We have an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Ward Leader to join our dedicated team on Ward 23! This dynamic 23-bedded unit provides exceptional coronary care to patients with a variety of Acute Coronary Syndromes, including arrhythmias, heart failure, and other cardiac-related diagnoses.
The ward takes direct patient admissions from both A&E and the Cardiac Catheter Suite, offering you a unique opportunity to enhance your clinical expertise by caring for patients pre and post angiography, angioplasty, and following the implantation of cardiac devices.
As the Deputy Ward Leader, you will support the Ward Leader in delivering high-quality patient care while overseeing a designated group of patients during their care episodes. You will play a vital role in maintaining high standards of care and will be expected to take charge of the ward regularly, acting as a role model for your team.
• Act as Deputy to the Ward Leader/Charge Nurse, taking charge of the ward and ensuring that care standards and the overall environment meet high-quality expectations.
• Provide leadership, ensuring patient care is safe, efficient, and of the highest standard.
• Regularly provide direct clinical care, demonstrating expert nursing practice and supporting both clinical and non-clinical governance.
• Work collaboratively with the Ward Sister and team, ensuring that standards are maintained, evaluated, and continuously improved.
• Mentor and support junior staff, helping develop their clinical skills and experience.
• Incorporate evidence-based practice into patient care to enhance outcomes and promote best practices.
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we
also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
This advert closes on Thursday 27 Feb 2025
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