Band 6 Sister/ Charge nurse

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity has become available for a Sister/Charge Nurse for Ambulatory Care and the Discharge Lounge within the Ambulatory Care services at QEHB.

Ambulatory Care has 55 trolley spaces for day case surgery and 24 overnight beds for short stay surgery as well as accommodating medical patients. Discharge Lounge accommodates patients from the whole hospital who are ready for discharge.

Permanent/Secondment

Main duties, tasks & skills required

As a band 6 you will be responsible for co-ordinating within the Discharge Lounge and on Ambulatory Care, as well as being in charge for the overnight patients on Ambulatory Care. You will be supporting the Senior Sister within your area. Other duties includes audits, staff allocations, conducting appraisals, communicating with various members of the workforce, allocating patient beds, mentoring junior staff and students and attend meetings. 

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.

Job description

*Please Note*: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC register

NMC professional portfolio certificates

Experience

Essential

Substantial 12 months post

registration experience working

in a complex health care setting

/ Acute NHS care setting

supervising / mentoring junior

staff

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

Professional portfolio which

demonstrates continuing

professional development,

evidence of ability to maintain

professional registration

Relevant and recent clinical

experience within the speciality

/acute care setting, including the

supervision /education of junior

staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Sonia Mcnamara 

sonia.mcnamara@uhb.nhs.uk