Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse - Trauma & Orthopaedic

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you an aspiring nurse leader who is ready to take on the next challenge? Do you have experience working as a Senior Nurse and have excellent leadership and communication skills?

We are looking for an experienced Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse or experienced Sister to lead our dedicated Trauma and Orthopedic teams. We have two dedicated mixed sex trauma wards where we care for patients who have sustained orthopaedic injuries and a dedicated 12-bed elective orthopedic ward.

As a Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse you will work collaboratively with a great nursing team and provide strong leadership, effective team management, and staff development.

You will be responsible for the delivery of clinical services on the ward, coupled with supporting quality governance, patient experience, and nursing workforce and education. You must be able to provide kind, skilled, and expert leadership to support the ward, whilst possessing the ability to innovate, motivate others, and deliver sustained improvements.

We are a forward-thinking specialty and actively encourage ongoing staff development. As a group of Senior Nurses, and as a wider Division, we are a very close-knit team who are extremely supportive of each other, understand the pressures that each of us face, and work together to provide outstanding care to all our patients, as well as providing fantastic leadership to our staff.

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities would be varied and would include:

  • Accountable for the twenty-four hour care delivery and management of the Pierce including the supervision of staff and students
  • Maintaining visible presence and providing a clear focus for effective clinical leadership to the team
  • Professionally accountable and responsible for assessing skill mix and team structures and implementing changes in working practices ensuring that care processes and systems support the delivery of high quality patient care
  • Promoting a personalised patient centred approach to care in collaboration with carers, relatives and health care professionals.
  • Working collaboratively with PALS and patient forums to investigate and resolve patient concerns and complaints
  • Ensuring the rights, dignity, privacy, respect and confidentiality of all our patients
  • Holding regular ward meetings, providing the opportunity for all our staff to discuss and also to share organisational and professional information
  • Implementing staff wellbeing standards and promoting a culture where staff feel valued and listened to

About us

At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Date posted

07 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year N/A

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

427-5441091 B

Job locations

Royal United Hospitals Bath

Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Due to the nature of this role, we require candidates who apply to have current right to work in the UK. We value and encourage all international applications to please apply to work with our trust to do so via our international nursing campaign. Please follow the link below.You can get in touch athttps://www.medacs.com

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Due to the nature of this role, we require candidates who apply to have current right to work in the UK. We value and encourage all international applications to please apply to work with our trust to do so via our international nursing campaign. Please follow the link below.You can get in touch athttps://www.medacs.com

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

  • Registered Nurse Part 1,2,12;
  • Qualification in Teaching and Assessing in Practice e.g. ENB 998, FLAP or equivalent;
  • Trust training in Managing Conduct, Health, Sickness and Performance, Recruitment and Selection, Appraisal etc.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Significant relevant clinical and management experience at 6 band or above;
  • Demonstrable experience of effective management of staff and taking charge of ward;
  • Thorough understanding of equality and diversity and its application to managing self, staff and patients within own area;

Specific Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrates compassion and caring approach to patients and relatives and ability to motivate staff to demonstrate this also;
  • Demonstrates commitment to working as part of a team and ability to build the ward team;
  • Strong organisational skills - Able to organise the workload of the ward and how it is carried out across the ward team so that it completed in the most efficient and effective way;
Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

  • Registered Nurse Part 1,2,12;
  • Qualification in Teaching and Assessing in Practice e.g. ENB 998, FLAP or equivalent;
  • Trust training in Managing Conduct, Health, Sickness and Performance, Recruitment and Selection, Appraisal etc.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Significant relevant clinical and management experience at 6 band or above;
  • Demonstrable experience of effective management of staff and taking charge of ward;
  • Thorough understanding of equality and diversity and its application to managing self, staff and patients within own area;

Specific Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrates compassion and caring approach to patients and relatives and ability to motivate staff to demonstrate this also;
  • Demonstrates commitment to working as part of a team and ability to build the ward team;
  • Strong organisational skills - Able to organise the workload of the ward and how it is carried out across the ward team so that it completed in the most efficient and effective way;

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.

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.

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

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal United Hospitals Bath

Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal United Hospitals Bath

Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Trauma & Orthopaedic Matron

Vic Marlow

victoriamarlow@nhs.net

01225825477

Date posted

07 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year N/A

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

427-5441091 B

Job locations

Royal United Hospitals Bath

Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG


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