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Job overview

If you are considering your next move up the career ladder then this opportunity could be ideal for gaining experience and developing leadership skills.

You will follow a development pathway specifically designed for the Band 6 role, which includes training and support to develop your knowledge on staff rostering, sickness and performance management, appraisals as well as governance issues such as answering InPhase complaints and participation in audits

The Band 6 role is the key supporting function to the Band 7 to enable the optimal care of our patients and to the success of our Trust. The delivery of a high quality, effective and compassionate care is the most important role within the organisation.

Main duties of the job

The Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse will be working within the DTC Ward & Ward Services  and will be accountable to the DTC Ward Services Sister, working within the Surgical Division.

• Experienced practitioner in Ambulatory Care/Surgical Services.
• Day to day operational management of DTC Ward. To support the band 7 in the delivery of the service by the team or area that you are responsible for or have been delegated the responsibility
• High standards of Professional Practice to ensure quality and safety of patient care, experience and the patient journey
• Monitoring key quality and performance indicators and service pressures and recommending /implementing actions to address them.
• Ensuring necessary / appropriate equipment is available for management treatment needs of the patients covered within the ward area.
• Reporting on workforce requirements for meeting service demand
• Line management of staff working within the service area
• Responsible for staff supervision, annual appraisal, management of attendance and performance, and identifying and facilitating staff training needs.
• Supporting the band 7 in ensuring that clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care and that all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.