Junior Sister/Charge Nurse

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Junior Sister / Charge Nurse within the Paediatric Emergency Department to develop their skills and knowledge and work within an excellent team of health care professionals dedicated to emergency care provision.

Main duties of the job

Candidates will have RSCN qualifications with experience at Band 6 level They must be able to demonstrate good leadership qualities, and support a team of nurses whilst co-ordinating the flow within the department.

You will be required to:

• Take direct managerial responsibility for the clinical area
• Assist in the leadership and development of an identified group of nurses within the department and ensure that regular 1:1s and professional development is maintained amongst their teams. The Band 6 is also responsible for ensuring that all staff in their team have yearly appraisal’s completed on time. The successful candidate will robustly assist managing the ED ward audits and ensure it remains in a positive position and escalate and act on any concerns
• Act as a clinical resource within the department
• Act as a positive role model to junior staff members. Particular emphasis is on the need to ensure that all staff recognises their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient focused manner and to maintain patient confidentiality at all times
• Have a sound understanding of the Emergency Care Standards (ECS) and assist the senior management team in delivering this
• Have a good understanding of relevant local and national health agenda items
• Act up on behalf of the Band 7 in their absence and attend meetings as necessary

Working for our organisation

As a Trust we are proud of our centre of excellence status in Family services and the 'Good' rating by the Quality Care Commission (CQC) for the Trust as a whole. This is a direct result and recognition of the positive patient experience and the high quality of care that our staff provide to patients.

It provides a range of specialist out-patient and community services and is committed to providing excellent clinical performance and patient care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below

Person specification

Qualification

• RN Child/ RNSC
• Assessor or clinical supervision experience
• APLS

• Leadership

Experience

• Experience of band 6 or above
• Recent professional development

• Team Management
• Teaching Experience
• Manchester Triage Trained

Skills

• Good communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• IV Cannulation Venepuncture
• ECG recording
• IRMER Trained
• Level 3 Safeguarding
• Suturing Skills

• Experience of co-ordinating shift and escalation
• Managing clinical incidents
• Risk Management involvement
• Male/Female Catheterisation
• Appraiser Training
• Audit experience

We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.

We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.

Staff benefits - Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk)

From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.