An excellent opportunity has arisen at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital for a confident, compassionate and clinically credible Practitioner to join the team as a Sister/Charge Nurse for Ward 83.

This is a 11 bedded unit that cares for children with a wide variety of medical issues, including long term ventilation and complex respiratory conditions.

The successful applicant will be required to provide leadership to the team with particular focus on patient safety, workforce management and quality improvement. You will work closely with the senior nursing and medical team to ensure delivery of these high standards of care.

You will have an RSCN/RN Child with a post-registration qualification and relevant experience in the specialty. You will be team-orientated and also able to work autonomously you will have excellent leadership, management, communication and interpersonal skills and be committed to the advancement of practice in this field.

Main duties of the job

As a Sister/Charge Nurse you will be responsible for leading the ward through the improving quality agenda, responsible for patient safety and patient experience

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• First level registration - RN(Child)/RSCN
• Post basic evidence of study
• Evidence of Level 6 studies
• Qualified to function as mentor for pre-registration students.

Desirable

• Further study in relevant specialty
• Appropriate management or leadership courses.

Experience

Essential

• Substantial relevant post registration experience, 1 of which must be within relevant clinical setting.
• Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice.
• Evidence of multi-disciplinary/multi-agency working.

Desirable

• Experience of clinical audit
• Experience of research activities

SKILLS, ABILITIES AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Evidence of teaching and assessing skills/ability.
• Clinically competent in name clinical area/speciality
• Proven workload management of self and of others.
• Proven ability to problem solve.
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable.
• Effective organisational skills
• Good analytical and clinical decision making skills
• Awareness of Clinical Governance process

Desirable

• IT/word processing skills

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Motivated to personal and professional development of self and other junior colleagues.
• Treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect.
• Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour.
• Enthusiasm and inspirational skills.

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

RMCH

Hathersage Road

Manchester

M13 9WL

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