Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our already well-established team within the Urgent and Emergency Care Clinical Business Unit at Warrington Emergency Department.

The Emergency Department has a co-located Paediatrics Unit, Minor Injuries, Emergency Ambulatory Care Unit, Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC). We also have an Urgent Care Centre at Halton.

We are committed to providing the best work life balance possible, flexible working and part time hours considered.

If you are committed to making a difference, and want to work in a busy, vibrant environment, then this will be the opportunity for you.

Main duties of the job

Main tasks and responsibilities

1. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidence-based nursing care.

1. Provide management and organisation of a clinical area.
2. Participate in the education, development, and line management of other staff members.
3. Work collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families.
4. Participate in improvement of services and the quality-of-care provisionClinical:
   1. evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs and varying levels of complexity.
   2. Collect, collate, evaluate, and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
   3. Involve patients and carers / relatives in the planning and delivery of care.
   4. Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
   5. Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers / relatives.
   6. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
   7. Have significant experience of managing patients who require NIV, CPAP and Nasal Hi Flow O2 therapy.
   8. Have significant experience of working in a multidisciplinary team in the management of major trauma patients.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.