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    Senior Sister/ Senior Charge Nurse - Portsmouth, United Kingdom - Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

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    Job Description

    Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

    Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

    Job Description

    The Queen Alexandra Hospital Emergency Department is searching for a dynamic and experienced Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to join our dedicated team.

    As a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse you will be supporting the ED Matrons in the delivery of a cost-effective service, collaborating with members of the multi-disciplinary team to provide quality and safe care for all patients. You will have governance responsibilities and work alongside Practice Education team to facilitate change in response to incidents and feedback to all levels.

    You will provide a high standard of clinical leadership and expertise, while focusing on patient safety and experience. This will incorporate the development and supervision of all staff including the Emergency Department senior nursing team.

    If you have an extensive nursing leadership and management experience and passion for patient care and commitment to quality, you might be the next Emergency Department Senior Sister/Charge Nurse we are looking for

    Responsibilities:

    • Lead and co-ordinate the nursing team, taking continuing responsibility on a 24 hours basis for the management and organisation of the clinical area.
    • Through effective leadership ensure the clinical team delivers a safe, effective, responsive, caring and well-led service where compassion is embedded and a positive patient experience is achieved.
    • Provide strong professional clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and act as a professional role model.
    • A highly skilled clinical expert with specialised knowledge in caring for patients and their carers
    • Promote operational leadership, together with the MDT, to provide and maintain flow thorough the department, facilitating patient safety

    Qualifications and Experience

    Essential

    • Current RN +/- RN, registration with NMC and any other relevant post registration qualifications
    • Post Registration competency pack in Emergency Medicine (Nursing)
    • Teaching Certificate / Mentorship course or evidence of teaching ability
    • Minimum of 2 years Emergency Nursing Experience at band 6 with evidence of CPD

    Desirable

    • Degree in relevant field or evidence of working towards degree
    • ALS / ATLS / APLS / ILS / PILS
    • Management/ Leadership taught course or evidence of management experience
    • Evidence of teaching experience (formal/informal/nominated lead for skill ie: infection control/student coordinator/equipment/link nurse)
    • Experience with Individual Performance Review (IPR)

    Skills and Knowledge

    Essential

    • Management and Leadership skills and the ability to cope with and manage change
    • Organisational skills and the ability to lead a team with specialist knowledge and expertise
    • Articulate and knowledgeable in current health care issues and initiatives
    • Completion of suture/plaster/ splints packs or evidence of equivalent
    • Evidence of completion of triage/ Streaming pack and at least 12 18 month consolidation
    • Venepuncture/ Cannulation
    • Effective Communication skills between all levels of staff
    • Effectively use /able to teach Resus equipment

    Desirable

    • ECG Interpretation
    • Advance Splint application (Thomas Splint)
    • IT Skills

    Additional Information

    The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

    We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.


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