Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Kingfisher Ward
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Kingfisher ward is a general paediatric ward which takes babies, children and young people from 0 -17 years with a variety of medical, surgical and psychological problems. There is a Paediatric assessment area managing admissions and promoting early discharge. There are 3 higher observation beds to support children requiring higher level care within the main ward. General paediatrics provides 24 hour care to all patients. The ward team consists of various staffing levels according to dependency.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work alongside the Senior Sister to ensure the nursing care in the clinical environment is evidenced based and of a high standard and demonstrate this through clinical standards (including infection control), audit, service user feedback, risk management, complaints and staff development.
The post holder will manage the ward and be required to ensure the service is run effectively and efficiently. This includes patient flow, equipment and consumables use.
The post holder is responsible for positive leadership ensuring staff are supported, team work nurtured and staff developed including appraisals, competency and training with clear records and workforce planning. This includes being involved with the development of all staff, including performance management related issues.
The post holder should work alongside the Senior Sister and integrate themselves into the senior nursing team across family services making positive links and collaboration with other areas across the Trust including SCBU, Community, Emergency Department, Day Surgery and Support Services.
Job responsibilities
Responsibility for Patients
* To ensure that children have a voice and are central to the care delivery and are key in all decisions made and to ensure that families are supported as a unit.
* To ensure that care standards are of the highest quality, with systems in place to test the effectiveness and impact of care.
* To ensure that safety, safeguarding children, infection control, risk management, dignity and respect are central to the operational running of the ward and outpatient area.
* To ensure that the children and families have strong advocacy and clarity of information to support informed choice and care.
* To ensure that all staff are professional, clinically competent and safe workers.
* To ensure the environment is fit for purpose and child friendly.
* To ensure the department has open collaboration with other departments to ensure the patient journeys are as smooth as possible with the focus on the experience and care delivery of the child and practice changed and challenged to continuously improve the interface between departments.
Responsibility for Staff
* The post holder will be line managed by the Senior Sister and will escalate all issues via this role.
* The post holder will support the Senior Sister in the management of all registered nurses, support workers and administration based on Kingfisher and Children Outpatients.
* The post holder will be required to ensure students placed in clinical areas are supported with appropriate mentoring and a positive educational environment is maintained.
* The post holder is responsible for ensuring that staff are supported, given the opportunity to develop their skills and have an innovative approach that encourages best practice and continuous development.
* The post holder is responsible for ensuring all staff have annual appraisals, training is planned and that human resources policies are followed.
* The post holder is responsible for ensuring all staff are made aware of Trust wide and National developments and that risk is managed in a non-blame learning approach to improve practice.
* The post holder needs to be responsible for ensuring that dependency audits are undertaken to ensure the right skill mix is in place to support the delivery of good care.
Responsibility for Information Resources
* The post holder is responsible for ensuring information governance and professional standards for documentation are implemented in all their clinical areas and staff are aware of the requirements.
* The post holder is required to ensure compliance with data collection.
* The post holder is required to collate workforce and activity data as directed.
* The post holder is required to ensure meeting and supervision sessions are recorded.
* The post holder is required to ensure all the information requirements are routinely recorded accurately in patient records.
Responsibility for Research and Development
* The post holder is required to measure compliance with policy and report on findings.
* The post holder is required to utilise governance tools to improve quality of care, and utilise this to update care pathways and implement recommendations.
* The post holder is required to be aware of national care standards and published care improvements / developments and implement them where applicable.
Person Specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
* Registered Childrens Nurse
* Evidence of teaching in the clinical environment
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
* A minimum of 2 years post registration experience
* Understanding of professional nursing issues
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Experience at a Band 6 level desirable
SKILLS & ABILITIES
* Evidence of ability to practice as a proficient practitioner
* Evidence of ability to maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, patients and visitors
* Evidence of an ability to manage time effectively
* Evidence of ability to develop and implement nursing protocols based of evidenced based practice
* Understanding of clinical governance and ability to assist in establishing systems and monitoring effectiveness of care
* Evidence of an area of special interest
* Evidence of ability to develop leadership skills
* Knowledge of clinical audit / quality improvement
* Evidence of critical appraisal skills
* Demonstrates awareness and responsibilities with regard to child protection issues
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year Pro Rata Per Annum
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