Main area: Emergency Department
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Preference of hours will be discussed at interview)
Job ref: 272-6713480
Employer: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Bassetlaw Hospital District General
Town: Worksop
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Pro Rata Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/12/2024 23:59
Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department (BDGH)
Band 6
Job overview
The jobholder will play an essential role assisting the Lead Nursing Team in leading the nursing teams throughout the 24-hour period.
As an experienced nurse, the jobholder will co-ordinate activities in the department, ensuring effective communication is maintained at all times, providing support to qualified and unqualified staff within ED. He/she will play a key role in the assessment of patient care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care.
The jobholder will act as a role model, promoting quality evidence-based practice, developing the nursing team, and ensuring effective management of the department in the absence of the Lead Nurse.
Will act at all times to encourage an environment of empowerment through coaching, teaching, and facilitating to support service development.
Main duties of the job
The jobholder will work for the Emergency Department and may be asked to work cross-site.
The jobholder will support the Lead Nurse in the day-to-day management of a team of nurses and support staff, co-ordinating the smooth running of the Emergency Department on a shift-by-shift basis.
With a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, the post holder will have responsibility for the ongoing development of a team of nurses. This entails working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing, and management colleagues.
Undertake Emergency Nurse Practitioner role if training and competencies are achieved.
Working for our organisation
DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career; it’s our pledge to help you Develop, Belong, and Thrive, Here.
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ+ communities.
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemes
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, and finance through external providers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully.
Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
* Demonstrable experience at Band 5 or equivalent in Emergency Department or Acute setting
* Proven leadership and management skills
* Experience in change management
* Insight into clinical speciality
* Insight into current nursing and professional issues
* Demonstrates standards of professional practice
* Ability to demonstrate involvement in service development, e.g., patient pathways
Qualifications and Training
* Registered Nurse - Level 1
* Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
* Evidence of continued professional development and implementation in clinical practice within the last 12 months
* Application of evidence-based practice
* Willingness to work towards ENP
* Understanding of training needs in relation to post i.e., ALS, PLS, ILS, Trauma course
* To develop personal clinical ability to meet service demands
* Evidence of RCN competencies completion
Personal Attributes and Skills
* Professionalism
* Excellent written and spoken English
* Ability to problem solve, anticipate and forward plan
* Ability to act as shift leader/coordinator
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* Please note that all correspondence will be sent to you via email. If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
* We reserve the right to close down this advert early should there be a high number of applicants.
* The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
* All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check, and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken. The Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event that they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Please note that this check will be charged for in two instalments when you commence employment with Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.
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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