[ref. e64521101] Sister / Charge Nurse | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The role may interest candidates with experience in emergency care, triage and managing acute situations. The clinic currently sees a variety of patients including walk in early pregnancy, general gynaecology and urgent referrals. There are out outpatient procedures such as hysteroscopy, medical management of miscarriage, cyst drainage and biopsy that take place in the department too.

• Line management of a team of nurses

• Co-ordination of clinics and nursing team and ensuring to the smooth running of the EPU/GDU
• Ensuring safe, kind and compassionate care for our patients
• Maintaining safe staffing levels
• Dealing with patient queries arising throughout the day in the department and liaising with medical teams and appropriate escalation
• Supporting daily outpatient clinics by working closely with clinical teams
• Working as part of the clinical team in hysteroscopy and other procedures such as MVAs
• Demonstrating good communication skills with colleagues, patients and carers
• Being open to change in the department and learning new skills as needed
• Demonstrating teamwork by being flexible and building good working relationships with colleagues
• Working collaboratively to improve pathways
• Ensuring education and competency of the nursing team.

Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineand pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

• In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second yearrunning!University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

This advert closes on Sunday 1 Dec 2024