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Main area
Surgical Day Ward
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
423-6392327
Employer
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ward 20 - Airedale NHS Trust
Town
Steeton
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/07/2024 23:59

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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust logo

Junior Sister Ward 20 Day Surgery (Band 6)

NHS AfC: Band 6

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.  

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale.  We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030.  By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

 

Job overview

Ward 20 is a 34 bedded unit.  We deal with many specialties including general surgery, ENT, gynaecology, orthopeadics, breast surgery, cardiology. We also care for medical day case patients attending for infusions, bladder treatments.

As a Band 6 there is an opportunity to gain vast knowledge and experience caring for elective surgical patients, managing and coordinating theatre lists pre and post operatively  

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with the senior sister providing leadership and direction to staff within the ward to promote the delivery of safe and effective care. 

Facilitate staff to maintain and improve standards of patient care 

Offer professional guidance and support clinical staff

Develop guidelines and implement developments in practice

Co ordinate/ assist in education and training provision   

 

Working for our organisation

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

  • Cycle to Work
  • Travel Scheme
  • Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
  • Onsite Nursery
  • Buying and Selling Annual Leave
  • Car Leasing
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Employee Health and Wellbeing
  • Extensive Reward Scheme
  • Counselling Service
  • Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
  • Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

 

Our values:

We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

  • Committed to Quality of Care
  • Compassion
  • Working together for patients
  • Improving Lives
  • Everyone Counts
  • Respect and Dignity

 

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work with the senior sister providing leadership and direction to staff within the ward to promote the delivery of safe and effective care. 

Facilitate staff to maintain and improve standards of patient care 

Offer professional guidance and support clinical staff

Develop guidelines and implement developments in practice

Co ordinate/ assist in education and training provision   

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NMC Registration
  • Teaching and assessing course/NVQ Assessor
Desirable criteria
  • SLIP (or equivalent)
  • Leadership/Management Course

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post registration experience (or equiv)
  • Recent Acute Clinical Experience
  • Demonstrable clinical expertise, relevant to the area
Desirable criteria
  • Has worked in different care specialities

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Can demonstrate professional development in leadership
  • Ability to organise and manage day to day departmental activities and the activities of large multidisciplinary team within this
  • Team building and working skills – able to lead a team to achieve results
  • Problem solving skills – able to respond to unexpected issues and provide first line response and to identify appropriate sources of secondary support

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & ‘Understanding the New NHS’
  • Demonstrable interest in and commitment to the professional development of others
Desirable criteria
  • Research Knowledge
  • Understanding of Orthopaedic conditions
  • Computer – Knowledge of Windows XP

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardDisability Confident - two yearsNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible WorkingArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sharon Golson
Job title
Senior Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01535 292201
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