Senior Sister - London, United Kingdom - St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job summary

Band 7 Sister/Charge Nurse - Richmond AMU

Full-time - Permanent 24/7 cover (both night and day shifts)

Is providing outstanding care every time and getting the basics right what you care about? Do you have the ability to see the potential in others and develop it? Is making a difference and doing the right thing fundamental to you? If your answer to these questions is yes, then our seniorsister/charge nurse role may be right for you.

-Clinical expert - and role model.

-Leader - A visible and authoritative presence able to lead and manage the team and patient care, co-ordinating with the MDT to enable outstanding care to be given every time within available resources.

-Educator - able to identify and develop the potential in others.

Main duties of the job

Richmond is a 51 bedded Acute Medical unit incorporating a 15 bedded Acute Dependency Unit and a Consultant led Ambulatory Assessment Unit with Nurse Practitioner clinics. We care for level one and two patients with a variety of medical conditions in a fast turnover environment.

This is a chance to develop your management and leadership skills as part of a highly capable team.

We offer;

Clinical Expert - with a variety of acutely unwell patients passing through the unit you will be able to keepyour clinical skills up to date and keep abreast of innovations in acute care.

Leadership skills - our leadership course and staff management courses will help you develop the skills you need to lead. We also offer 1 2 1 supervision and band 7 networking.

Education - Opportunities for mentorship and preceptorship with our placement students and newly qualified nurses.

With a variety of career progression opportunities - from Matron, Practice Educator, Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Head of Nursing. Where do you see yourself?

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around million trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains the JD and person specification information about the role.

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Desirable

Experience

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Skills

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Other

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