Sister/Charge Nurse - Acute Cardiac Centre
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse to join our team on Acute Cardiac Centre. We are looking for a highly motivated and innovative nurse to work and lead our team to help deliver high quality care to our patients.
ACC is a 19 bedded coronary care unit, which specialises in the care of patients with heart failure, adult congenital heart disease, and those who have undergone advanced cardiology interventions in our cardiac catheter labs following a number of advanced cardiology interventions such as primary PCI.
You will be an experienced staff nurse looking for a challenge in order to progress your career in nursing. You will demonstrate excellent knowledge and previous experience of caring for cardiac patients as well as processing excellent leadership skills.You will be working collaboratively with other MDT members. You will be confident in working under your own initiative and able to prioritise your clinical care and work load accordingly.
You will have the opportunity to develop your leadership and management skills with the full assistance of the ward manager and matron. You will receive a full induction and will be supported by the specialist education team to become a competent sister / charge nurse.We hold annual appraisals and regular 1:1 meetings to guide you in the new role and discuss what can be done to support you. This is a 9 month, fixed term contract to cover maternity leave
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assess, plan implement and evaluate the care for these patients supporting and guiding junior staff in the process. The post holder will provide direct patient care and have detailed clinical knowledge of the specialist area.The post holder will assist the senior Sister/Charge Nurses in ensuring that high standards of quality of care are delivered & maintained. The post holder will act as a positive role model within the department for staff patients and carers. The post holder will deputise for the senior sister as required.
The post holder will enable nurses to acquire clinical and professional competencies by facilitating high quality education and staff development opportunities.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Registered Nurse (Adult)
Essential criteria- Must hold current UK NMC PIN
- Evidence of CPD in relevant specialty
- Evidence of Level 3 studies
- Can function as mentor for pre registration students.
- Appropriate management or leadership courses.
- Relevant teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria- Extensive post registration experience, some of which must be within relevant clinical setting.
- Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice
- Evidence of multi disciplinary/multi agency working
- Experience of clinical audit
- Experience of research activities
SKILLS, ABILITIES AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria- Excellent communication skills.
- Proven workload management of self and others
- IT skills