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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse role at Epsom and St Helier.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* NMC Registered Nurse
* Post graduate courses relevant to specialty
* BSc or evidence of study at level 6
* Teaching and assessing course
* ILS
* Safeguarding level 3
Desirable criteria
* MSc or evidence of study at level 7
* ALS
* Level 1 or 2 Trauma qualifications
* Management and leadership course
Experience
Essential criteria
* Extensive post registration experience within specialty
* Experience of team and shift management
* Experience in conducting appraisals
Desirable criteria
* Experience in service improvement implementation
* Experience in research and audit
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Application of evidence based practice and knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
* Understanding of Clinical Audit & Clinical Governance
* Understanding of quality assurance
* Ability to create an environment which facilitates learning
* Commitment to self development and development of others
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge and experience of change management theories
Skills
Essential criteria
* Well developed leadership skills
* Excellent verbal, written communication skills and interpersonal skills
* Ability to effectively prioritise and organise workload of self and others
* Ability to work flexibly within an emergency setting
* Triage trained
* Computer literate
Desirable criteria
* Working with Excel
* Ability to chair and organise meetings
Personal
Essential criteria
* Committed to team working, motivated and able to motivate others
* Demonstrates caring and sensitive approach
* Flexible and adaptable approach
* Well organised and resourceful
Desirable criteria
* Creative and lateral thinker
Your application
Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References
You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date
In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting
You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS
We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Disability Advice Line
SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.
Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
* JD (PDF, 1.0MB)
* DBS Policy (PDF, 101.1KB)
* We're here to care (DOC, 39.0KB)
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