Sister/Charge Nurse - EAU4 Medical Assessment Unit
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse on the EAU4 team.
EAU4 is a 26 bedded medical assessment unit with the ability to cardiac monitor patients. There is a strong focus on both team and multidisciplinary working to ensure the best possible outcomes for our patients. A necessity for this role is to have a broad acute medicine base and a flexible ability to work.
You will have experience of coordinating a busy ward area whilst supporting a team, be highly motivated and have a genuine desire to provide high quality patient care. You must be an experienced individual with appropriate current experience within a medical assessment area to enable you to lead and support the provision of safe, personalised and effective patient care. You will be expected to work with the team to promote change and continue the development of the unit and staff.
Main Duties of the Job
You will be expected to maintain high standards of care, meeting national and local standards with regards to quality, safety and length of stay within the unit. As Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse you will be expected to promote innovative thinking and provide supportive leadership and managerial support to the team.
You will line manage a team of Nurses and HCAs, working with the Senior Sister to support staff development, manage sickness/absence and other HR related issues and ensure safe staffing levels through roster management. The Sister/Charge Nurse role also includes holding the Divisional bleep to support staffing and patient safety as required.
About Us
Come Nurse with us...
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why Choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
* Our values and reputation for outstanding care
* Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
* Career and development opportunities
* Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
* Research experience and opportunities
* Lovely location and quality of life
Job Responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
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A welcome subsidy of £1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers and Band 5 Orthoptists taking up substantive employment with the Trust.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 23 December 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 6 January 2025
Benefits to You
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current registration with the NMC as an adult nurse
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Practice assessor and supervisor
* Completion of a leadership program
* ILS
* Cardiology awareness course
Experience
* Current Post registration experience within an acute assessment area or ED
* Experience of complex discharge planning
* Experience of shift co-ordination and patient flow
* Experience in venepuncture and cannulation
* Experience as team leader
* Experience in team development and management e.g. Appraisals, sickness and performance
* Experience of caring for patients with a mental health crisis
* Previous experience of bleep holding
Knowledge
* Knowledge of mentorship and teaching
* Knowledge of SDEC pathways and targets
* Management of deteriorating patient
* Awareness of current issues facing acute and emergency care in the NHS
Skills
* Management and teaching skills
* Effective team working skills
* Problem solving
* Interpretation of ABG's, ECG's, and cardiac monitors
* Care of deteriorating patients
Additional Requirements
* The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
* Be able to work a variety of shift patterns including night shifts
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.
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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