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Band 7 Senior Sister / Charge Nurse - Emergency Department
The closing date is 22 July 2025
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS foundation Trust (UHB) has a fantastic opportunity for experienced Senior Nurses, who have a passion for Emergency Care, to join the amazing Senior Nursing team at Good Hope Hospitals Emergency Department (ED) as a Band 7 Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse.
This is an opportunity to join a growing team, dedicated to delivering compassionate person-centred care and to play a key role in innovation and transformation. The workload throughout the department is very varied and interesting with no two days being the same. The successful candidate must be dynamic, possess excellent communication skills and have a high sense of professionalism and a strong belief in the value of teamwork.
We have a dedicated clinical education team to support our staff and allow you to build on your existing nursing skills for your future career and development within Emergency Nursing.
We have permanent and secondment opportunities available both full and part time offering a range of long and short days to support flexible working.
We want you to feel a sense of belonging, community, commitment and support. If you like what you hear, apply today.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have 24-hour responsibility for the effective and efficient operational day to day management of the department / ward, including budget control, clinical governance staff development and training. The post holder is professionally accountable for the maintenance of standards of professional practise and standards of care. They will provide professional clinical leadership within a defined area and provide direction and inspirational leadership to all members within the multi-disciplinary team.
The post holder will undertake and supervise clinical practice, audit, research and teaching to set, monitor and continuously improve standards of care and patient experience. The post holder is accountable for safe, effective clinical practice managing and developing team performance, managing a devolved budget ensuring efficient and effective use of physical and human resources.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
* *Registered Adult Nurse on NMC register
Experience
* *Professional Portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
* *Substantial relevant and recent clinical experience within a complex health care setting or Acute NHS setting working as a deputy Manager Band 6 position including the supervision and education of junior staff/ students .
* *Can demonstrate understanding / experience / in practice based supervision / assessment as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC ) standards for student supervision and assessment
* *Demonstrable current, recent experience of team leadership and management within the healthcare setting.
* *Demonstrable understanding of the management responsibility for pay and non-pay resources associated with the clinical service.
* *Evidence of effective multi-professional working.
* *Experience of being a mentor
* *Demonstration of a significant contribution to innovative practice or change management
* *Experience in interviewing and selection of staff
* *Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice
* *Demonstrate an ability, experience, passion in the following areas. (E )
* oLeadership
* oTeam building
* oManaging Resources
* oTime management
* oClinical governance
* oAudit and research
* oWorkforce planning / management
* oNHS policy and political awareness
* oKnowledge of clinical governance
Additional Criteria
* *Positive and enthusiastic attitude
* *Approachable and friendly
* *Supportive
* *Flexible
* * Well organised
* *Ability to delegate and supervise
* TBC at appointment
* *Willingness to work core shift patterns for the area Monday to Friday with occasional out of hours /weekend working
* OR
* *Undertake a range of shift patterns to cover 24/7 period when working as part of a peer group with occasions of out of hours / weekend working
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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