Deputy Ward Sister/Charge Nurse - Broadwater Ward
Job Overview
This is a wonderful opportunity for someone to join our team on a permanent basis. Broadwater ward is an ortho geriatric ward that mainly deals with a fractured neck of femur pathway.
Patients are admitted to Broadwater ward directly from A&E. Once on the ward they will go to theatre to have hip surgery, return and with the help of therapists be rehabilitated to return home. They often have additional medical conditions that are treated here. Our therapy teams are instrumental in ensuring a safe discharge is coordinated. As a band 6 you are pivotal in this process and understanding the patient situation on a daily basis.
Main Duties of the Job
Broadwater ward is a ward caring for elderly patients directly admitting with a fractured neck of femur. Acute medical admissions in this elderly group often have complex needs which will offer opportunities to improve learning and understanding some chronic conditions and how this changes when an acute event occurs.
As a deputy sister your role is to support the ward sister in her role and lead in her absence. The band 6 will support and coordinate on their shift supporting the ward manager implementing safety huddles, safety standards, audits, appraisals, team learning, incident reporting and answering complaints, educating new and existing staff. Act as a role model to junior members of staff and mentor junior nurses and students. Be able to maintain high standards of nursing care and documentation within your team.
You will need to be a good communicator and able to manage families and other members of the MDT. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, therapists and discharge co ordinators. A good knowledge of discharge planning is vital in this role. You will need to be clinically competent and able to administer IV medications and blood.
Person Specification
* Hold a valid NMC PIN
* Educated to degree/diploma level
* Venapuncture and cannulation
* Clinically skilled
* Ability to lead a team
* Able to IV drugs and blood
* ENB 998/Mentorship or equivalent
* Sound clinical and professional practice knowledge
* Evidence of professional development since qualification
* Substantial experience
* Fluent in reading and writing english language
* Experience with electronic drug dispensing
* NVQ Assessor
* ILS provider
* Leadership course or equivalent
* Degree level studies
* Dementia related studies
* Experience in elderly care
* Experience of complex discharge planning
* Evidence of dementia study or experience
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
* Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
* Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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