Frimley Park Stroke Unit receives patients from across Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire.
As Sister/Charge Nurse, you will be working closely with the Senior Sister, Matron and the larger multi-disciplinary team playing an integral role ensuring and maintaining high quality patient care.
You will be expected to demonstrate clinical leadership and drive quality improvement changes in the clinical setting.
You will support Junior colleagues in their professional development and with appropriate training you will support the Senior Sister with management of staff sickness, appraisals, staffing issues, incident and complaint management etc.
We can offer you a range of management and leadership development opportunities to support you in this role, as well as support from a dedicated Clinical Practice Educator who provides support to all our staff and can focus on any specific training requirements you may have.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Some of the key responsibilities include:
• To function as a practicing professional and participate in direct patient care in line with NMC code.
• To lead in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care within the team.
• Be an advocate and expert regarding the stroke patient care and pathway.
• Be a role model and show a commitment to stroke care and management.
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge of infection control standards and promote these within ward environment.
• Collaborate and support the Ward Manager when actioning plans to prevent reoccurrence of untoward incidents or complaints.
• To maintain own professional competencies according to NMC standards and guidelines.
• Demonstrate sound knowledge regarding agreed Trust policies and National Stroke guidelines.
This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Feb 2025