Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Week days / Weekend / BH cover and rotation to nights)
- Job ref
- 230-21950608-CSS-F
- Employer
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- George Eliot NHS Trust
- Town
- Nuneaton
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse Critical Care
NHS AfC: Band 6
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.
The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.
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Job overview
Job Title - Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse Critical Care
Hours per week - 37.5 Hours Per Week - Part Time Hours would be considered
Perm/Fixed Term-Permanent
Salary - (£35,392 - £42,618) per annum
Closing Date- 01/05/2024
Interview Date- 07/05/2024
We are looking to employ Band 6 Critical Care Nurses to assist in the leadership of our critical care unit.
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
Careers at George Eliot – ‘Where you make a difference’
Main duties of the job
- Clinical leadership through effective monitoring and implementation of standards and evidence-based practice.
- Provide clinical leadership and direction to nursing team
- Act as a role model for all nursing staff within the unit promoting professional practice at all times.
- To take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the clinical area.
- To deputise for the Senior Sister in their absence
Working for our organisation
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
- Co-ordination of the rostered shift allocation, referring to senior sister if appropriate
or available. - Maintain clinical competence of self and others as determined by service need and job description. Tasks to include male catheterisation, ECG, Venepuncture, IV administration, Cannulation and X-ray requesting under group protocols.
- To frequently manage patients of all age groups with challenging behaviour such as violent and aggressive, under the influence of alcohol, mental health problems, sudden death, adult bereavement and patients who are a threat to themselves and others.
- To facilitate and build team working between nurses and the multi-disciplinary team to effect high standards of care.
- Ensure that risk assessments are complete as per Trust policy for manual Handling, Health & Safety and other relevant areas of concern.
- Ensure that equipment and the environment support the delivery of high standards of care at all times.
- Maintain a good standard of communication with the multidisciplinary team and respect the confidentiality of patients, relatives and colleagues.
- Provide specialized information and advice to patients, relatives and carers and other professionals in the provision of acute medical care.
Managerial - To support the Senior Sister to review staffing requirements using a proactive approach to retention and recruitment of staff
Person specification
Qualifications and Professional Training
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse
- Level of experience in Critical Care
- Post basic qualification relevant to post
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of ongoing development
Desirable criteria
- Leadership course or mentoring course
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Relevant clinical experience
- • Demonstrate commitment and ability to support staff teaching, research & education
- • Proven leadership skills, including team building, change management
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates the ability to effectively manage resources
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Proven clinical skills
- • Good communication and interpersonal skills duties, including moving and handling of patients
- • Physical capability to perform nursing duties, including moving and handling of patients.
- • To demonstrate the ability to work under pressure
- • Ability to lead and motivate staff
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of innovation within current areas of practice.
- Evidence of the ability to facilitate changes in practice
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexible rostering with appropriate notice to meet operational needs of the organization.
- Honest
- Responsible
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to form positive working relationships
Other
Essential criteria
- Able to maintain professional appearance
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Effective open communication
- Excellence and safety in all that we do
- Challenge but support
- Expect respect and dignity
- Local healthcare that inspires confidence
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Christina Redfern
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02476153441
- Additional information
Dona George- Clinical Nurse Manager
024 76 153853
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