Job summary
- Main area
- Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (including weekends)
- Job ref
- 381-SS-6221415
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS TRust
- Town
- Sandwell
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 7
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
The Post holder will be a clinical expert in the management and treatment of fractures and orthopaedic injuries
To ensure the smooth running of the Trauma ward encompassing a safe patients journey from admission to discharge .
Newton 3 is a 29 bedded acute trauma ward admitting from surgical assessment unit and the emergency department. We also have admissions from other acute NHS Trusts. We work closely with our elective sister ward and will soon be locating to the brand new hospital.
Main duties of the job
To provide the ward with a professional focus for leadership and clinical excellence and will take responsibility for the assessment of training and development needs for the staff especially within the orthopaedic setting.
To take responsibility for the ongoing development needs of the service and patients; upholding clinical standards and enabling staff to deliver high standards of care; to act as a role model at all times.
To ensure the smooth running of the Trauma ward encompassing a safe patients journey from admission to discharge .
The role would entail , budgetary responsibilities, safe working roster and environment for staff, whilst being a visible presence on the ward to ensure professionalism.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details about this job please see the attached job description and person specification attached for more information.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant post registration experience
- Experience of being team leader
- Relevant experience in Surgery
- Experience in research and audit
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN (Branch)
- Current NMC registration.
- Degree level qualification in health related subject
- Teaching and Assessing qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Counselling Skills Certificate qualification
- Masters degree or working towards
- Leadership or management qualification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Donna James
- Job title
- matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01215073069
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