Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Hinchingbrooke | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 April 2024 |
| Location: | Huntingdon, PE29 6NT |
| Company: | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6085467/176-S-6085467 |
Summary
Applicants will require a UK NMC pin
Now is truly an exciting and challenging time to join our transforming and developing hospital.
We are looking for a new colleagues willing to “go the extra mile” to ensure compassionate and patient focussed care within a team. You must be committed to flexibility, have a willingness to learn and a readiness to work hard to achieve shared goals and sustained excellence.
This is a really exciting time to join Birch Ward as it is now the Orthopaedic Elective Ward for North West Anglia so if you either have the experience and skills needed to care for our patients on this pathway or are new to the profession and wish to gain these skills and your personal values mirrors our values, Birch will provide you with a fantastic opportunity to really make a difference
Are you an enthusiastic band 5 who is looking for a new challenge/to upgrade in your profession ?
As a member of the deputy nursing team you will be expected to provide clinical expertise to the ward Team and develop practice. To work in close liaison with the Ward Manager, and other Deputy Sister/ Deputy Charge Nurses, Matrons, Practice Development Team (PDT) and the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) to provide the highest quality of assessment and evaluated care required to support each patient in their care pathway and improve the patient experience. To act as a clinical nurse leader, taking responsibility for the professional development of yourself and a group of nurses. The role includes participating in audit, shift co-ordination and managing MPA's and sickness for a small team of more junior staff. Where appropriate deputising for the ward manager at meetings. A supernumerary period will be arranged on appointment and further training and support will be provided to enable you to develop the skills needed to complete the role.
Staff on Birch ward work closely with the rest of the MDT including doctors, therapists, Anaesthetists, Arthroplasty practitioners, pain specialist nurses. Etc.
We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.
Benefits to you
• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
• NHS Pension Scheme:
• Flexible working opportunities;
• Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
• Career development and training;
• Wellbeing support and activities;
• In-house physiotherapy Service;
• On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
• Subsidised staff parking (currently free).
• Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Maintain clinical credibility to act as a role model and take a lead role
in the patient’s journey.
Deliver high quality evidence based care.
Take responsibility for the organisation and day to day management of
a team of staff giving care to patients
Ensure that patient care remains a priority in inter-professional
practice and that referrals to the MDT are timely and discharge
planning takes place.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for more information regarding the role.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Apr 2024