[ref. s75719904] Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
Are you looking for your next career step in the Emergency Department? Are you currently a senior charge nurse, or perhaps looking to develop into your first band 7 role within emergency care? Then we want to hear from you!
We have expanded our department, and are seeking passionate, dedicated and caring experienced emergency care nurses to join our team, who share our vision for excellence. Experience of shift leading and managing patient flow will be essential, as is the ability to dynamically stream patients to the appropriate caregiver.You must be forward thinking, and committed to the ever-evolving needs of the department and be proactive in the journey of improving the experience of the general public who access our emergency services daily.
We are a diverse team who strive for further improvement and will be able to support you to develop and enhance your knowledge in both emergency medicine and leadership and management skills.
You will be responsible for the care and development of both junior colleagues and student nurses, creating an atmosphere conducive to learning and practice development, whilst also planning, providing and maintaining a high standard of effective nursing care to our patients and their relatives.
If you are looking for a new exciting and challenge role that will be rewarding, we would very much like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, within the Emergency Department, you will be responsible for ensuring that safe, effective and high-quality care is provided round-the-clock, taking the lead in the management of all clinical duties, exploring safe provision of the service through skill-mix review and allocation to workload, working in partnership with your associate director of nursing, head of nursing, matrons, clinical service groups, other wards across the healthcare group and wider trust, as well as additional services provided across the healthcare community.
You will also support the development of all staff, creating an atmosphere conducive to learning and practice development and continuously develop and enhance your own knowledge and skills, which will directly influence consistent standards of clinical practice.
The Emergency Department at the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, is one of the busiest emergency departments in the country (relative to size). Each year, the adult and paediatric departments assess, treat, admit and or discharge in excess of 100,000 patients per year.within the department there is a resuscitation, majors, further assessment, rapid assessment and treatment, streaming and respiratory areas. The department is supported by a large Urgent Treatment centre, consisting of a GP stream and Minor Injury Unit.
Working for our organisation
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- NMC Registration
- Emergency Care related post qualification course
- Leadership course
- Completion of Practice Assessor Course
- Evidence of CPD
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of applying quality governance processes
- Strong abilities to triage patients safely and effectively
- 18 months experience as a Band 6 in an Emergency Department
- Prior experience in other Acute care areas
- Prior experience of supporting junior staff with learning and development
- Research and Audit Experience
What we can offer you:
- Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
- Free car parking for our staff
- Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
- Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
- Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
- Access to NHS Pension scheme
- Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
- Onsite creche facilities
- Annual appraisals with career pathways
- In-house training courses
- Discounted hospital restaurant
- Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
- Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
- All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
- The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
- Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
- Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn