- Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
- On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
- Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily
- We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust - over 3,300 per week
- An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day - 6th largest in the country
- Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily.
- We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
- We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
- We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day Job description
- NMC Qualification
- Evidence of mentoring students
- Evidence of teaching/training colleagues
- Demonstrable post registration experience
- Demonstrable experience within an acute hospitable setting
- Evidence of continued learning post registration
- Evidence of leadership qualities and/or training
- Demonstrable experience within orthopaedics
- Experienced in hip fracture care
- Experienced in dementia care
- Knowledge of ward and people management
- Knowledge of working with hip fracture and dementia patients
- Evidence of undertaking appraisals/audits
- Evidence of making/supporting change
Sister/Charge Nurse - Derby, United Kingdom - University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 role on ward 204 within Trauma and Orthopaedics.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our management team, who possess excellent communication and leadership skills, and promote excellent quality of care, whilst supporting junior staff on the ward to do the same. The role will entail working weekends, bank holidays and nights to provide unit bleep cover.
The ideal applicant will have demonstrable years of experience within Trauma and Orthopaedics and ideally have experience working with acutely unwell patients and complex discharge planning.
The successful applicant will show evidence of service improvement or innovation
You will have the full support of the management team and your peers, enabling you to succeed in this role.
Main duties of the job
The majority of your role will be clinical, and you will be a clinical lead on the ward supporting and mentoring junior members of the team with your experience and knowledge.
The job will also entail all aspects of people/staff management, for example, ensuring staff wellbeing, completing appraisals, dealing with conflict and more.
You will be expected to complete, audits, rosters, reports, attend meetings and liaise with all members of the MDT as well as many other tasks.
Closing date of applications: 18th April 2024
Proposed Interview date: 2nd May 2024
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
Key Facts about our Trust:
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
Person SpecificationRegistered Nurse
Essential
Desirable
post registration experience
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
knowledge of ward management
Essential
Desirable