Birmingham Heartlands is a dynamic and busy Emergency Department with a yearly attendance of approximately 150,000 patients, offering a wide range of clinical experience. We are looking for enthusiastic, proactive, and motivated individuals to join our friendly team.

We offer a supportive, exciting, and challenging work environment that is committed to providing high quality care for our patients and the development of our staff. As part of your development, you will have access to an educational pathway that will support you with both your managerial and clinical skills. Our commitment to staff development is reflected in our supernumerary induction programme with a negotiable amount of supernumerary time. There is an experienced band 7 team with a wealth of knowledge that will support you throughout. We also have a dedicated wellbeing room and hub advisor to support our staff.

As a band 6 Department Sister/Deputy Charge Nurse in the Emergency Department your role is pivotal as a proficient role model and clinical expert working alongside the senior nursing team.

If you like to be busy, enjoy a good team atmosphere and the challenge of working in ED we would like to hear from you. The successful candidate will need to be a forward-thinking creative nurse with strong communication skills and who strives to ensure quality patient care is always present. The post holder should be able to cope in a changing environment, to have good attention to detail and problem-solving skills.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as a role model for junior team members in the delivery of a consistent high standard of nursing practice. They will deputise for the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse and will support the leadership and management of the department with particular emphasis on quality and clinical standards. They will have continuing clinical responsibility for managing the wards/departments in the absence of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse which will include: understanding finances, the deployment, delegation and supervision of all grades of staff and be visible and approachable for patients, staff and visitors.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse on the
• NMC register

Desirable

• Health care management / leadership
• qualification

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post registration
• experience working in a complex
• Acute NHS care setting
• supervising / mentoring junior staff
• * Evidence of professional /clinical
• knowledge in area supplemented
• by specialist clinical and or
• managerial training and CPD
• * Can demonstrate understanding /
• experience / willingness to be a
• practice based supervisor /
• assessor as detailed in the Nursing
• & Midwifery Council ( NMC )
• standards for student supervision
• and assessment
• * Professional portfolio which
• demonstrates continuing
• professional development,
• evidence of ability to maintain
• professional registration
• * Relevant and recent clinical
• experience within the speciality
• /acute care setting, including the
• supervision /education of junior
• staff
• * Experience of mentoring
• undergraduate students
• * Evidence of ability to lead
• /coordinate a shift /area of
• department
• * Experience in learning from
• incidents /complaints and
• supporting changes in practice.
• * Demonstrable ability, experience,
• passion in the following:
• o Leadership
• o Team Building
• o Managing resources
• o Time management
• o Role modelling
• o Change management / clinical
• developments
• o Clinical governance
• o Audit and research
• o Workforce planning / management
• o NHS policy and political awareness

Desirable

• Previous Emergency Department
• experience

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• * Approachable and friendly
• * Supportive
• * Flexible
• * Well organised
• * Effective communicator
• * Sound clinical reasoning and
• decision making
• * Ability to perform in complex and
• challenging situations
• * Ability to inspire and lead a team
• * Ability to work flexible shift pattern,
• where required to include rotation
• to day /night duty and unsocial
• hours according to service need

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS

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