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Emergency Department Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

Employer
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Burton On Trent
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata pa
Closing date
17 Oct 2024
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Profession
Nurse, Adult nurse, A&E nurse
Grade
Band 7
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
To be a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse for the Emergency Department (ED) working in partnership with the Matron to manage and provide leadership to the nursing team, in the provision of effective clinical and operational leadership across the ED.

To work collaboratively with the Lead Clinician and ED Manager, as well as the wider ED Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), to continuously improve and develop the ED.

Main duties of the job

The senior sister / charge nurse takes overall responsibility and is accountable for all delegated nursing care within the clinical environment. They provide nursing leadership and are accountable for patient, public and staff experience. They will lead, offer expert clinicaladvice and manage services to ensure the delivery of high quality, effective, and compassionate nursing care. This will be in line with local, Trust wide and national policies, procedures, values and behaviours and is essential they can provide both clinical care to patients.

Closing date of applications: 16 October 2024

Interview date: 31 October 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:
  • Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
  • On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
  • A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:
  • We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
  • We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
  • An average of 1115 patients are seen in A& Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
  • Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
  • Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
  • We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
  • We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

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Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • NMC Registration
  • Degree or relevant experience
  • Minimum of 5years ED experience


Desirable

  • Experience in the Emergency Department setting at Registered Nurse Level
  • ALS
  • APLS
  • Experience working with paediatrics


Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 3years Band 6 experience.
  • Mentoring and developing staff
  • Leadership Experience


Desirable

  • Post Reg Leadership qualification
  • Evidence of Major incident training completion.
  • Demonstrable experience of project management / service improvement


Essential

Essential

  • Demonstrable knowledge of clinical governance


Desirable

  • Significant post Registration experience


Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen's Hospital Burton

Belvedere Road

Burton On Trent

DE13 0RB

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

320-MED-BUR-1428

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