Main area: General surgical, Grade Band 6, Contract: Permanent, Hours: Part time - 34.5 hours per week (days and nights)
Employer: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Employer type: NHS, Site: Kent & Canterbury, Town: Canterbury, Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, Salary period: Yearly
Deputy Ward Manager
Band 6
Job overview
Working as a Ward Sister to provide effective patient care whilst working as a member of the nursing team across East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust. To ensure the maintenance of high standards of patient care in response to service needs.
This is a post consisting of day and night shifts.
Main duties of the job
Venepuncture, Cannulation, ECG, Verification of Death, IV Drugs and HLS, good Communication skills. Facilitating Staff development and empowerment. Negotiation. The ability to converse at ease with patients, doctors and relatives, and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note that the full Job Description and Person Specification can be found in the 'Documents to download' section.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Degree in Nursing
* NMC
* Preparation of mentors or equivalent
Clinical Skills and experience
* Venepuncture, Cannulation, ECG, Verification of Death, IV Drugs and HLS
* Facilitating staff development and empowerment
* Negotiation Skills
* The ability to converse at ease with patients, doctors and relatives and provide advice in accurate spoken English
* Health & Safety
* ILS
* Having difficult conversations
Knowledge
* Clinical Governance
* Risk Management issues
* Key issues and developments in nursing
* Quality improvement tools and ward metrics
* Previous experience of undertaking appraisals, managing staff and sickness absence
* Experience of surgical pathways
Other requirements
* Upholds and models the Trust Values
* Current understanding of key issues facing the NHS both locally and Nationally
* A drive for improvement to patient experience
* Ability to work on own initiative using sound decision-making and problem-solving skills
* Be able to improve or establish new ways of working
We are committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust’s People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance.
The ability to converse easily and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for all customer-facing roles.
We operate a no-smoking policy on all our sites and grounds.
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