Ward Sister/Charge Nurse - Dawlish Community Hospital
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An exciting opportunity has arisen at Dawlish Community Hospital for a Band 6 Ward Sister/ Charge nurse.
We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills to co-ordinate clinical care and provide leadership to the nursing team with a caring and compassionate person who is able to manage the day-to-day challenges of Community Hospital working in the absence of the Ward Manager, and management of a team of staff. You should be an enthusiastic Registered Nurse with a proven ability to deliver a high standard of care to patients. Applicants need to be flexible to manage the challenges of working in a busy ward.
As a Sister/charge nurse you will support the day to day running of the Ward, co-ordinating the clinical care activity and ensuring the provision of a high standard of nursing care, advice and information to patients, relatives and carers. You will be working alongside our GPs and Intermediate care teams, facilitating patient choice, promoting independence and maintaining safety whilst working within your NMC professional code of conduct.
* Able to use excellent communication skills to communicate at all levels with a variety of people in a professional manner.
* Act as a role model and provide leadership to a team of staff.
* Responsible for ensuring high standards of safe and effective care to our patients, working according to Trust policies and within your Code of Practice
* Able to manage the day to day challenges of ward based working within a sub-acute unit.
* Work closely within MDT, prioritising safe and effective discharges.
* Have good organisational skills and be able to prioritise your workload.
* Be a good decision maker, and able to work calmly under pressure.
* Manage staff sickness and poor performance.
* Responsible for supervision of staff and acting as practice assessor to students and new staff.
We are a 16-bedded ward admitting patients from local acute hospitals and directly from their own homes for rehabilitation following orthopaedic, general surgery and medical admissions. We also admit palliative patients for End of life care.
The successful candidate will play an integral part in our MDT, working alongside AHPs and liaising closely with GPs, Intermediate care teams and Community Services.
We are an innovative team, who work collaboratively to facilitate safe and effective discharges for our patients. Our patients often have complex needs and previous knowledge of complex discharge planning would be an advantage.
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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Thatcher Job title: Deputy Matron Email address: helen.thatcher@nhs.net Telephone number: 01626 868500
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