Main area Emergency Care Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Full Time Hours and part time) Job ref 357-GR-1824-24
Employer: United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Grantham and District Hospital
Town: Grantham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata for Part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/02/2025 23:59
Deputy Sister/ Charge Nurse EAU - Band 6
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do:
* Patient-centred: Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
* Safety: Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
* Excellence: Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
* Compassion: Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
* Respect: Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. This is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Job overview
Due to career development, the Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU) has a vacancy for a highly motivated and enthusiastic deputy sister or charge nurse.
EAU is a 24 bedded area caring for medical patients, including 4 escalation beds. We take patients directly from UTC, SDEC, clinics, and GPs.
We work closely with the whole MDT and have our own ward-based OTs and Physios.
Alongside acute medical admissions, we care for patients requiring complex discharge planning and work closely with the social work department.
As a Band 6, you will be supported with any learning/development you may require.
Please note this position is not due to start until on or after 01-May-2025.
Main duties of the job
Duties will include clinical responsibilities such as assessing, planning, delivering, and evaluating nursing care and supporting colleagues in providing care of the highest standard.
Working with and leading the multi-disciplinary team, you will need excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. You will be a role model, both clinically and professionally, with the ability to motivate and manage, adapting to rapidly changing situations.
You will frequently be the designated shift co-ordinator and will be expected to deputise for the Department Manager. You will support the ward manager in completing appraisals, managing absences, and clinical education.
Person specification
Experience
* Experience in an acute environment.
* Acted as ‘shift co-ordinator’ / Bleep Holder in an acute environment.
* Recent experience of implementing change and nurse-led initiatives.
* Experience of mentoring students and acting as preceptor to newly qualified nurses.
* Participated in the induction of new staff.
* Reported and responded to clinical and non-clinical incidents appropriately.
* Experience in clinical audit.
* Experience in acute emergency assessment areas.
* Performed staff appraisals and participated in recruitment.
* Participated in the investigation and resolution of complaints.
Skills and Knowledge
* Extended competencies (e.g., cannulation, venepuncture, ECG recording).
* Awareness of the dignity in care agenda.
* Ability to teach to all grades of staff.
* Knowledge of budget management.
Qualification
* Registered Nurse Level 1.
* Supervisor and Assessor / Mentorship.
* Evidence of further education/CPD.
* ILS certificate.
* Health roster training.
ULTH recognises that everyone is different and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge, and skills make in delivering quality healthcare. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme and other policies.
As a responsible employer, ULTH encourages staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Due to the high volume of applications, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
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