Deputy Sister / Charge Nurse

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Are you already a Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse with proven leadership skills looking to develop specialist nursing skills? Or are you a band staff nurse ready to develop in your role as a clinical leader?

We are looking for a proactive nurse who can demonstrate a patient-centered approach to clinical practice, a problem-solving approach, and excellent collaborative communication skills. The successful candidate would be required to co–ordinate the Gynaecology, lead, maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice within the team and deputise for the Unit Senior Sister in her absence.

If you would like to be part of our team here at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer, we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Job overview

To provide and maintain a high standard of care based upon and reflecting the Trust values to patients.

1. Deputise for the Unit Manager in his/her absence across the full range of management responsibilities.
2. Lead in a specific area of ward practice, as agreed, making recommendations, coordinating projects and developing practice guidelines and policies based upon robust evidence, gained from risk assessment, audit and literature review.
3. Promote effective communication and teamwork at all levels.
4. Demonstrate clinical leadership skills and evidence of specialist knowledge.
5. Develop, manage and monitor the performance of a team of nurses, ensuring that the highest standards of care and safety are achieved and maintained at all times.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.