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Junior Sister / Charge Nurse | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Job details
Posting date: 23 May 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £32,720 - £48,054 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 22 June 2024
Location: Epsom, KT18 7DW
Company: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6303725/343-6303725-RB-SK

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Summary

Job Summary

The post holder will provide high quality care and work towards developing and working within a cohesive multidisciplinary team. The expectations within this job description will be met through Leadership, hands on clinical practice, education and training, and research. The post holder will also have the opportunity to develop skills towards attaining a Senior Sister Charge Nurse post in the future if they so wish.

Duties of the post

The Junior Sister/Charge Nurse post is characterised by five principal role functions: -

Ø A Practice Function

Ø A Professional Leadership and Management Function

Ø An Education, Training and Development Function

Ø Research and Evaluation Function

Ø Human Resources Function

SWLEOC (South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre) is an NHS treatment centre providing regional elective orthopaedic surgery services (including inpatient, day-case and outpatient). Established by the four south west London acute trusts to deliver strategic change in the delivery of planned orthopaedic care, SWLEOC provides high quality, cost efficient, elective orthopaedic services ranked amongst the best in the world.

Since opening in January 2004, SWLEOC has earned a reputation as a centre of excellence for elective orthopaedic surgery with excellent outcomes, low complications and high patient satisfaction. Performing around 5,200 procedures a year, 3,000 of these joint replacements, SWLEOC is recognised as the largest joint replacement centre in the UK and one of the largest in Europe. It is also one of the largest shoulder surgery centres in the UK. Other sub-specialities include soft tissue, spine, foot and ankle procedures.

The unit consists of 5 state of the art operating theatres, a 17-bedded post anaesthetic unit (PACU) bed recovery area with high dependency and critical care facilities and two wards of 27 beds.

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Junior sister/charge Nurse role at Epsom and St Helier


This advert closes on Thursday 6 Jun 2024

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