Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse for Clinical & Educational Support

Full Time Post for Cardiology Wards Heartlands Site

Ward 6 has a ten bedded CCU, 20 ward beds, cath labs and day case units. This allows us to provide Primary PCI 24/7 and the NSTEMI service.

Ward 9 is a 34 bedded cardiology ward which cares for patients with a varied range of cardiology conditions, including six direct access trollies for assessment of cardiology patients from the front door services.

The successful candidate will be required to provide ward based education to the nursing staff and support staff to enable them to achieve their local cardiology and Trust competencies, as well as the use of cardiology specific equipment. There will also be a requirement to work some clinical shifts on the cardiology wards/cath labs to support the delivery of patient care and to maintain your skills.

Applicants should have:

*A teaching and assessing qualification.

*Minimum of 2 years current CCU/HDU experience at Senior Band 5 or above.

*You must have a postgraduate Cardiac Care qualification or equivalent and either current ALS provider certificate or with the ability to complete within 6 months of commencing post.

*You must be able to demonstrate clinical assessment and ECG interpretation skills and significant clinical cardiology knowledge and level of competence so you are able to teach and support nursing staff.*

Informal visits welcomed, please contact Heidi Lane, Matron, 0121 424 2940.

Main duties of the job

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

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 health care setting / 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:
• oLeadership
• oTeam Building
• oManaging resources
• oTime management
• oRole modelling
• oChange management / clinical developments
• oClinical governance
• oAudit and research
• oWorkforce planning / management
• oNHS policy and political awareness

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 (E )
• (Amend accordingly)

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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304-52694PM