Junior Sister

This role will allow you to work within a dynamic, forward thinking and evolving nursing team. With an exciting opportunity to be part of the newly established Level 2 high dependency services. You will be working closely with the management team to support the development of the unit and work alongside junior colleagues to achieve competencies involving a number of HDU skills. You will see see a wide range of children and young people with a variety of different medical and surgical conditions. Both with acute and chronic healthcare needs. This will provide fantastic learning opportunities.

Does your passion lie in giving excellent care to sick children? Are you career minded with drive and enthusiasm? Do you have an interest / experience working in Paediatric High Dependency?

Do you have experience of Tracheostomy care, BiPAP and LTV?

To be considered for the role you will be a registered Children’s Nurse with an RSCN or RN Child qualification and have completed a Mentorship or Supervisor and Assessor Course. You must also have evidence of professional updating within the last 12 months and have an appropriate post registration course. It would be advantageous to have management experience and evidence of effective leadership skills. As a team leader you will be responsible for managing your own team of staff ensuring that their mandatory training and annual personal development reviews are completed, as well as leading the team clinically. The posts will also include some managerial responsibilities.

All applicants should be flexible providing a 24 hour, 7 days a week service, working a shift pattern of days and nights to meet the needs of the service.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as“Good”by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

To be professionally accountable and maintain the standards of professional practice as set by the appropriate regulatory body applicable to your profession or role.

To deliver compassionate person-centered care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their carer's with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family.

To support and deputise for the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in ensuring the standards of professional practice as set out by appropriate regulatory body applicable to your profession or role are maintained.

Utilise clinical proficiency in delivering a high standard of nursing care. Provide managerial and leadership skills to support the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse and nursing team to deliver continually improved standards and efficient and effective use of resources.