Ward Leader - Critical Care Unit

Job summary

Lead, Inspire and Shape the Future of Critical Care at Dorset County Hospital

Are you an experienced Critical Care Nurse ready to take the next step in your leadership journey?

Dorset County Hospital's Critical Care Service is seeking a dedicated, dynamic, and compassionate Band 7 Ward Leader to join our welcoming Senior Critical Care Leadership Team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of Critical Care at DCH as we prepare to move into our brand-new, purpose-built Critical Care Unit in 2027, alongside the development of our new Enhanced Care Service.

We are looking for a Registered Nurse with significant Critical Care experience, strong leadership skills, and a passion for delivering outstanding patient-centred care. You'll work alongside a supportive multidisciplinary team, leading with confidence, driving quality and governance standards, and helping to create a positive environment for both patients and staff.

At DCH, we're proud of our strong team culture, our commitment to staff wellbeing and our investment in education and development through our dedicated Clinical Practice Educator Team.

? Lead and inspire a highly skilled team? Help shape an exciting new Critical Care service? Deliver exceptional care for our patients and families? Develop your leadership career within a supportive organisation

Ready to be part of the future of Critical Care at DCH? We'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• To lead the nursing team and provide a specialist nursing service in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional conduct, Trust policies/procedures and ensure that the service is delivered within the allocated resources.
• To manage all elements of staff performance, sickness and wellbeing in line with Trust policy.
• To provide high standards of evidenced based care that supports the wellbeing needs of critically ill patients and their families.
• To provide specialist skilled Critical Care nursing and supervision of the nursing team in delivering an effective service.
• To continue personal professional development and be responsible for developing others

About us

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to work in partnership to provide high quality, compassionate services and to nurture an environment where people can be at their best. Our vision is healthier lives, empowered citizens, thriving communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate's individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.