Overview
Location: Frimley Park Hospital
Specialties Covered: UGI, Urology, Colorectal, Breast, ENT, and Gynaecological Elective Surgeries
An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for a Senior Sister to lead the Day Surgery ward at Frimley Park Hospital. This busy elective surgical unit delivers care across a wide range of specialities, and we are seeking a resilient, enthusiastic, and dynamic nurse leader to take on this rewarding role.
As Senior Sister, you will play a vital role in the day-to-day management and clinical leadership of the ward, ensuring the highest standards of patient care and safety. You will lead by example, working alongside your team to provide visible senior clinical support, mentor staff, and uphold the Trust’s core values.
Responsibilities
* Providing clear leadership and direction to nursing staff on a busy elective surgical ward
* Championing high-quality care, patient safety, and positive patient experience
* Managing operational aspects of the ward, including staffing, patient flow, and resource management
* Upholding and modelling the Trust values, challenging poor practice and celebrating team successes
* Participating in the Senior Duty Nurse rota
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who demonstrates excellent communication, interpersonal, and customer care skills, and who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
Main duties of the job
This role requires close working relationships with a wide range of multi-disciplinary/speciality teams, the Consultants, Heads of Nursing, Matrons, Ward Managers and the Clinical Site Management team. To succeed in this role, you will need to possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to deal with challenging situations in a fast-paced, professional and calm manner.
You must have a proven ability in supervising, managing and controlling the activities of a unit in an effective and efficient manner. You will be a clinical role model and have a willingness to develop the team as well as your own professional growth. You will have excellent communication skills and high clinical standards with a passion to make a difference for patients and staff alike.
You must have recent experience of working in a senior nurse role within UGI, Colorectal, Urology, Breast, ENT or Gynae surgery and must be able to demonstrate clinical knowledge and skills in caring for patients, including acutely unwell and deteriorating patients, and patients on elective pathways. You will be knowledgeable regarding the speciality, plus fully understand governance and its importance in promoting and maintaining a safe environment for patients, visitors and staff and proactively monitor and feedback compliance.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognizing that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours; we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Registered Nurse with NMC registration
* Mentorship programme / equivalent course
* Evidence of further CPD qualifications
* Education to Diploma/Degree level
Desirable criteria
* Successful completion of a leadership and development programme equivalent to the Internal Band 6 Leadership and Development programme
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Ability to assess patients; develop, implement, and evaluate a plan of care
* Ability to safely administer medicines in accordance with NMC Guidelines for the administration of medicines (2002)
* Ability to support professional development and create a learning environment
Desirable criteria
* Computer literacy with electronic records experience (EPIC)
Experience
Essential criteria
* Relevant level of experience as a Band 6 in a surgical ward
* Experience of managing a team and effectively functioning as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Able to perform clinical duties commensurate to the role (e.g. IV medications, cannulation)
Desirable criteria
* Experience working at Band 7 level
* Evidence of clinical competence in Colorectal, UGI, Urology, Breast, ENT and Gynae surgery
* Experience of change management / Yellow belt
* Experience in budgetary management
* Experience in managing a clinical area
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