East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a committed, enthusiastic and highly motivated junior sister/charge nurse to join our friendly team on Stradbroke ward.
Stradbroke ward is a 27 bedded ward caring for patients with complex Gastroenterology and Surgical needs providing specialist care for patients with nutritional and alcoholic disorders. If you have experience of caring for Gastroenterology and/or Surgical patients, we would like to hear from you.
We pride ourselves in providing a supportive environment to develop knowledgeable and competent practitioners. There are various opportunities to continue to develop skill and a career pathway. For example, we offer training surrounding acute gastroenterology presentations, the deteriorating patient and emergency and elective surgical care.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an individual who will support the ward sister in leading and developing the wonderful nursing team in this department and promote multi-disciplinary working.
You will provide inspirational leadership to the department, be positively welcoming, effective and act as a credible role model.
You will have well-developed communication, change management and organisational skills, with a positive attitude and share in our vision and commitment to continuously develop and improve.
You should be caring, compassionate, forward thinking, well organized and have a positive attitude towards flexibility and change.
We are committed to upholding the Trust values and strive to enhance the patient's clinical journey by ensuring the patient is at the centre of their care.
If you are committed to providing high quality care and have the passion to ensure the continued development of the surgical services, the trust provides, we want to hear from you.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience
* Proven experience in Surgical nursing and delivering evidence-based practice.
* Experience in other fields of nursing.
* Involved in change management.
Qualification
* Registered Nurse.
* ENB 998 or equivalent.
* Evidence of ongoing professional development.
* Preceptorship module.
* Degree level qualifications. Willing to work towards a degree.
Knowledge
* Current practices / trends within Surgical specialism/nursing.
* Awareness and understanding of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and Mental Capacity Act.
* Awareness and understanding of current patient safety initiatives.
* Good knowledge of infection control procedures/initiatives.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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