Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse to join our experienced nursing team at Winchester Emergency Department.
Do you have significant experience as a staff nurse? Do you have evidence of continuing professional development within Emergency Department nursing? Do you want to join a supportive senior team that is committed to delivering high standards within the current challenging environment?
If you can answer yes to the above then this could be the job for you!
The post holders will be supported in developing their managerial skills and extending their clinical skills and knowledge.
Successful candidates must be able to work within a multidisciplinary team, ensuring clinical services are delivered to a high standard.
Main duties of the job
What we look for:
You will need to be enthusiastic and forward thinking to join our team.
Applicants must have recent ED experience at Band 5 and be interested in assisting the Sister/Charge Nurses in the development of both the team and the department.
You must have experience of promoting and maintaining high standards of nursing care within the ED.
What we Offer:
We are dedicated to training and developing our staff and are keen to see all staff members reach their clinical and leadership potential.
Be part of a dynamic team, building for the future of the ED with new initiatives.
Your life outside HHFT is important and the Trust are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements; this can be discussed at interview.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Professional UK registration
Essential criteria
1. Current Valid NMC Registration
IV and drug administration
Essential criteria
2. certificate
Training and Education
Essential criteria
3. ILS Certificate
4. PILS/PaedAim course
5. Teaching qualification/mentorship
Leadership qualification
Essential criteria
6. NHS leadership course
Desirable criteria
7. Evidence of leadership delivery
Experience
Essential criteria
8. Emergency Department, Critical care or Acute Medicine Experience
9. Awareness and understanding of Trust and Governement standards including governance
knowledge of triage/streaming
Essential criteria
10. manchester triage or equivalent