Senior Sister/Charge Nurse: Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre - Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job overview

The Hub is an exciting new venture supporting the delivery of elective orthopaedic care for patients across the region and is a partnership venture between Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Nurse with extensive experience and knowledge in Orthopaedic nursing and proven leadership skills.

You will be committed to upholding the values of the Trust and promoting the ethos of ambulatory arthroplasty pathways within the HOC.

The delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate care is essential to our organisation.

The HOC will have a strong focus on multidisciplinary team working, which helps to ensures a complete approach to patient centred care. We are looking for applicants who have a passion to embrace new and innovative ways of working and who believe that the patient experience is central to care delivered.

• - Leadership – the successful candidate must be a leader who will promote excellence within the inpatient ward and ambulatory unit and who is willing to go the extra mile to achieve this.
• Dedication – the successful applicant will be someone who is dedicated to the role and who is willing to promote evidence based care.
• Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure and to go an extra mile when required.
• Aspiration – the successful candidate must be willing to improve their own clinical practice, knowledge, and skills.
• High standards of Professional Practice to ensure quality and safety of patient care, experience, and the patient journey.
• Specialist clinical practice, knowledge, skills and experience.
• Productivity and financial management of a clinical area with a delegated budget.
• Ensuring clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care and that all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved.
• Lead the clinical team to ensure a clean and safe environment for patients and staff in accordance with Health and Safety and Infection Control Policies and best practice.
• To work collaboratively with other HHFT ward areas, and HOC theatres to ensure operational and clinical support as required.
• To drive the HOC as a centre of excellence, promoting a positive patient experience and efficiency
• Working for our organisation

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

• Level 3 Certificate/Diploma in Management and Leadership, or equivalent e.g. NVQ Level 3
• Degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience
• Professional UK registration e.g. NMC, HCPC

• A Masters’ degree or evidence of working towards a Masters’ degree in the relevant field
• Project management learning and/or development
• Communication skills learning and/or development

Experience & Knowledge

• Evidence of significant post registration clinical work experience
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile

• Understanding of Health Environment policies and legislation including Clinical, Human Resources, Equality & Diversity, Governance

Skills & Ability

• Advanced communication skills including to communicate complex, sensitive or confidential information in an appropriate manner; to liaise and negotiate effectively; to understand and disseminate multifaceted information.
• Clinical Skills appropriate to the relevant speciality

• Highly specialised clinical skills relevant to the speciality e.g. trained in non-invasive ventilation.

Other Specific Requirements

• Keen to learn and take on opportunities for personal and departmental development

• Responds positively to constructive feedback