Clinical Sister

Job summary

Role - clinical sister

AfC Band - b6

Location - The James Cook University Hospital / Onelife

Speciality - Dermatology

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated senior nurse who can demonstrate the ability to lead and motivate staff.

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Main duties of the job

You will be a team player with good communication and organisational skills along with clinical management experience. You will have a positive can do attitude and always strive for the best for your patients and wider working team.

You will have the ability to engage clinically with all members of the multi-disciplinary team. You will have in depth proven clinical knowledge guiding the clinical team to work within this framework and dermatology pathways. You will be expected to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, along with the ability to sensitively manage change.

The post holder will be expected to have responsibility for the department in the absence of the department manager, both at The James Cook University Hospital and the One Life. You provide professional clinical leadership, advice, and guidance for the team, supporting the manager. You will need to have problem solving skills and be able to enhance patient pathways with innovation / improvements based on current research / guidance.

Main duties would be leading a team and overseeing the day to day running and triaging of patients through the specialist skin service The ideal candidate would have experience in the following areas: scrub nurse punch biopsy, shave excisions, curettage and cautery consenting patients knowledge of system one However this is not essential as on the job training can be provided

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
• Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
• Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Registered General Nurse
• Degree or Diploma in Nursing plus specialist experience/trainingE

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Experience working within and acute or community setting
• Experience of Multi-disciplinary working

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.

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).