Deputy Sister/Deputy Charge Nurse at Buckingham Community Hospital
Band 6
Main area: Elderly Rehabilitation
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (working day and night shifts)
Job ref: 434-CR6884168
Site: Buckingham Community Hospital
Town: Buckingham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
* Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics.
* Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services.
* Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services.
* Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact bht.recruitment@nhs.net or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
This is an exciting time to join our amazing team in Elderly Rehabilitation at Buckingham Community Hospital as we look to expand our senior nursing team. We welcome enthusiastic, caring and motivated individuals to join our team of multi-disciplinary professionals to provide dynamic, high quality, patient centered care to our service users.
This Band 6 role will require someone who really wants to develop themselves in a very supportive environment. You will need to be competent, caring, courageous, and compassionate, with the proven ability to work individually and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Across every area of Buckingham Healthcare Trust, we continually strive, as a multi-disciplinary team, to offer high quality, evidenced based and holistic care to all our patients. We believe that we have much to offer any candidate who joins our team.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate their commitment to continuously developing professionally whilst supporting junior colleagues in an acute clinical environment.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is designated to regularly take charge of the ward and provide effective professional and managerial leadership to all staff in the absence of Sister.
He/she is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care, maintaining a high standard of nursing care within the framework of Trust policies.
He/she will teach and supervise qualified and unqualified staff including basic and/or post basic students, back to nursing students and health care assistants.
He/She will be expected to complete clinical audits and implement positive changes to the ward environment following any indications. They will be involved in quality assurance as well as improvement and will work as part of the senior nursing team to monitor safety and improvement.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
* As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
* We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
* We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
* We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
* As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
* Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
* Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
* Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
* Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Person Specification and Job Description attached for further detail. Alternatively, contact Clare Ovens on 01280 826936.
Person specification
Experience
* Experience of working as NIC and coordinating shifts.
* Experience as a band 6/5.
* Experience of teaching, HCA’s, students and qualified staff.
* Experience of working as RN.
* Previous experience of working with frail older adults.
Rehabilitation
* Understanding of Frailty and rehabilitation in the community.
Education, Qualifications & Training
* Registered Nurse (Level 1).
* ENB 998 or equivalent.
* First Line Management Course.
* Evidence of further continued professional development.
* Diploma in Nursing.
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
* Ability to communicate clearly with patients, relatives and the multi-disciplinary team in English.
* Ability to write clearly and legibly in English.
* Competency in IV drug administration and infusion pump skills.
* Ability to work required shift pattern.
* Knowledge of up to date nursing and NHS issues.
* High motivation and ability to motivate others.
* Computer literate.
* Ability to work within a team and independently.
* Managerial and leadership ability.
* Understanding of Frailty and rehabilitation in the community.
* Knowledge of evidence informed and research-based practice.
* Ability to plan a rota.
* Ability to resolve conflict/dispute in a non-confrontational manner.
* Experience in managing complaints.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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