Junior Sister/Charge Nurse

Job summary

We are looking for a committed Band 6 Junior Sister / Charge Nurse to join our elective / non-elective Orthopaedic ward at Sunderland Royal Hospital.

You will be working in a busy adult orthopaedic ward, which provides both elective and non-elective care to our orthopaedic patients The orthopaedic service at STSFT currently has two wards at SRH D42 (non-elective orthopaedic admission unit) and D48 (a mixed orthopaedic trauma and elective unit), as well as one ward at STDH. There is also a dedicated Fracture Clinic at SRH.

You will be an experienced nurse with a background specialised in Orthopaedics or another surgical speciality, you will support the Department Manager and Multidisciplinary team to provide patient-centred evidence-based care; maintain high care delivery standards and efficient, safe management of patients within our busy Orthopaedic ward.

Educational support for the role exists both in-house and externally. We are a progressive Directorate with strong links to the community and by joining us you will have the opportunity to help us achieve our goals and in return we will commit to your ongoing development to support your ongoing career progression.

This is an ideal opportunity to progress your career. You will be a dedicated and compassionate Nurse, pro-active in ensuring high-quality, evidence-based care. You will need to demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.

Main duties of the job

The role includes working closely with the Orthopaedic and Orthogeriatric Consultants, colleagues in our other Orthopaedic wards and departments. To support the Ward Manager, and a full complement of Registered Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and ward administration support, will provide strong leadership and foster excellent communication, teamwork and collaboration with all colleagues, to consistently deliver excellent patient care to all service users. The duties include:

• Providing high-quality, effective, individualised care to all patients by assessing care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating them without supervision.
• Continuous monitoring of patient experience and harm-free care.
• Being a primary point of contact for service users, responding to patients, relatives and carers concerns and complaints as they arise, and taking remedial action as required.
• To supervise, support and educate junior members of the Team, acting as a role model.
• Support ward/department manager to ensure organisational goals/objectives are met within ward/department.

When taking charge of the ward/department or in the absence of the ward/department manager, is directly responsible for ensuring that clinical, professional and cleanliness standards are maintained in the entire ward/department.

About us

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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,600 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Care Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust Headquarters

Sunderland Royal Hospital

Sunderland

SR4 7TP

Employer's website

https://www.stsft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust Headquarters

Sunderland Royal Hospital

Sunderland

SR4 7TP

Employer's website

https://www.stsft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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