Junior Sister/Charge Nurse IAAU/SDEC | Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 May 2024 |
| Location: | Scunthorpe, DN15 7BH |
| Company: | Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6264889/208-3862E3-24-1 |
Summary
Are you a dynamic, enthusiastic individual who can work well within a team and individually, do you have a desire for learning, personal development and supporting the continued development of our Integrated Acute Assessment Unit ? Do you thrive on delivering excellent patient care and experience and could help drive the future aspirations of the department as a member of our team, if so we want to hear from you…….
We have an exciting opportunity for x3 band 6 charge nurses. The successful applicant will be forward thinking, dynamic, enthusiastic and will hold excellent communication skills. The successful applicant will have a good underpinning clinical knowledge and be able to problem solve and act under pressure, therefore resilience will be a key quality we will be looking for.
These posts will sit within the brand new IAAU/SDEC located at Scunthorpe General Hospital within the Emergency and Acute Care group. Successful applicants will be expected to work rotationally within the two areas and an expectation to work both days, nights, weekends and bank holidays, taking charge and facilitating patient flow whilst also supporting junior members of staff whilst ensuring patient safety.
An exciting opportunity has come up for 3.0 FTE Band 6 Shift leaders on the Integrated Acute Assessment Unit (IAAU/SDEC). The IAAU/SDEC was opened in April 2024 and have integrated the specialties of Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedic, Urology into 3 trolley bay areas and 5 side rooms. This also includes female only side rooms for the Gynaecology patients. The unit is a fast-paced area with a quick turnaround. We aim to assess, initiate treatment and either discharge or move to a specialist ward for further management. This is a great time to join this team in there new area.
Our SDEC holds 28 waiting chairs with 8 treatment recliner chairs.
We now need shift leaders day and night within the IAAU. You will need to be able to effectively lead the IAAU team, to be able to delegate effectively and ensure the flow between the ED department and IAAU and then onto the wards. You will also be expected to help out on the SDEC to ensure that flow is also enabled on there and to give support if required. Another aspect to this role is ensuring that we actively pull from the ED department to ensure the patients are transferred within a timely manner.
Training will be given to the successful candidate to assist them in the role as the Junior Sister/Charge Nurse. As part of this role you will also be giving training which will include but is not limited to, e-Rostering management, Ulysses management, sickness and absence management, PADR completion and clinical supervision completion.
NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
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This advert closes on Monday 13 May 2024