Job summary
? Join Our Team as a Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Ward 42, King's Mill Hospital ?Location:King's Mill Hospital, NottinghamshireContract:Full Time
Are you a compassionate and driven healthcare professional ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? Ward 42 at King's Mill Hospital is seeking a dedicated Deputy Sister/Charge Nurseto support the delivery of outstanding patient care.
As Deputy Ward Leader, you will:
- Act as a key support to the Ward Leader, regularly taking charge of the ward and ensuring high standards of care and a safe, supportive environment.
- Be an effective leader and role model, providing direct clinical care and supporting the implementation of clinical and non-clinical governance.
- Work flexibly within the ward team to maintain, evaluate, and improve care standards.
- Integrate evidence-based practice into daily care delivery.
Ward 42 accommodates 24 patients in a mix of bays and en suite rooms. You'll be part of a well-established medical team and work closely with a multidisciplinary team (MDT) to ensure patient-centred care is at the heart of everything we do.
Apply today and help shape the future of care on Ward 42.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate attitudes and behaviours consistent with the Trust expectations
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Caring.
- Confidence.
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrable basic IT skills
- Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care.
- Able to respond to problem situations and to ensure that effective interventions are put in place
- Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
- Able to contribute to the development of implementation and monitoring of local objectives and action plans
- Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
- Competent and capable of using medical equipment
- Able to undertake patient / non patient handling manoeuvres
Desirable
- Recognised advanced communication skills training Knowledge of caseload management
- Audit or research within the clinical area
- Providing staff with feedback on their individual performance and use of the knowledge and skills framework
- Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others
- Demonstrate effective resource management.
- Demonstrate knowledge of current issues related to NHS policies
- Evidence of negotiation and influencing skills
- Demonstrate evidence of providing formal teaching sessions.
- Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team.
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registered Nurse, with NMC registration
- Suitable teaching qualification / Mentoring Course
Desirable
- Diploma or degree in health / nursing related studies.
- Course. Diploma or degree in health / nursing related studies. Continuing professional development / reflective profile
- Completion of all local competency packages or has undertaken Working in New Ways Packages relevant to role and specialty
- Formal leadership and management training
Further Training
Essential
- Mandatory training and updates
- Relevant post basic study e.g. specialist pathway
- Evidence of moving and handling training.
Desirable
- Attendance at conferences / study days. QI / Sherwood6 Change Management Training
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience, including some experience within specialty
- Significant experience at band 5
- Supervision of non registered staff, pre registration and post basic students.
- Evidence of ability to mentor
- Ability to manage the clinical area or ward efficiently and effectively.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the deputy sister / charge nurse role
Desirable
- Research training / experience.
- Recent or current experience within the specialty
- Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse, or project work.
- Evidence of formal teaching experience. Experience of leading a team
- Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to effectively lead a team, prioritise workload of self and others, and effective time management skills.
- Successful implementation and management of a nursing change process.
- Understanding of the role of advocacy
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Enhanced DBS clearance
- NMC registration and revalidation
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate attitudes and behaviours consistent with the Trust expectations
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Caring.
- Confidence.
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrable basic IT skills
- Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care.
- Able to respond to problem situations and to ensure that effective interventions are put in place
- Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
- Able to contribute to the development of implementation and monitoring of local objectives and action plans
- Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
- Competent and capable of using medical equipment
- Able to undertake patient / non patient handling manoeuvres
Desirable
- Recognised advanced communication skills training Knowledge of caseload management
- Audit or research within the clinical area
- Providing staff with feedback on their individual performance and use of the knowledge and skills framework
- Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others
- Demonstrate effective resource management.
- Demonstrate knowledge of current issues related to NHS policies
- Evidence of negotiation and influencing skills
- Demonstrate evidence of providing formal teaching sessions.
- Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team.
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registered Nurse, with NMC registration
- Suitable teaching qualification / Mentoring Course
Desirable
- Diploma or degree in health / nursing related studies.
- Course. Diploma or degree in health / nursing related studies. Continuing professional development / reflective profile
- Completion of all local competency packages or has undertaken Working in New Ways Packages relevant to role and specialty
- Formal leadership and management training
Further Training
Essential
- Mandatory training and updates
- Relevant post basic study e.g. specialist pathway
- Evidence of moving and handling training.
Desirable
- Attendance at conferences / study days. QI / Sherwood6 Change Management Training
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience, including some experience within specialty
- Significant experience at band 5
- Supervision of non registered staff, pre registration and post basic students.
- Evidence of ability to mentor
- Ability to manage the clinical area or ward efficiently and effectively.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the deputy sister / charge nurse role
Desirable
- Research training / experience.
- Recent or current experience within the specialty
- Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse, or project work.
- Evidence of formal teaching experience. Experience of leading a team
- Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to effectively lead a team, prioritise workload of self and others, and effective time management skills.
- Successful implementation and management of a nursing change process.
- Understanding of the role of advocacy
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Enhanced DBS clearance
- NMC registration and revalidation
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
