Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse

6 days ago


Ipswich, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career by taking on the role of Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse on Levington Ward. You will support the Charge Nurse in the delivery of a patient focused, clinically effective and dynamic service.

Levington ward is the new exciting regional spinal hub. We focus on the care of elective spinal surgeries and also the care of the Spinal Cord injury patients. This will be for their rehabilitation post trauma or surgery. We are a 12 bedded unit with high speciality needs in both pre and post operative spinal care.

We are looking for an individual who will support the charge nurse in leading and developing the wonderful nursing team in this department and promote multi-disciplinary working. You will provide inspirational leadership to the department, be positively welcoming, effective and act as a credible role model. You will have well-developed communication, change management and organisational skills, with a positive attitude and share in our vision and commitment to continuously develop and improve. You should be caring, compassionate, forward thinking, well organized and have a positive attitude towards flexibility and change.

Please be advised, the working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday, day shifts only

Main duties of the job

Be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of patient care Perform specialist interventions in line with agreed Trust policies, procedures and guidelines, as part of holistic patient care Communicate effectively with patients, carers and visitors Responsible for maintaining accurate patient records Liaise with the multi-professional team regarding the planning and delivery of care, and cohesive discharge planning Inform the Ward Sister of any potential complaints, or if any patient / carer is dissatisfied with any aspect of their care, so that immediate and appropriate action can be take

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Post registration qualification relevant to area up to post graduate diploma level ILS certificate as relevant to the area

Desirable

Nursing / Management degree

Experience

Essential

Experience leading teams Coaching/Mentoring Evidence of managing and improving the patient experience

Desirable

Previous experience at Band 6 Evidence of teaching/assessing

Skills

Essential

Leadership Good people skills Ability to lead and delegate

Desirable

Ability to teach

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