Job summary
Are you a highly motivated and dynamic individual that drives for continuous service improvement?
Are you caring, compassionate and committed to providing the best care for patients? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 411 for a sister/Charge nurse.
Ward 411 is a 36 bedded Neurology ward which cares for patients with very complicated Neurological needs, as well as 8 of these beds being for Neurosurgery and 2 beds for Video telemetry.
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic band 6 nurse that has a passion for Neurology nursing. Ward 411 thrives on sharing our knowledge and training junior members of staff and students. You will work closely with the Senior Sister in leading the nursing team, deputising in their absence and having day to day responsibility for the smooth running of the unit, providing clinical leadership to the nursing team and ensuring that evidence-based care is delivered to a high clinical standard.
We will provide the successful candidate with:
* Excellent clinical education team support from a Neuro specific education team
* Multiple online and face to face training packages
* Opportunity to undertake the Neurosciences care module and gain academic credits towards BSc or MSc
* An individualised Development pathway
Main duties of the job
* As a visible, clinical nurse leader, promote teamwork within a multi-professional environment. Leading and ensuring planning and delivery of care is aligned to the professional values of care, compassion, and respect. Demonstrating critical analysis and decision-making skills when undertaking, leading and or supervising the delivery of consistent high-quality evidence-based care. Ensures care is aligned to the professional values of care, compassion, and respect. Influencing and facilitate change within the practice setting. Evidence -- based, clinically effective practice.
* Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical area(s) ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing care underpins all actions and interactions with patients.
* Act as a change agent, developing clinically effective practice through effective use and integration of evidence base practice, setting implementing and monitoring evidence-based standards of care, policies, procedures and protocols through regular audit. Be accountable in ensuring all delegated clinical/ documentation/ activity and audits are completed and submitted in a timely manner, make changes to care delivery as required to sustain and improvement practice standards.
* To achieve and maintain clinical skills and competencies specific to the post / department / role, facilitating the development and achievement of competence in others.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. *Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC register
Desirable
2. *Health care management / leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
3. Substantial post registration experience working in a complex health care setting / Acute NHS care setting supervising / mentoring junior staff
4. * Evidence of professional /clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical and or managerial training and CPD
5. * Can demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC ) standards for student supervision and assessment
6. * Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
7. * Relevant and recent clinical experience within the speciality /acute care setting, including the supervision /education of junior staff
8. * Experience of mentoring undergraduate students
9. * Evidence of ability to lead /coordinate a shift /area of department
10. * Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice.
11. * Demonstrable ability, experience, passion in the following:
12. o Leadership
13. o Team Building
14. o Managing resources
15. o Time management
16. o Role modelling
17. o Change management / clinical developments
18. o Clinical governance
19. o Audit and research o Workforce planning / management o NHS policy and political awareness
Desirable
20. *Neuro Course
Additional Criteria
Essential
21. * Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory acquired through CPD
22. * Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
23. * Competence in expanded clinical practice associated with the role
24. * Excellent Communication skills/written / verbal / IT
25. * Ability to work under pressure across competing demands
26. * Ability to articulate the principles of safeguarding and mental capacity
27. * Positive and enthusiastic attitude
28. * Approachable and friendly
29. * Supportive
30. * Flexible
31. * Well organised
32. * Effective communicator
33. * Sound clinical reasoning and decision making
34. * Ability to perform in complex and challenging situations
35. * Ability to inspire and lead a team
36. * Ability to work flexible shift pattern, where required to include rotation to day /night duty and unsocial hours according to service need