Junior Sister

4 weeks ago

Brighton, United Kingdom University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

The post holder will be responsible and accountable for the professional evidence based nursing care delivered to patients. Ensuring the highest quality, effective and compassionate care is received by the patients and their families / carers whilst on the ward. Excellent, holistic and individualised nursing care will be delivered through assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating. This will be in line with local, Trust wide and National policies, procedures, values and behaviours. To support the ward manager in providing effective clinical leadership that ensures patient safety at all times together with high quality patient care. Promoting a supportive learning environment in which to supervise and mentor Staff Nurses, student nurses and Health Care Assistants. The post holder will act as an advocate whilst demonstrating effective communication and listening skills.

Main duties of the job

·To support the ward manager in providing effective clinical leadership that ensures patient safety at all times together with high quality patient care.

·To assist the ward Manager in the effective management of prevention and control of infection within the ward area.

·You will be able to communicate effectively both within the department and to external partners.

·To manage a small team of nurses and be responsible for mentoring and assessing their skills and be responsible for their annual appraisals.

·To manage to work within allocated resources and assist in the management of the budget.

·To act as role model and expert practitioner.

·To undertake delegated responsibility in the absence of the ward manager.

·To manage the day to day activity with the ward to allow flow through the ward in a timely manner to reduce the LOS and ensure that quality of care is maintained throughout the 24 hour period

·Participates in ensuring effective multidisaplinary communication links within the digestive diseases ward and department and in areas within the trust.

·To adhere to NMC guidelines on documentation accountability and responsibility for record keeping.

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Working for our organisation

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves. 

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To support the ward manager in providing effective clinical leadership that ensures patient safety at all times together with high quality patient care.

To assist the ward Manager in the effective management of prevention and control of infection within the ward area.

You will be able to communicate effectively both within the department and to external partners.

To manage a small team of nurses and be responsible for mentoring and assessing their skills and be responsible for their annual appraisals.To manage to work within allocated resources and assist in the management of the budget.

To act as role model and expert practitioner.

To undertake delegated responsibility in the absence of the ward manager.

To manage the day to day activity with the ward to allow flow through the ward in a timely manner to reduce the LOS and ensure that quality of care is maintained throughout the 24 hour period

Participates in ensuring effective multidisaplinary communication links within the digestive diseases ward and department and in areas within the trust.

To adhere to NMC guidelines on documentation accountability and responsibility for record keeping.

Responsible for effective shift handovers ensuring relevant detail is communicated and identifies and challenges any unprofessional or subjective comments made about patients.

Participates in ward rounds showing knowledge of the up to date situation and condition of the patients, with the ability to be able to present this concisely in an appropriate manner encouraging one stop ward rounds.

Responsible for the discharge of patients from the ward and to manage complex patient case conferences which may involve end of life care.

Support families and carers to understand complicated medical conditions.

Recognize poor standards of care amongst the MDT and be able to highlight these to the appropriate personnel at an appropriate time.

To maintain correct standards of uniform and personal appearance, as indicated in the Dress Code & Uniform Policy.

Report / action any accidents, incidents or undue occurrences reported or witnessed.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

you will have substantial acute surgical experience

Qualifications

Essential criteria

care of the critically Ill Adult Module

Experience

Essential criteria

show experience of supervising / mentoring others

Equality and Diversity

Essential criteria

Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).

Important information for applicants

Flexible Working: If you would like to explore potential options regarding flexible working please speak with the appropriate recruiting/line manager. 

DBS Checks: As part of our commitment to a safe working environment, we undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check on all new employees where the role is eligible for a criminal record check . We make offers in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975.

Skilled Worker Visa: Applications for Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome for those that meet the Visa and Immigrations eligibility criteria. For further information please visit the gov.uk website searching for Skilled Worker.

Closing adverts early: Please apply as early as you're able for this role. In the event of exceptional interest we may close adverts earlier than specified.

UHSussex reserves the right to close the role early if we receive a high volume of applications

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