader for the Women's Health Unit which specialises in gynaecology and early pregnancy care.
We are looking for an experienced, motivated nurse to provide leadership and management of the Women's Health Unit, being responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality compassionate care. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and will lead the team to deliver excellent clinical and emotional care to women within the gynaecology outpatient clinics, day case surgery, and early pregnancy care.
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
The post-holder is responsible for providing motivational leadership on Women's Health Unit, and the continuing effective and efficient organisation and management of this area. The post holder will ensure that fundamental care standards are achieved, and will provide a visible presence on the unit, and be accessible to patients and staff.
The post holder will ensure that quality measures are implemented, and resultant improvement plans are delivered.
The post holder will undertake audit of clinical practice and develop innovative processes for providing feedback to staff.
The post holder will be rostered to work a minimum of one clinical shift per week on the Women's Health Unit
The post holder will work collaboratively with other staff within the division to support the Leadership Team in the delivery of key performance indicators, service developments and transformation agenda, applicable to area of responsibility.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 4,200 staff and good financial control and was recently rated "Good" by the CQC.
We are committed to working with our partners in Health and Social Care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.
Please see the attached Job description, regarding the details and main responsibilities of this role
This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Feb 2026