Job overview
We are looking for a Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse to work alongside our senior nursing team and help the ward deliver the high quality care our patients expect.
You will be expected to provide solid leadership while working on the ward, helping to maintain a safe environment while setting an example to junior staff through your ability to work to the trusts C.A.R.E values. You will be experienced in leading a shift and be able to demonstrate problem solving skills and an ability to help develop staff skills and competencies.
Full time hours required, with a mixture of days/nights and weekends.
Main duties of the job
1. To support the band 7 in the delivery of a seven day, twenty-four hour service by the team or area that you are responsible for or have been delegated the responsibility, this includes: High standards of Professional Practice to ensure quality and safety of patient care, experience and the patient journey
2. Specialised clinical practice, knowledge, skills and experience.
3. Supporting the band 7 in the Productivity and Financial management of a clinical area.
4. Leading by example
5. Supporting the band 7 in ensuring that clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care and that all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved.
6. Effective leadership
7. To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients including those with a complex presentation where factors may be conflicting, requiring high level analysis and interpretation skills and the comparison of a range of options to achieve effective treatment or discharge planning check afc.
8. To develop clinically reasoned treatment, action and discharge plans and to undertake and evaluate treatment.
9. To develop the above skill set with the staff who report to you or for whom you have a responsibility to train.
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
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
10. Professional UK registration e.g. NMC, HPC
Desirable criteria
11. Communication skills learning and development
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
12. Experience of staff supervision and mentorship including, employee relations, performance, conduct and training needs analysis
Desirable criteria
13. Experience of project management for policy development for large scale projects
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
14. Ability to work and lead within a multidisciplinary team across an organisation
Desirable criteria
15. Customer service experience i.e. dealing with complaints