Is providing outstanding care every time and getting the basics right what you care about? Do you have the ability to see the potential in others and develop it?Is making a difference and doing the right thing fundamental to you? If your answer to these questions is yes, the Junior Sister / Charge Nurse role may be right for you.

We have a full-time opportunity on Amyand a 28 bedded ward providing care for patients with a variety of acute medical conditions requiring short term care. Most of our patients are admitted from Accident and Emergency and the Acute Medical Unit. We also host 4 day beds for the GALDU (Gastro and Liver Day Unit) and nurses will have the opportunity to rotate to this area. This is a chance to develop your management and leadership skills as part of a highly capable team.

We offer

• Clinical Expert - with a variety of acutely unwell patients passing through the ward you will be able to keep abreast of the latest clinical guidelines.
• Leadership skills - our leadership course and staff management courses will help you develop the skills you need to lead and motivate the team to provide excellent care.
• Education - Opportunities for mentorship and preceptorship with our placement students and newly qualified nurses.

With a variety of career progression opportunities - from Ward Manager, Matron, Practice Educator, Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Head of Nursing. Where do you see yourself?

Main duties of the job

• To support and deputise for the Ward Manager, to ensure the provision of excellent nursing care and the effective management of staff and other resources.
• To carry out the day-to-day management and co-ordination of the ward/department.
• To ensure that there are education and training opportunities for all staff, including pre and post registration students and /or providing specialist knowledge.

About us

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totaling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma.

Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.

The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Adult)
• Mentorship / Practice assessor

Desirable

• Attended IPR course

Experience

Essential

• Relevant specialist course or equivalent experience / competency.
• Nurse in Charge experience.
• Experience in competency development process for student nurses, HCA's and junior staff.

Desirable

• Evidence of audit or research project
• Clinical Leadership Programme

Skills

Essential

• Enthusiasm for the speciality

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Georges Hospital, Tooting

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT

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