Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse

NHS; Brighton; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job description

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

• As a member of the multi-disciplinary team provides the highest standard of patient care.
• Contributes to the smooth and efficient running of the Unit over a 24-hour period.
• Prioritises care and delegates duties to others as appropriate ensuring they are supervised and mentored.
• Continues to develop own knowledge and skills through locally agreed personal development plans and facilitates the development of others.
• Participates in change management and clinical audit within own area of work.
• Works in partnership with other agencies.
• Participates in daily nursing bleep-holder rota for children's services.

Main duties of the job

The Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital is located on the Royal Sussex County Hospital site in Brighton. We are a 10 Bedded level 2 Children's Critical Care Unit, where we care for both medical and surgical patients, Children requiring long term ventilation and also acute non invasive ventilation. We have the lowest Intubation rate in Europe for children with Bronchiolitis. This is your opportunity to work within the Children's Critical Care unit, for a Fixed Term of 12 Months you will be responsible for the shift by shift running of the unit whilst providing excellent nursing care. You will work closely with the Ward Manager and other senior nurses within the Children's Hospital. We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic, energetic children's nurse with a skill for prioritising, delivering and organising patient care. You will have a proactive and positive approach, with evidence of excellent clinical, teaching, managerial and inter-personal skills to lead, work alongside and motivate our multi-disciplinary team. You will be supported by our critical care educators who run a Level 2 children's critical course. Given the focus of this post, it is essential that you are a registered children's nurse that has experience of either PICU or HDU Care.

Applicants must be available to commence post from May/June and be available for the following 12 months.

About us

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop.

We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do. We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

Job responsibilities

• Manage own and others time effectively.
• Manage clinical workload.
• Work in partnership with parents and carers.
• Use initiative.
• Support people’s equalities, diversity and rights.
• Recent experience (within previous year) of working with and supporting student nurses and others undertaking NVQ training and knowledge of student nurse assessment framework.
• Desirable: Portfolio evidence of involvement in resource management.

Person Specification

• 2 years previous Critical Care Experience
• Critical Care Course
• APLs
• Previous Band 6 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 (as appropriate to role).

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.

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

279-7096832-APR25

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