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Are you looking for a role where you can make a difference to the lives of Older Adults? Do you have a proactive and forward-thinking attitude?
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Nurse with an interest in caring for the older adult in an Intermediate Care setting.
Ann Marie Howes is a 32 bedded stand-alone unit, situated in the Sheldon area of Birmingham. The Centre provides assessment and rehabilitation for older adults, admitted from various specialities in the Acute Hospital Trusts.
The skilled multi-disciplinary team provides a quality patient-focused service, supporting patients to increase their confidence and regain their independence, with a home-first ethos.
If you possess excellent communication skills, are dedicated to professional practice and development, have the ability to teach, motivate and influence your team, and wish to develop your managerial and leadership skills as a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse, we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Nurse on the ward, you will be responsible for leading a safe shift, offering Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates and Healthcare Assistants advice and support to care for their patients. You will be doing this alongside the other disciplines within our integrated MDT. You will also be required to manage a team and ensure their PDRs, Mandatory training, and Sickness Management are kept up to date. You will also be responsible for improving results and compliance in clinical audits. As part of the role, you will participate in holding the hospital bleep during either the day or the night shift, so flexibility towards shift patterns is essential.
Key objectives of the post are to ensure patient safety, support the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in developments to improve quality, cleanliness, and clinical effectiveness, and actively participate in the clinical development and management of staff.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services in people's homes, health centres, clinics, and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families, as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre, and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust that is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
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Job responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Adult Nurse
* Educated to degree level or equivalent in Nursing
* Teaching and Assessing qualification
Experience
* Significant experience of caring for patients with a range of health needs
* Significant experience and success in staff management and the procedures and policies underpinning this
* Significant experience in an inpatient setting
Skills
* Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with individuals and groups
* Ability to demonstrate organisational skills with a clear understanding
* Knowledge and skills in workforce planning, evidencing the ability to engage and fully utilise staff skills and interests.
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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