Job overview
The successful applicant will be expected to work a flexible shift pattern, including Long Days, Nights, Weekends & Bank Holidays.
As a Deputy Sister / Charge nurse you will be expected to ensure safe and effective care for patients, while promoting our 'Get Up, Get Dressed, Get Moving' ethos. You will be responsible for maintaining a safe environment for patients, visitors and other staff within the clinical environment, working in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team to successfully discharge our patients into the community.
We also expect you to have knowledge and basic competence in the following areas:
- Patient assessment
- Care Planning
- Tissue Viability & Wound Management
- Discharge Planning & Co-ordination
- Medicines Management
- Palliative Care & Symptom Management
- Diabetes Management
- Continence management
Main duties of the job
1. Act as a credible visible role model for all junior nursing and allied healthcare professional staff.
2. To actively participate with MDT meetings, raising and discussing concerns and actively seeking acceptable and best outcomes solutions for the patients. Ensuring that patients and relatives views are heard and taken into account.
3. To support the department team in resolving clinical and operational issues on a shift by shift basis, whilst ensuring that best practise nursing care is delivered.
4. To work in collaboration with the manager to establish a cleanliness culture across the department ensuring that patient environment is well maintained, clean and safe.
5. The post holder will need to maintain and supervise junior members of staff in ensuring that nursing care delivered to all patients is established on an individual assessment, it is with planned evidence based care, it is documented that it is implemented and it is evaluated as to its effectiveness.
6. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the ward manager to ensure that quality driven indicators are monitored through audit.
Working for our organisation
Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! -
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
7. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
8. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
9. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
10. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
11. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
12. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
13. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
14. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
15. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
16. Registered Nurse (Adult) with NMC Registration
17. Degree in relevant field OR Relevant experience
18. Relevant Post-Registration experience
Desirable criteria
19. Completion of appropriate leadership / management programme
20. PASS Course / Mentorship Qualification / Teaching Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
21. Previous Experience Working with Elderly Patients Providing Personal Care
22. Experience of Working at Band 5 Level Within a Related Field
23. Previous Experience in Teaching / Coaching / Mentoring
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria
24. Have knowledge & insight into the importance of maintaining a safe working environment
25. Ability to use Microsoft Word, Powerpoint & Excel to produce basic documents as required for day to day tasks
26. Competency in IV drug administration, blood transfusion, Infusion pump skills
27. Ability to work required shift pattern
28. Knowledge of up to date nursing and NHS issues
29. High motivation and ability to motivate others
30. Computer Literate
31. Good time management skills
32. Ability to work within a team and independently
33. Managerial and leadership ability
Desirable criteria
34. Experience in managing complaints
35. Knowledge of evidence informed and research-based practice
36. Ability to plan a rota
37. Ability to resolve conflict/dispute in a non-confrontational manner
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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