[ref. g4363716] Sheffield - Sister/Charge Nurse

Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Sister / Charge Nurse within Respiratory Medicine at the Northern General Hospital. We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced nurse to assist the Senior Charge Nurse in managing Robert Hadfield 1, an acute respiratory inpatient ward.

Is providing excellent Nursing care and getting the basics right one of your key drivers? Do you love developing others to become excellent at what they do? Is making a difference and doing the right thing fundamental to you? If your answer to these questions is yes, the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse role may be right for you.

Main duties of the job

Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via out salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

The post holder will deliver high quality care, ensuring individual patients needs are assessed, care planned, implemented and evaluated regularly. Care will be patient centred and patients will be encouraged to participate in the planning of their care using evidence based research practices.

The successful applicant would be involved in the routine management of this unit.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

GRaDE Care Group is comprised of 3 clinical directorates:

Respiratory Medicine

Outpatient services operate on both campus’ and are supported by the Patient Booking Hub at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• To have completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
• Possess or working towards a degree.

• Master’s level degree

Experience

• Experience at AFC band 5 (or equivalent)
• Experience of caring for patients with Respiratory conditions.
• Evidence of delivering education and training to patients and staff.
• Evidence of working collaboratively within multi- disciplinary teams.
• Evidence of leadership and management in a healthcare setting
• Evidence of applying research and audit in practice.
• Evidence of successfully managing & evaluating change

• Experience of looking after patients with respiratory conditions

Further Training

• IV drug administration competency.
• Evidence of professional development.
• IT/Computer skills.
• Ability to apply healthcare governance principles.
• Leadership and motivational skills.

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Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

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