Deputy Sister/ Charge Nurse
| Posting date: | 16 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Location: | Kettering, NN16 8UZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9264-25-0438 |
Summary
To work proactively to support the Ward Sister in the delivery of high quality care and a positive patient experience of patients. Primarily this will be through effective role modelling of professionalbehaviors and the deployment of practice development and educational methodologies. This is to reassure that all staff are developed and supported to be competent and confident in role andto instill professional behaviors at all times.The role of the nurse/midwife is to provide a holistic, high quality, patient focused, comprehensive, efficient and safe service for the patients cared for at Kettering GeneralHospital, acting with responsibility, accountability and integrity; reporting adverse events and poor practice to the person in charge. The nurse/midwife would be expected to effectively and responsibly use resources and engage in change and service improvements.Standards of practice at Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KGH) are aligned to the standards set out by the Nursing & Midwifery (NMC) Code: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwifes (2008). Standards of practice and care, atKGH, also encompass the Chief Nursing Officers 6 Cs campaign and concentrate the nursing agenda on Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment.The post holder may be required to rotate through other wards and departments as required to support Trust business and patient care.The post holder will act at all times in accordance with the NMC code and local standards of care and policies.