Deputy Sister/Deputy Charge Nurse
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Cardiology management team on Wards 3 South, 4 North West and Coronary Care Unit.
Our team strive for high quality standards ensuring that the department is safe, patients needs are met and we are proactive in the wellbeing of our staff. We lead with compassion and work to develop the service and others we care and work with.
3 South and 4 North West currently have 57 beds commissioned including 6 Coronary Care Beds. Within the Coronary Care Unit you will be expected to care for acutely unwell patients such as post Myocardial Infarction who require interventions such as Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump and CPAP. Cardiology is fast paced and is on the cutting edge of technology, providing excellent cardiology experience for staff caring for patients undergoing cardiology procedures: angiograms, angioplasty including the Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention service, ablations, cardiac devices and various cardiac valve related procedures.
The nursing dependency of the patients is diverse with direct transfers from the regional general hospitals and emergency pathways running through our department and as such is dependent on the clinical skills of trained and motivated nurses.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to, deputise in the absence of the ward manager and will oversee the day-to-day clinical operations of the department providing clear leadership to the nursing team by acting as an expert practitioner and role model assisting junior colleagues to develop advanced knowledge and skills in order to benefit the treatment and care of critically ill patients in our hospital.
To manage nursing care and provide a safe, effective level of patient care, assisting with the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
The role includes responsibility for systems which ensure the implementation, maintenance and monitoring of quality standards, the delivery of supervision and appraisal and the management of clinical rosters in line with our performance goals.
Development opportunities at Royal Papworth Hospital are first class, with supportive individualised orientation programme and opportunities to progress in your career.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge.
We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure. Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future.
Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today.
The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence and collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles and interactions.
Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality. The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Date posted
11 May 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9175-2324-2-CD3830
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)



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