Job overview

The Critical Care team is delighted to welcome applications for our new Sister/Charge Nurse role, which is a permanent, full-time post. We are part of the Surgery & Critical Care division, which also includes 2 emergency surgical wards, 1 elective orthopaedic and trauma ward and 1 elective general surgical unit, theatres, recovery and a day unit.

We are a 13 bedded General Critical Care Unit with 10 funded beds 5 of which are ICU and 5 are HDU. We do adopt a flexible approach surrounding configuration of these beds and dependant on patient need can flex to 6 ICU and 4 HDU.

• To work under the direction of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse deputising in the absence of such.
• To work with minimal supervision and will be designated to take charge of the clinical environment on a shift to shift basis
• To plan, provide and maintain effective nursing care to patients/clients and their relatives
• To continuously develop and enhance knowledge and skills that will directly influence consistent standards of care in clinical practice
• Working with the team to provide supervision for junior members of staff and students.

Main duties of the job

• To take a lead role in the management of a clinical ward on a shift to shift basis
• Provide and maintain effective clinical assessment to ensure that patient care is planned and evaluated.
• Deliver effective nursing care to patients/clients admitted to the ward/unit.
• Seek supervision to ensure that personal clinical practice is continuously developing.
• Participate in appropriate training to ensure safe evidence based clinical practice.
• Ensure that all documentation is comprehensively completed in accordance with the NMC and Trust guidance.
• Involvement in monitoring and auditing patient care.
• Act at all times in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Develop supervisory skills that support the continuous development of team members.
• Participate in the development of operational processes that will ensure timely and appropriate admission and discharge of patients.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.