Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 381-ME-7067327
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
- Town
- Smethwick
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Acute Med Sister/Charge Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.
Job overview
To work as part of the AMU team to provide a safe, effective, efficient care environment for patients, relatives and their carer's.
Be responsible for leading your own zone in respect of patient safety and professional standards.
Demonstrate clinical excellence and act as a professional role model to junior staff. Being confident to make your own clinical decisions whilst using your own initiative.
To support your clinical shift lead and communicate effectively to ensure the planning, managing and safe discharge of your zone is maintained.
Main duties of the job
Provide high quality patient centred care.
Take charge of your own zone of patients, showing effective leadership skills. Deputizing for clinical shift lead if needed.
Promote team work within a multi-disciplinary team.
To act as a mentor/assessor/ preceptor to student nurses, newly qualified nurses and junior staff.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for the full details on the main duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Medical nursing
Desirable criteria
- Acute Medical Nursing
- Evidence of service improvement
- Experience of Enhanced care
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Teaching and assessing
- NMC pin
Desirable criteria
- Level 1 care or equivalent
- Evidence of personal development
- Experience of taking charge
- ILS or ALS
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
- Claire Obiakor
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01215076105
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