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Job overview

Great Ward Sisters and Charge Nurses have a strong sense of ownership of their wards and love to be in charge. They’re honest and straightforward and they have high standards. They thrive on the busy nature of the role, they love being on top of things, they have a lot of drive and they keep going when things are tough.

The job is not right for everyone but for those who have the right strengths and motivators its energising, rewarding and they love it.

Is providing excellent nursing care and getting the basics right one of your key drivers? Do you love developing others to become excellent at what they do? Is making a difference and doing the right thing fundamental to you? If your answer to these questions is yes, the Ward Sister / Charge Nurse role in Newcastle Hospitals might be right for you.

Newcastle Hospitals is a leading healthcare provider both locally and nationally, providing ‘healthcare at its best, with a personal touch’.

A key part of our Nursing and Midwifery strategy is to have an empowered and skilled, workforce, who are responsive to the needs of patients. We achieve this by ensuring staff feel supported, clinically, academically and emotionally through Continued Professional Development, Clinical Supervision and the Trust Professional and Leadership behaviours.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Staff Nurse currently working on our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Freeman Hospital. 

Main duties of the job

Interview Date Thursday, 12 September 2024
37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week

• Support the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse with professional accountability and standards, ensuring professional practices in line with the requirements of the NMC and the Trust.

• Ensure the provision of safe and effective patient care.

• Support the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse to ensure environmental standards and cleanliness are maintained in line with national and Trust Standards in the ward / department.

• Act as a deputy and effectively manage the ward nursing resource when the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse is absent.

• Support and contribute to the development of patient care and nursing practice within the ward, contributing to Trust projects where required.

• Support the develop of junior staff or students ensuring appropriate supervision and assessment is available.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.