Warrington has a vacancy for a Sister/Charge nurse.

Warrington Ward is a fast-paced acute surgical ward caring for multiple specialties: ENT, Gynaecology, Head and Neck Cancer, Facial Maxilla surgery and General Surgery.

As a Sister/Charge Nurse with Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, you will be working together as part of a multidisciplinary, professional team to assess care needs, and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.

You, as the ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate leadership and resilience skills. Be able to co-ordinate the ward autonomously, achieve effective patient flow while maintaining patient and staff safety at all times

Our staff are committed to providing high standards of individualised care for the people who use our services, whilst maintaining their privacy and dignity at all times.

Main duties of the job

• Support the band 7 with leadership and management duties and embedding new process' to improve the patient service.
• Be committed to upholding excellent standards of care by learning from clinical governance and evidenced based practice.
• Be a role model to the whole team, working with empathy and professionalism.
• Act as a skilled member of the multi-disciplinary team, working as part of team promoting good interdepartmental relationships
• Liaise and communicate effectively with all member of the MDT team, service users, relatives to help co-ordinate patient care
• Excellent organisation skills to effectively help to plan, deliver and evaluate care plans

About us

Warrington ward is a 17 bedded surgical ward with the following specialties: ENT, head and Neck cancers, Facial Maxilla Surgery, Gynaecology, Ophthalmology and general Surgery. The ward is fast paced with a high daily turn over with an average patient length of stay 2-3 days.

The ward is a great place to practice extended skills, learn new skills whilst role modelling and leading a diverse team.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Proven relevant experience at Band 5
• Evidence of continual professional development
• NMC registration

Desirable

• Surgical knowledge and experience
• Post graduate diploma level education or equalivant
• Leadership and management knowledge or experience

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Torbay Hospital

Lowes bridge

Torquay

TQ2 7AA

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388-6438800-NMC