Ward Sister/Senior Charge Nurse- Isolation ward

Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic leader to join us as a Band 7 Ward Sister/Senior Charge Nurse for our Isolation medical ward.

The Band 7 Senior Sister is a rewarding role. You will be pivotal in the department striving to achieve the highest standard of care for all our patients. You will lead our dynamic, multi-disciplinary team on a daily basis, ensuring the smooth running of shifts in a challenging and diverse environment. Your clinical leadership and people skills are vital to delivering the responsibilities and accountabilities outlined in this job description.

Who we are: Come and join our friendly, supportive, hard- working, motivated and adaptable team in Basingstoke. We work with a multidisciplinary team ensuring that patient flow and care is met.

Main duties of the job

What we look for:

• Recent Band 6 GIM, Respiratory or Acute Medicine experience,
• Adult nurse,
• Recognised leadership qualification and experience of leading a team,
• Involvement with a QI project,
• Passionate about promoting and maintaining high standards of nursing care within department,

• What we Offer:

  • We are committed to developing and supporting our nursing workforce,
  • Your life outside HHFT is important and the Trust are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements; this can be discussed at interview

Flexible working patterns will considered for all nursing applicants!

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. 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.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

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.