Job summary
Employer heading
Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department
Band 6
Job overview
Are you an Emergency nurse looking for a new challenge?
We are looking for enthusiastic, forward thinking and highly motivated Band 6 nurses to join our Team. In this role you must be passionate about working in a caring environment with patients and be committed to delivering high quality patient care. You will be able to use your clinical skills as well as taking part in the day to day management of the department.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Nurse, you will be expected to take charge of either the whole department with the support of the Manager or taking charge of an area of the department. You should be able to run your area with minimal supervision. Able to keep the flow of the department going, can plan early for safe discharge, keeping the area safe and able to support junior staff.
You are also expected to be a link Nurse and support your team leader by managing your team members. To act in a multi–disciplinary role with emphasis upon liaising, operational decision making and team building. The post holder will have responsibility for the assessment of development,
implementation and evaluation of care needs.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review JD / Person specification attached to this vacancy for additional information regarding roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Relevant Post Registration
- Emergency Course/In house band 5 development programme
- Mentor Prep
- ILS
Desirable criteria
- ALS
- ATNC
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 2 years experience as Senior Band 5 in Emergency Care
- Experience supervising in ED
Desirable criteria
- Shadow Nurse in charge role
Skills
Essential criteria
- Efficient in time management and in prioritizing workload effectively.
- Allocate staff appropriately to create a safe and efficient skill mix.
- Able to demonstrate communication skills both written and oral
- Management and influencing skills
- Ability to analyse problems, to think laterally and implement effective solutions
- Able to clinically provide nursing care in all areas
- Ability to manage complex situations
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Flexible approach to own working pattern
- Ability to work weekdays, weekends, bank holidays and nights
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
- Ronald Kepa
- Job title
- ED Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006133153
- Additional information
Ronald Kepa ED Manager on 03006133123 or email [email protected]
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