Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior staff nurse to develop their leadership and management skills on Denver Ward as a junior sister/charge nurse.
Denver ward is a 31 bedded emergency surgical ward which specialises in caring for patients with complex colorectal conditions who require surgery. Denver ward also cares for patients who require other emergency surgery which can include; Appendicitis, Cholecystitis, and Hernia repairs.
We are looking for someone who is compassionate, thrives to grow professionally and personally, and loves to work as part of a team.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities include ensuring the team deliver effective patient care by providing appropriate clinical and managerial leadership.
We are looking for an experienced nurse who can demonstrate their ability to support the team and the ward manager, promote effective high quality patient care whilst managing a team and embrace daily challenges utilising appropriate clinical decision making.
You should have excellent organisational and clinical skills and be able to communicate at all levels.
You will ensure that legislation, policies and procedures are correctly applied within the team and action any issues promptly.
About us
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is West Norfolk has a superb unspoilt coastline with pretty villages, all with their own individual charm. The medieval port of King's Lynn has some very interesting architecture.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist and general acute services to around 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers and approximately 500 beds on a single site. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech. We work in partnership with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services.
In February 2022 the QEH the Care Quality Commission rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications/training and professional development
Essential
- RGN Degree/Diploma in nursing
- Evidence of Post registration Educational Continuing development
Desirable
- Recognised NMC Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent, or willingness to undertake, or in progress.
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience
- Evidence of innovation and achievements in clinical practice
- Can demonstrate their experience of collaborative working
- Can demonstrate the use of appropriate criteria to prioritise patient caseload
- Can demonstrate experience of difficult conversations
Desirable
- Evidence of working as part of a multi- disciplinary working experience
- Demonstrates experience of clinical risk management
- Community experience
Skills, abilities, and knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of efficient and effective use of resources where the workload can be unpredictable
- Demonstrates the ability to prioritise and implement and use new ways of working.
- Ability to prioritise
- Good verbal and written skills
- Demonstrates a high level of clinical expertise
- Understands specific needs of patients complex cases
- Understands importance of evidence based practice
- Can demonstrate knowledge of current discharge to assess processes
- Knowledge of NHS plan and national nursing strategy
- Ability to effectively problem solve
- Demonstrate knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and its implications for practice
Desirable
- Computer literacy
- Able to influence other professional groups
- Successful change management
- Good understanding of clinical governance issues especially risk management and audit procedures, including evaluation
- Audit experience / research skills
- Experience of Patient and Public Involvement in Service Delivery
Person Specification
Qualifications/training and professional development
Essential
- RGN Degree/Diploma in nursing
- Evidence of Post registration Educational Continuing development
Desirable
- Recognised NMC Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent, or willingness to undertake, or in progress.
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience
- Evidence of innovation and achievements in clinical practice
- Can demonstrate their experience of collaborative working
- Can demonstrate the use of appropriate criteria to prioritise patient caseload
- Can demonstrate experience of difficult conversations
Desirable
- Evidence of working as part of a multi- disciplinary working experience
- Demonstrates experience of clinical risk management
- Community experience
Skills, abilities, and knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of efficient and effective use of resources where the workload can be unpredictable
- Demonstrates the ability to prioritise and implement and use new ways of working.
- Ability to prioritise
- Good verbal and written skills
- Demonstrates a high level of clinical expertise
- Understands specific needs of patients complex cases
- Understands importance of evidence based practice
- Can demonstrate knowledge of current discharge to assess processes
- Knowledge of NHS plan and national nursing strategy
- Ability to effectively problem solve
- Demonstrate knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and its implications for practice
Desirable
- Computer literacy
- Able to influence other professional groups
- Successful change management
- Good understanding of clinical governance issues especially risk management and audit procedures, including evaluation
- Audit experience / research skills
- Experience of Patient and Public Involvement in Service Delivery
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.
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).
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.
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).
