37.5 hours per week (Including Saturdays)
Secondment for 12 months
Closing Date: 7th July 2025
Interview Date:TBC
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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Main duties of the job
* Clinical leadership through effective monitoring and implementation of standards and evidence-based practice.
* To ensure safe and high quality delivery of care to patients undertaking endoscopy and ensure full compliance to JAG standards or endoscopy care.
* Provide clinical leadership and direction to nursing team.
* Act as a role model for all nursing staff within the unit promoting professional practice at all times.
* To take responsibility for the day to day management of the clinical area.
* To deputise for the Lead Nurse/Senior sister in their absence.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' taking centre stage. An ever evolving clinically- led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:
Excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme - find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme
Job responsibilities
Clinical
* Co-ordinator of the shift the rostered allocation, referring to Lead Nurse/senior sister if appropriate or available.
* Maintain clinical competence of self and others as determined by service need and job descriptions.
* To facilitate and build team working between nurses and the multi-disciplinary team to effect high standards of care.
* Ensure that risk assessments are complete as per Trust policy for manual handling, health & safety and other relevant areas of concern.
* Ensure that equipment and the environment supports the delivery of high standards of care at all times.
* Maintain a good standard of communication with the multidisciplinary team and respect the confidentiality of patients, relatives and colleagues.
* To ensure delivery of safe, effective and efficient care to patients undergoing endoscopy procedures.
* Provide specialised information and advice to patients, relatives and carers and other professionals in the provision of Endoscopy related procedures.
Managerial
* To support the Lead Nurse/Senior Sister to review staffing requirements using a proactive approach to retention and recruitment of staff.
* To support the Lead Nurse/ Senior Sister in ensuring that waiting list targets are met.
* To support the Lead Nurse/Senior Sister to initiate and prioritise developments within the service as part of the business/strategic planning process.
* To assist the Lead Nurse/Senior Sister in ensuring that staffing levels within the area are adequate to provide safe and effective care delivery, maximising the resources that are available by competent duty rostering.
* Through effective negotiation and political awareness create an environment for partnership working and dissemination of information across Multidisciplinary team.
* To assist with the management of ward resources in an efficient and effective manner.
* To take part in the interview process of the recruitment and selection of new staff if requested by the Lead Nurse/Senior Sister.
* Ensure information on the unit information system is correct and updated regularly.
* To deputise for the Lead Nurse/Senior Sister in her absence.
* To assist the Lead Nurse/Senior Sister in establishing and maintaining stock control, ensuring that the products ordered are appropriate, up to date and cost effective.
Education and Training
* To appraise junior staff within your team as identified by the Lead Nurse/Senior Sister and to identify with the Senior Sister the learning needs of those staff.
* To ensure own competence and own personal development plan is reviewed with Lead Nurse/Senior sister at annual appraisal.
* Plan training sessions within unit environment evaluating effectiveness within clinical care to patients using appropriate audit tools.
* To facilitate, maintain and audit the delivery and effectiveness of clinical care in accordance with the care standards, operational protocols and guidelines.
* Create a learning environment, which actually facilitates learning and structured personal development for all staff and learners.
Professional
* To act as an ambassador for the clinical environment and the Trust, where appropriate, by promoting a professional image of nursing.
* To attend relevant meetings, courses and seminars and keep professionally up to date to enable effective implementation of government initiatives.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RGN/RN (Adult).
* NMC registration.
* Willing to work towards a post grad qualification in speciality
* Diploma
Experience
* Two years at Band 5.
* Experience within the Speciality
* Able to demonstrate clinical knowledge, skills and expertise
* Ability to manage a team.
* Experience of Research Management.
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.
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