Overview
Band 6 Children's Sister/Charge Nurse (Mat Leave Cover).
The post is within the Children’s Department across two sites – Queens Hospital in Romford and King George’s Hospital in Ilford. The Children’s nursing team is expanding and is led by the Director of Nursing for Child Health. You will be supported by a Clinical Nurse Educator, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners and Quality managers, together with a friendly multidisciplinary team and a corporate training and development team.
All new staff appointed to posts at the Trust are subject to a probationary period, giving the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the culture and working environment of the Trust.
The Trust is a large organisation serving multiple sites with two busy emergency departments and ongoing improvements, including new theatres and community diagnostic centres. The organisation aims to deliver high quality, patient-centred care and to be a great place to work for its staff.
For further details or informal visits contact: Name: Wendy Gillham; Job title: Ward Manager; Email: w.gillham@nhs.net; Telephone: 01708435000.
Location notes and current postings for related roles are provided in the advert.
Estimated or sample closing line: 6557
Note: Other unrelated roles and location postings listed in the original description have been omitted to maintain focus on the advertised Band 6 post.
Responsibilities
* Act as a role model and provide leadership in the clinical area; oversee assessment of care needs of patients, plan programmes of care, and implement and evaluate these programmes without direct supervision.
* Responsible for education and supervision of staff in coordination with the Children’s PDN; demonstrate advanced clinical specialist skills to provide high quality, individualised, evidence-based, patient-centred care while supervising the work of others.
* Take charge on each shift and supervise and coordinate other staff as appropriate; develop self and others professionally.
Qualifications
* Qualifications are not explicitly stated in the provided description.
Additional information
* Probationary period applies to new appointments.
* Environment includes two sites (Queens Hospital, Romford and King George’s Hospital, Ilford) with a large, multidisciplinary team.
* The advertisement references a wide range of organisational improvements and staff development initiatives.
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