Job summary
Ward G4 has an exciting opportunity for a motivated, experienced Nurse, who has a passion for nursing older patients, to join the Team as a Sister/Charge Nurse.
G4 is a 27 bed Ward that specialises in nursing acute medical patients who are over 75. These patients have can have complex medical needs as well as complex discharge requirements.
As Sister/Charge Nurse you are also a team leader with responsibility for a team of nurses and health care assistants, as well as supporting and deputising for the Senior Sister.
This is the ideal position for somebody wishing to progress their career, enhance their leadership and managerial skills and join a very friendly motivated team.
Main duties of the job
To assist the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in the overall running of the ward and the co-ordination of the multidisciplinary team to ensure a safe and effective standards of patient care and patient flow as well as providing teaching to staff.
To participate in a full range of shifts, including Trust and Unit bleep holder rotas, ensuring a visible presence in the ward area.
About us
Come Nurse with us...
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
o Our values and reputation for outstanding careo Opportunities to experience a range of specialitieso Career and development opportunitieso Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support teamo Research experience and opportunitieso Lovely location and quality of lifeo Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
A welcome subsidy of £1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers and Band 5 Orthoptists taking up substantive employment with the Trust.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 12 January 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 21 January 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
A welcome subsidy of £1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers and Band 5 Orthoptists taking up substantive employment with the Trust.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 12 January 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 21 January 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current and relevant registration on NMC Register
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Practise Assessor and Supervisor
Desirable
- Relevant postgraduate qualification
- Additional clinical qualification in specialist area
- Dementia qualification
- Completion of, or working towards a leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of shift and ward management in absence of senior colleagues
- Experience of mentoring and teaching junior staff
- Experience in an acute elderly care environment
- Experience of complex discharge planning issues
- Experience of MDT working
- Experience and awareness of patient flow and the impact of poor patient flow
Desirable
- Experience of representing senior sister/charge nurse during their absence
- Previous experience of nurse led discharges
- Experience of leading the daily board meeting and providing appropriate challenge
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound theoretical and practical knowledge of nursing within the clinical area
- Awareness of Trust and Ward/Department policies
- Awareness of need to demonstrate a professional appearance and behaviours
- An understanding of the professional nursing agenda
Desirable
- Experience of managing Human Resource issues i.e. poor performance, sickness, recruitment and retention
- Awareness of broader issues within the Trust and NHS
- Health and Safety awareness
- Quality issues and Clinical Governance
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills
- Computer literacy
- Maintenance of confidentiality
- Identify problems and recommend solutions
- Positive and effective team worker
- Awareness and respect for colleagues', patients' and relatives' cultural and emotional needs
- Willingness to adapt to change as the organisation develops
Desirable
- Experience of using the EPIC system
- Ability to provide strong and compassionate leadership in order to affect change
- Advanced clinical skills in care of the older person
- Practical skills teaching
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
- Flexible approach to working in line with service requirement
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current and relevant registration on NMC Register
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Practise Assessor and Supervisor
Desirable
- Relevant postgraduate qualification
- Additional clinical qualification in specialist area
- Dementia qualification
- Completion of, or working towards a leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of shift and ward management in absence of senior colleagues
- Experience of mentoring and teaching junior staff
- Experience in an acute elderly care environment
- Experience of complex discharge planning issues
- Experience of MDT working
- Experience and awareness of patient flow and the impact of poor patient flow
Desirable
- Experience of representing senior sister/charge nurse during their absence
- Previous experience of nurse led discharges
- Experience of leading the daily board meeting and providing appropriate challenge
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound theoretical and practical knowledge of nursing within the clinical area
- Awareness of Trust and Ward/Department policies
- Awareness of need to demonstrate a professional appearance and behaviours
- An understanding of the professional nursing agenda
Desirable
- Experience of managing Human Resource issues i.e. poor performance, sickness, recruitment and retention
- Awareness of broader issues within the Trust and NHS
- Health and Safety awareness
- Quality issues and Clinical Governance
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills
- Computer literacy
- Maintenance of confidentiality
- Identify problems and recommend solutions
- Positive and effective team worker
- Awareness and respect for colleagues', patients' and relatives' cultural and emotional needs
- Willingness to adapt to change as the organisation develops
Desirable
- Experience of using the EPIC system
- Ability to provide strong and compassionate leadership in order to affect change
- Advanced clinical skills in care of the older person
- Practical skills teaching
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
- Flexible approach to working in line with service requirement
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).