Senior Sister / Senior Charge Nurse - Emergency Department
The Emergency Department at NNUH is seeking to recruit highly dedicated and passionate individuals to join our team as Health Care Assistants. The NNUH hosts the busiest Emergency Department in the East of England seeing over 140,000 patients every year.
This role is key in continuing our #JourneytoOutstanding and ensuring that patients are at the heart of everything we do. We're looking for an individual with excellent communication skills who is capable of providing the highest possible standard of patient care. You'll work within a varied Multi-disciplinary Team, playing a vital part in ensuring a safe, timely and effective patient experience.
The successful applicant will benefit from a structured development plan and further educational opportunities.
Main duties of the job
Providing overall nursing leadership and management of the ED department having responsibility for the period of duty. Ensure a high standard of research-based nursing practice delivering patient care. To act as a clinical specialist giving advice to other ward areas and outside agencies as required. To be responsible for the promotion and implementation of ED competencies and standards set by the nursing and midwifery professional bodies and trust nursing policies and guidelines. To participate in the teaching programme of the department.
To support the delivery of a high-quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH's 'PRIDE' values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity, and Excellence.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
* Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
* Multi Faith prayer room
* Discounted gym memberships
* Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
* Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
* Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
* Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
* On-site Nursery
* On-site cafes offering staff discounts
* Flexible staff bank
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme, and home electronics
Job responsibilities
* Ensure practice is in accordance with the NMC Code and work within limits of competence.
* Maintain a high standard of nursing care by acting as a professional Role Model to others adopting the ED Philosophy of nursing in his/her clinical practice.
* To work effectively in all Nursing roles across the department including Shift Lead and Area Leads as required.
* Ensure daily compliance with Tendable for area of allocation/department.
* Implement effective assessment and delegation of workload to more junior members of staff ensuring that their duties are carried out efficiently and competently.
* To be responsible for and supervise the assessment planning.
Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 2237 does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa. The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse or Paramedic with significant post-registration experience in ED. Some experience in a senior ED nurse role.
* One of the following: ALS, PALS/APLS, ATLS/ATNC/TNCC.
* ENP or Minor injury/illness course at level 3.
Experience
Skills
* Knowledge of up-to-date issues in ED and the NHS.
* Experience of managing a team.
* Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication, and Excellence.
* Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
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.
£46,148 to £52,809 a year, per annum, pro rata.
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