Deputy Ward Leader | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 03 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | Truro, TR1 3LJ |
| Company: | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6186155/156-6186155 |
Summary
Deputy Ward Leader - Eldercare Specialty
The Frailty/Same Day Emergency Care Unit is a innovative rapid assessment and treatment unit for patients over the age of 65 years with associated Frailty syndromes. The unit is developing a new team of senior staff nurses to deliver comprehensive emergency frailty care.
We are inviting applications from Registered Nurses with the aspiration to develop their leadership and management skills in a supportive and creative environment within the our dedicated Acute Frailty Unit. There may also be an opportunity to experience some time on our complex care and dementia ward - Kerensa and with the Frailty CNS team to enhance and compliment your skill set.
Are you an experienced registered nurse looking for their first leadership role or in an existing leadership role and want a new challenge? If this is you, please consider this exciting fixed term contract and let us know what you can offer us, and what you hope to achieve so we can work together to support your career development for the future.
we are looking for confident and compassionate leaders who want to work to develop the service and provide excellent care to out patients.
We are a supportive, innovative team, who work together to achieve the best outcomes for our most vulnerable patients by demonstrating compassion and creativity to enable meaningful activities during the patient’s journey. Embracing change and innovation in our daily work ensures we maximise the positive patient experience for those living with frailty and dementia by using environmental adaptations and technology. This post would enable you to actively engage and lead on future social and healthcare innovations and we would welcome your input as we move forward together.
We will encourage you to influence, enthuse and enable others, to be a role model who leads from the front by utilising your clinical expertise to improve practice, to challenge tradition and to work with the team to create a culture of therapeutic optimism and hope.
If this describes the care and working environment you are passionate about, please contact us to arrange a discussion or a ward visit prior to submitting your supporting statement telling us why you would like to join our team, what you can offer and how we can support you in this band 6 role. We are looking forward to meeting you.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main sites are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael’s Hospital Hayle and West Cornwall Hospital Penzance, our staff and services are available across the region.
The Trust employs 5,000+ staff, has a budget of £380 million and 750 beds. We work with health and social care organisations -including NHS Kernow and NHS England- to ensure local healthcare needs are met. We provide acute medical, surgical and specialist services to around 500,000- which can increase significantly during busy holiday periods.
The Trust has teaching hospitals status as part of the University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we continually develop clinical services and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care offered locally.
We can offer you a rewarding career in a supportive working environment. We have extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community.
Enjoy an outstanding quality of life in a place that offers surfing beaches and fishing harbours to beautiful countryside and historic towns. With clean air, plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and excellent schools, colleges and universities (including adult education) it is the ideal place for families and for you to develop your own career.
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Work health assessments
• Criminal record check standards
• Right to work checks
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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
This advert closes on Monday 15 Apr 2024