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Are you an experienced Respiratory Nurse looking for an exciting new challenge?

Great Ward Sisters and Charge Nurses have a strong sense of ownership of their wards and love to be in charge. They are honest and straightforward and they have high standards. They thrive on the busy nature of the role, they love being on top of things, they have a lot of drive and they keep going when things are tough. 

Is providing excellent nursing care and getting the basics right one of your key drivers? Do you love developing others to become excellent at what they do? Is making a difference and doing the right thing fundamental to you?

If so, Ward 29 would love to hear from you.

A key part of our Nursing and Midwifery strategy is to have empowered and skilled workforces who are responsive to the needs of patients. We achieve this by ensuring staff feel supported, clinically, academically and emotionally through Continued Professional Development, Clinical Supervision and the Trust Professional and Leadership Behaviours.

Ward 29 offers excellent opportunities to gain experience and develop leadership skills within Respiratory Medicine at the Freeman Hospital & this post could be just the challenge you are looking for.

• Interview date: 5th August 2024
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/ week

• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Main duties of the job

• Support the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse with professional accountability and standards, ensuring professional practices in line with the requirements of the NMC and the Trust.
• Act as a deputy and effectively manage the ward nursing resource when the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse is absent.
• Support and contribute to the development of patient care and nursing practice within the ward, contributing to Trust projects where required.
• Support the development of junior staff or students ensuring appropriate supervision and assessment is available.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.