Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Children's Ward - £2,000 Incentive
This post attracts a recruitment incentive of £2000 pro rata (conditions apply).
Are you an experienced Band 5 or Band 6 Nurse looking to develop your career? We are keen to recruit an experienced Paediatric Nurse who is looking to develop their professional leadership and clinical skills within our amazing team in Children's Services at Colchester Hospital, which has recently been approved as a High Dependency Unit Level 2.
At East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, we deliver high quality, compassionate care and strive to provide a positive patient experience in a safe environment. We are a 20-bedded Children's Ward with 2 HDU Level 1 Beds and 1 Level 2 bed, caring for patients requiring a number of high dependency interventions including CPAP, BiPAP, and Long Term Ventilation.
We value our workforce and make sure you can achieve your full potential. If you have the skills for the role, then we would love to hear from you. We have full-time and part-time hours available.
Responsibilities
1. To effectively manage and develop the nursing team within the Children’s Ward and provide professional and clinical leadership in the delivery of high quality, safe, cost-effective care to children, families, and staff.
2. To work with nurses and other identified team members (MDT) on a one-to-one/group basis and enhance clinical skills and practice across areas where children are cared for.
3. To deputize for the ward/unit manager to ensure appropriate senior cover at all times.
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 the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, 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.
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: Michelle Duffney Job title: Matron - Children's Services Email address: Michelle.Duffney@esneft.nhs.uk
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Other
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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