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Sister/Charge Nurse | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	03 July 2024
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	02 August 2024
Location:	Scarborough, YO12 6QL
Company:	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	6398650/419-6398650-CN-M

Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ash ward at Scarborough hospital. We are seeking an experienced leader to take on the permanent role of Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.

Ash ward is a 15 bed medical, ward, which specialises in gastroenterology. We look after patients with any conditions of the GI tract, including liver disease, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. Bowel conditions, such as chrons disease, IBD, and ulcerative colitis, who may require biologics. Nutrition is of prime importance, and we provide care and management for patients, who require enteral feeding. We also care for patients who require Total Parental Nutrition. The ward also caters for a variety of other medical conditions.

Although small, it is a very challenging and exciting area to develop your leadership skills.

The successful candidate would work with the Matron to ensure that excellent evidence based clinical standards are met and patient safety is maintained.

To provide a focused leadership role, within the clinical area.

To work with the Junior Sister, to manage the workforce, including rostering, HR issues, sickness management, and recruitment and retention.

The successful candidate would work closely with the multidisciplinary team to maintain good communication and embed SAFER principles'

The post-holder will join a positive and focussed nursing team, striving to provide the best standard of care for patients by supporting the nursing team into the future. The role will involve managing improvement projects; acting on patient feedback; roster and sickness management; maintaining ward budget. You will be required to ensure all aspects of patient care and safety are met to the highest standard.

The successful candidate must have at least 18 months post registration experience at Band 6.

You must consistently uphold the Trust's values; kindness, openness and excellence. If you are a professional, forward thinking and motivated individual, and ready for the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you.

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

· Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension fordependants

· 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)

· Agenerous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.

· A variety ofdifferent types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave

· Confidential advice and support on personal, work,family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme

· NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Workscheme

· An extensive range of learning and development opportunities

· Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring,cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You areadvised to submit you application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive fromdifferent backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.

As part ofseeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promoteSaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers.  This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, thisremains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselvesand everyone else.


This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Jul 2024

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