Job summary
We are seeking a dynamic and dedicated Digital Nurse to join our Clinical Digital team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals. The successful candidate will support the Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) and play a pivotal role in implementing and maintaining highly complex electronic patient information systems across the Trust.
The successful candidate will collaborate with the clinical team to implement and maintain electronic patient information systems and provide practical support to clinical teams, promoting new ways of working with clinical ICT.
The ideal candidate will be NMC or HCPC registered with recent clinical experience.
If you are passionate about improving patient care through innovative digital solutions and have the skills and experience required, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
hank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Ability to communicate both written and verbally at a level appropriate to the role
- Excellent administration skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Excellent team working skills
- Specialist knowledge of an electronic observations system
Desirable
- Demonstrate effective resource management
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Professional
- Recognised training, coaching or mentoring qualification or equivalent experience
- Degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Continuing professional development/reflective profile
- Formal leadership and management training
- Research training/experience
- ECDL or equivalent
Further Training
Essential
- Evidence of attendance at relevant mandatory training and professional development, events and activities
- Completed IG training to the level appropriate to role
Experience
Essential
- Recent or current experience in clinical practice
- Evidence of ability to mentor
- Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to effectively lead a team
- Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and respond appropriately to urgent situations
- Produce timely, accurate written/electronic records and documents utilising and interpreting complex information
- Ability to manage change efficiently and effectively
- Ability to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relatives/carers and staff
- Evidence of delivering training and assessing either formally or informally
- Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communciation skills
- Highly motivated and enthusiastic
Desirable
- Audit or research within the clinical area
- Successful implementation and management of a change process
- Evidence of negotiation and influencing skills
- Experience of providing formal teaching sessions
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Regular attendance
- Willing to work flexible hours when required
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Ability to communicate both written and verbally at a level appropriate to the role
- Excellent administration skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Excellent team working skills
- Specialist knowledge of an electronic observations system
Desirable
- Demonstrate effective resource management
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Professional
- Recognised training, coaching or mentoring qualification or equivalent experience
- Degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Continuing professional development/reflective profile
- Formal leadership and management training
- Research training/experience
- ECDL or equivalent
Further Training
Essential
- Evidence of attendance at relevant mandatory training and professional development, events and activities
- Completed IG training to the level appropriate to role
Experience
Essential
- Recent or current experience in clinical practice
- Evidence of ability to mentor
- Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to effectively lead a team
- Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and respond appropriately to urgent situations
- Produce timely, accurate written/electronic records and documents utilising and interpreting complex information
- Ability to manage change efficiently and effectively
- Ability to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relatives/carers and staff
- Evidence of delivering training and assessing either formally or informally
- Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communciation skills
- Highly motivated and enthusiastic
Desirable
- Audit or research within the clinical area
- Successful implementation and management of a change process
- Evidence of negotiation and influencing skills
- Experience of providing formal teaching sessions
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Regular attendance
- Willing to work flexible hours when required
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.
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).
Additional information
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).
