Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Department
- Grade
- NHS AfC. Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Required to work a minimum of 30 hours – 37.5hrs
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 190-7892-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/08/2024
Employer heading
Sister/Charge Nurse (A&E)
NHS AfC. Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Are you committed to the delivery of compassionate high-quality care? Would you like to work in a Major Trauma Centre? We have great opportunities to support you in developing your acute and emergency nursing knowledge and skills, as part of the nursing team in South Yorkshire’s Major Trauma Centre.
We are seeking an experienced nurse interested in working as a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse’s within the Accident and Emergency (A/E) department at the Northern General Hospital.
This role will be vital in supporting the Senior Sister/Charge Nurses to lead a team committed to excellent standards of patient care. Working in an Emergency Department, that is a Major Trauma Centre; you will be working alongside a large multidisciplinary team including Emergency Department Consultants, hospital Trauma Teams, specialist nursing staff (Advanced Care Practitioners and Trauma Nurse Coordinators), allied health professionals and visiting teams.
Please note this advertisement is for both full time and part time opportunities.
Please note this advertisement is for both permanent and fixed term/secondment opportunities.
Main duties of the job
- Develop and provide specialised programs of nursing care to a diverse range of patients and support to staff in the Emergency Department.
- Lead a team of qualified, support and student team members.
- Take charge of the Department and all Clinical Areas of the Department.
- Support the Senior Sister / Senior Charge Nurse in ensuring the highest standard and quality of nursing care is delivered and managing a team of staff.
- Support the Department in meeting quality indicators and other standards of care.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of 12 months. Where there is potential, the secondment/fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the secondment/fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Adult)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience band 5 in emergency care or equivalent (working as a staff nurse in an emergency department or AMU).
Desirable criteria
- Acting up experience to Sister/Charge Nurse would be an advantage
Further Training
Essential criteria
- To have completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
- IV drug administration competency.
- Evidence of professional development.
- Triage trained.
- TNCC or TILS.
Desirable criteria
- Cannulation/ Venepunture training
- ECG training.
- Trauma competency level 1.
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent organisation and leadership ability.
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
- Jayne Scothern
- Job title
- ED Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2269852
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