Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 31.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR1914-24
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ipswich Hospital
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/01/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Grundisburgh Ward
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your leadership skills? Do you have a passion for Elderly Care?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse. We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and well-motivated registered nurse with a strong commitment to nursing patients on our Grundisburgh Ward in Care of the Elderly.
You will be a key member of the ward nursing team to ensure high quality care is delivered. You will be part of a multi-professional team.
You will be required to work across the Trust to help facilitate patient flow and achieve the standards set within the National Clinical guidelines.
You will need to have:
- The ability to work autonomously
- An ability to make safe and speedy clinical judgments in an emergency situation
- The desire to develop your clinical skills and knowledge in relation to care of the elderly with complex conditions such as dementia and Parkinson's disease
- Evidence of teaching, mentoring and supporting other staff
- Excellent communication and team work skills
- Good organisational skills
- Proactive attitude in supporting the ward sister in maintaining the highest standard of care .
You must be patient focused, flexible, adaptable and capable of thinking laterally.
Main duties of the job
- Ensure that safe, effective and holistic patient care is delivered.
- Be responsible for assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care in partnership with patient, carers and consultants.
- Coordinate the ward and to help facilitate safe discharge .
- Support the staffing patch bleep out of hours.
- Supports the ward sister in performing clinical audits and to action any area which require an improvement.
- Accurately observe patient’s condition and initiate appropriate action.
- Administer medication safely to patients, including IV and cytotoxic drugs using evidence based guidelines.
- Undertake evidence based care for a variety of indwelling central venous catheters.
- Maintain accurate, timely patient records and relevant data collection.
- Communicate effectively with patients, visitors and all members of the multi professional team
- Participate in patient/carer education e.g. advice about patient’s condition/needs, health promotion in particular in relation to endocrine conditions.
- To safely use clinical equipment relevant to own work area.
- Order investigations and blood tests within scope of practice.
- Undertake venepuncture and cannulation plus any specialist clinical skills such as venesection which are required by the area
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience leading teams
- • Clinical expertise
- • Coaching/Mentoring
- • Managing change
- • Evidence of managing and improving the patient experience
Desirable criteria
- • Previous experience at Band 6
- • Evidence of involvement in research and audit
- • Evidence of teaching/assessing
- • Interviewing recruitment skills
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Registered Nurse First Level
- • Post registration qualification relevant to area up to post graduate diploma level
- • ILS certificate as relevant to the area
- • Student assessor
Desirable criteria
- • Nursing / Management degree
- • Willingness to undertake further academic study
- • NVQ assessors qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Sound evidence of clinical ability
- • Articulates understanding role of Band 6
- • Articulates understanding of prioritising clinical issues
- • Articulates understanding of managing clinical risk
- • Provides evidence of ability to make changes in nursing practice
- • IT skills
Desirable criteria
- • Sickness absence management
- • Rota management
- • Bed management and patient flow
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
- Tisha Morelos
- Job title
- Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01473 702672
- Additional information
Tisha Morelos
Ward Sister
Grundisburgh Ward
Telephone number: 01473702672
Mobile number: 07517911497
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