LNWUH Nhs Trust has 3 Critical Care Units comprising of 40 beds across 3 sites. The 3 Units admit in excess of 2200 patients per year. Specialities include Maxillo facial surgery, Complex Colorectal, Renal , general Medical and Surgical patients , along with acute patients form our PCI service and Accident and Emergency department.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate, highly motivated, and proactive individual who supports the vision of our Trust to put quality at the heart of everything , and who wants to become part of the senior ICU team.

We are looking for a Senior Sister / Charge Nurse, who will support our Critical Care both at The Ealing Hospital Base site, and supporting Critical Care across site, when required.

Candidates must embody and demonstrate the Trusts values, uphold the responsibilities of the job description and the person specification. Candidates should be able to demonstrate leadership skills and Advanced intensive Care skills in line with a Senior Staff / Team leader position.

LNWUH Nhs Trust offers staff excellent training and many opportunities to develop and become a leader, within our innovate Critical care Units. If you think you fit the job specification and would like to join our Fantastic Team, please apply.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties/ Responsibilities

Clinical:

As part of our commitment to patients and delivery of a high standard of care the role involves a structured approach to ensuring that good quality care is delivered by putting the patient first always. Our culture and ways of working reflect and embed the practices of the Trust values at all times. You are expected, where identified, to attend and complete relevant training and development opportunities to support this.

Accountable for own actions in accordance with Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute towards corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.

Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high quality service and ensuring timely management and resolution of unexpected events and situations.

Coordinate the care of critically ill patients through the critical care pathway to ensure the effective management of their patient group.

A resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.

Responsible for identifying and assessing complex clinical and non-clinical issues, implementing resolutions and monitoring/auditing outcomes.

Ensure optimum patient management including patient monitoring equipment management and defined expanded clinical roles.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A& E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Senior Sister / Charge Nurse Band 7

Division/Department: Critical Care Surgery

Responsible to: Matron

Accountable to: Head of Nursing Critical Care

Band: AFC 7

Hours: 37.5hrs

Location: Base - Ealing ICU / Cross site when required

In order to meet the needs of the Trusts services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work.

Organisational Values

All staff employed by the Trust are expected to embody our HEART values throughout their employment. The values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and underpin everything we do and say to achieve our vision:

Honesty - open and honest in everything we do

Equity we are kind and caring, we act with fairness, and we're understanding

Accountability we will provide excellent care and ensure the safety and wellbeing of all patients

Respect we treat everybody the way we would like to be treated

Teamwork we work together to make improvements, delivering consistent, high quality, safe care.

Do you have the passion and knowledge to provide outstanding leadership and excellent care?

Do you place value on teamwork, communication and excellent career development?

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Intensive care Unit at Ealing Hospital for the post of Senior Sister/ Senior Charge Nurse

JOB SUMMARY

A high profile, accessible and responsive leader with clinical and service responsibility for a defined patient group. The Post holder will also be responsible for the development for a team of nursing staff. The person must be able to make informed decisions within their own area and scope of professional practice, involving patients and public to ensure agreed standards, objectives and targets are met. The leader should be able to provide exceptional treatment and care to patients throughout their critical illness.

The practitioner will be able to make informed decisions within the speciality and scope of professional practice. They will work collaboratively within the critical care teams to meet the needs of patients and play a key leadership role in service delivery and adherence to policy and procedures. They will demonstrate safe clinical decision making and expert care for their patient group and provide appropriate plans of care.

The post holder will be required to ensure evidence based care is delivered to patients and be involved in audit of practice, research and service improvement.

Structure

Head of Nursing

Matron

Clinical Nurse Manager

Band 7 Senior Sister

Band 6 junior sister

Band 5 staff Nurse

HCA

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Main Duties/ Responsibilities

Clinical:

As part of our commitment to patients and delivery of a high standard of care the role involves a structured approach to ensuring that good quality care is delivered by putting the patient first always. Our culture and ways of working reflect and embed the practices of the Trust values at all times. You are expected, where identified, to attend and complete relevant training and development opportunities to support this.

Accountable for own actions in accordance with Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute towards corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.

Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high quality service and ensuring timely management and resolution of unexpected events and situations.

Coordinate the care of critically ill patients through the critical care pathway to ensure the effective management of their patient group.

A resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.

Responsible for identifying and assessing complex clinical and non-clinical issues, implementing resolutions and monitoring/auditing outcomes.

Ensure optimum patient management including patient monitoring equipment management and defined expanded clinical roles.

Proactively support relevant treatment plans for patients requiring intervention including fluid resuscitation, oxygen therapy along with the ordering of appropriate laboratory and radiology investigations.

Able to provide information and advice to the patient on the prescribed medication, side effects and interactions.

Promote and deliver evidence based care for patients

Recognition and escalation of the deteriorating patient.

Education and supporting patients with care of tracheostomy.

Education and training provision of identified staff groups, patients and carers within defined areas.

Responsible for accurate, timely documentation of clinical plan in patients records both computerised and paper based.

Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data available.

• Identify and implement, in collaboration with the multi-professional team, appropriate areas for research and audit.

• Implement and support the introduction of new treatment methods relevant to the speciality

• Deputise for the Clinical Nurse Manager and the Matron in their absence.

• Establish and maintain professional networking relationships between departments in the trust and attend external meetings to promote best practice in the trust.

• Support patients, carers and staff during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g. breaking bad news or following an unexpected event.

• Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.

Communication:

• Use the SBAR tool to communicate clinical concerns.
• Maintain effective communication within the team, multi-disciplinary teams and other departments.
• Communicate complex information effectively to ward staff, multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers.
• Recognise the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different level of understanding, cultures and barriers to communication.

Delivery of Quality Service:

• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload to maintain and promote quality.
• Deliver care according to local and national guidelines to ensure delivery of evidence based care.
• Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the trust.
• Assess and monitor risk in their own and others practice and challenge wider risk factors.
• Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of work of self and team in the ongoing evaluation of the service and implement change as appropriate.

• Remain up to date with clinical and professional developments and recognise limitations within own and others professional knowledge and practice. Assess own and others learning needs and undertake learning/teaching as appropriate.

Leadership:

• Acting as a positive role model.
• Support the development, education and mentorship of junior staff. Completion of PDRs for junior staff in the team.
• Development of local guidelines, protocols, clinical pathways and standards.
• Share knowledge and expertise within own practice and actively promote a learning environment.
• Undertake mentorship of learners within the Critical Care team, monitor their performance
• Assess competencies against set standards.
• Maintain own personal professional profile.

Other Associated Duties:

1. Any other duties / tasks reasonably expected for the critical care services across all the London Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust sites

Person Specification

Desirable

Desirable

• oLeadership qualification or completion of a leadership programme.

Essential

Essential

• Current NMC Registration
• First level degree
• Post registration Critical Care Qualification
• Evidence of current CPD
• 3 years Professional clinical experience in Critical Care speciality at Band 6 or above in Critical Care.
• Highly developed clinical assessment and communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously with experience of successfully resolving complex problems
• Ability to successfully manage people and change
• Extensive experience in managing own workload / and leading a team.
• A knowledgeable clinician with the ability to apply evidence based practice
• A sound knowledge of professional policies and procedures
• A knowledgeable clinician with ability to ensure clinical governance is embedded into practice
• A commitment to clinical supervision and staff development
• A knowledgeable clinician with ability to ensure clinical governance is embedded into practice
• A commitment to clinical supervision and staff development
• Knowledge of research/audit processes and application
• Proven ability to deal with difficult/sensitive situations
• 3Motivated and able to motivate others

Desirable

• Extensive Critical Care nursing experience
• Experience in HR and Management Related Issues
• Understanding of budget management
• A good understanding of current issues relating to the NHS.
• Experience in Policy/Service Development
• Able to work at a high standard as stipulated in the General provision of Intensive Care document.

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Ealing Hospital Site base

Uxbridge Road

Southall

UB1 3HW

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