Junior Sister/Charge Nurse

1 month ago


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

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for you to join our team on Birch Ward at Colchester Hospital. We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and well-motivated registered nurse with a strong commitment to nursing patients in care of the elderly.

If you are looking for an opportunity to develop your leadership skills, this is the role for you.

You will be a key member of the ward nursing team to ensure high quality care is delivered and will be part of a multi-professional team.

You will be required to work across the Trust to help facilitate patient flow and achieve the standards set within the National Clinical guidelines.

Main duties of the job

With the guidance of the ward sister, you will be responsible for providing leadership and teaching within the unit. You will use your knowledge and education to enable your colleagues to deliver high quality, individualised care to your patients. You will also provide support and supervision to nursing staff and effectively deploy resources within the unit.

You must be patient focused, flexible, adaptable and capable of thinking laterally.

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 thatTime Mattersto 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

Qualification

Essential

oRegistered Nurse with proven experience oEvidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable

oLeadership course oNVQ assessors qualification oNursing degree

Experience

Essential

oProven NHS experience in care of the elderly/acute nursing oEvidence of managing and improving the patient experience oExperience leading teams

Desirable

oExperience in care of the elderly at band 6 oExperience of ward coordination oEvidence of teaching/assessing oInterviewing recruitment skills

Knowledge

Essential

oArticulates understanding role of Band 6 oArticulates understanding of prioritising clinical issues

Desirable

oSickness absence management oRota management oBed management and patient flow

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