Junior Sister

Job description

Job responsibilities

Address the needs of individuals to bring about improvement in the health and wellbeing of patients through the delivery of evidence-based care

Manages the ward on a regular basis, recognising and responding effectively to the changing nature of the workload.

Model excellent practice through effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.

Articulate and discuss source of evidence on which care is based.

Articulate the decision making process underlying the management of own and others time and the patient workload.

Initiate and develop plans for health promotion with individuals involving parents/carers and multidisciplinary teams.

Demonstrate involvement with the multi-disciplinary team.

Has knowledge of the needs of all Trauma and Orthopaedic patients and is able to communicate their needs to other members of the multi-disciplinary an multi-agency teams.

Liaises with specialist nurses and other disciplines at spoke hospitals to ensure high standards of care across the Region.

Recognition of organisational and clinical needs that may affect the area in which they work.

Initiates and maintains effective communication with others about the patients in their care.

Negotiate sensitively with patients, relatives and carers regarding care and discharge planning.

Behave in a consistent manner with patients, relatives and theircarers, the multi-disciplinary team and the public.

Liaises with ward manager to manage sickness and staffing.

Liaise with site managers, bed managers and matrons to and multidisciplinary team regarding admissions, discharges and flow of patients between departments

Demonstrate use of IT skills to complete details of admission/discharge of patients using a computerised record system

Write precise, accurate and timely nursing records, reports and statements.

Listen actively and respond appropriately to information given.

Leads shift handovers ensuring relevant detail is communicated to the team

Recognise when own and others behaviour is not acceptable and take action to address this effectively.

Provides constructive feedback to individuals and the team.

Responsible for maintaining own professional development and portfolio.

Attend statutory and mandatory training days as required by UHS.

Act as a mentor to all staff offering guidance, support and education (formal and informal).

Undertake further competence based training to enable development of role.

Participate in own appraisal, the appraisal of others and support staff in the setting of their Personal Development Plans.

Works towards achieving the trust objectives as laid out in the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy. Facilitate and support the clinical educator and support the development of other staff to undertake a link nurse role as designated by the Ward Manager.

Lead and delegate mandatory and other audit as required by the Trust

In conjunction with other clinical staff, sets, monitors and evaluates standards of care for patients in all areas.

Facilitate the cascading of information from other sources in the absence of the Ward Manager

Awareness of organisational structure and the function of the Directorate within the organisation.

Participation in and promote others participation in Trust wide forums as designated by the Sister

Prioritise care and delegate duties to others asappropriate ensuring they are supervised and mentored taking into account knowledge, skills and ability of others.

Maintain and raise awareness in others of the efficient use of all resources within the directorate

Develops and sustains effective partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and other agencies to process admissions/transfers and coordinate discharges in accordance with UHS policy.

Liaise effectively with colleagues, the multi-disciplinary team, the Wardmanager and other departments to allow the timely management of patient throughput.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• Substantial orthopaedic experience
• Experience of coordinating a ward
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

• Good knowledge of discharge process
• Understanding of HR policy and procedures

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

Brighton

Brighton

BN2 5BE

Employer's website

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