Join to apply for the Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Washbrook Ward role at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you looking for a new challenge to expand your knowledge and skills in a new specialty or expand your existing knowledge?
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who can use their initiative to support and develop the team on Washbrook Ward. A positive and flexible approach is essential as well as the ability to support new ways of working.
Washbrook Ward is a diverse 27-bedded ward that provides care for medical patients with a wide variety of medical conditions. Patients on this ward tend to have a predicted length of stay of under seven days.
Within this role, you will have the opportunity to have a positive impact on the standard of care that our patients receive. In addition to this, you will help to develop and influence the careers of others within the team. You will possess excellent communication skills, show patience and understanding, and be able to demonstrate recent professional development.
If you would like to join a strongly motivated team who are passionate about their patients, have an interest in progressing your leadership skills, and are keen to embrace service development and innovation, then we would welcome your application.
Key Responsibilities:
1. To be responsible, with the guidance of the Ward Sister, for providing leadership and teaching within the Unit environment.
2. To support the Ward Sister in the general management of the ward, such as completion of appraisals, 1-1s, and other management tasks.
3. Through knowledge, good example, and education, enable unit staff to deliver high-quality, individualized care.
4. To provide support and supervision of nursing staff, and effectively coordinate and deploy resources within the ward.
5. To assist in the provision of the Cardiac Monitoring Service across the wider hospital, through the monitoring of telemetry.
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 organizations 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 offers 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.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Gumbo, Job title: Ward Sister, Email address: sarah.gumbo@esneft.nhs.uk.
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Function
Other
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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