Senior Sister/Charge Nurse General Medicine

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a a Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to lead the dedicated nursing team which is part of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Services.

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and dynamic individual to take on the role of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to provide leadership, management and support to the ward team and is responsible for the provision of patient care, ensuring that it is evidence based and of a high standard and to maintain 24-hour responsibility for the clinical area.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will ensure that patients receive the necessary care and treatment to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. This will be achieved through the application of specialist knowledge, skills and practice.

This role requires close working relationships with a wide range of the multi-disciplinary/speciality teams, the Consultants, Heads of Nursing, Matrons, Ward Managers and the Clinical Site Management team. In order to succeed in this role you will need to possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will need to have the ability to deal with challenging situations in a fast paced environment in a professional and calm manner. You will also undertake the role of Senior Duty Nurse as per rota.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification that is attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse
• Preparation for Mentorship course (or ability to complete relevant post registration specialist course or significant relevant experience)
• Mentorship course or equivalent
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Diploma/ Degree level study in a clinically relevant course i.e. HDU / Acutely ill Adult / elderly care course / CCU etc
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant level of experience as a Band 6 staff nurse in an acute setting
• Experience of managing a team and can effectively function as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience working with Older People within an acute setting
  
  

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to assess patients; develop, implement, and evaluate a plan of care
• Ability to support professional development and create a learning environment
• Ability to safely administer medicines in accordance with NMC Guidelines for the administration of medicines (2002)cannulation
• A level of nursing knowledge consistent with required post registration experience and specialist knowledge where appropriate
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Computer literacy with electronic records experience (EPIC)
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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