Deputy Sister/ Deputy Charge Nurse

Are you an experienced and dynamic leader looking for a new challenge? Our Inpatient Unit is recruiting for a Fixed Term Sister/ Charge Nurse to join the team for a period of 18 months to work alongside the existing leadership team to deliver excellent and compassionate care to patients on our unit.

Main duties of the job

As a Sister/ Charge Nurse, your duties will include:

• Taking responsibility as Nurse in Charge on shift
• Demonstrating leadership through clinical expertise, delivering high standards of person-centred care
• Working with the team to develop a culture of reflective practice
• Managing risk and balancing demands that come up on the Inpatient Unit
• Communicating appropriately with all patients, their families and other staff
• Being responsible for driving ongoing service development to ensure we continue to meet the needs of our diverse local population

Compliance with CQC Regulatory standards is essential and although experience in a palliative care setting is not essential you will be required to undertake specialist learning on commencement in the role.

What we can offer you:

• Salary above NHS pay scales
• Reimbursement of NMC fees
• Up to 41 days Annual Leave
• Opportunity to continue NHS pension and length of service based annual leave entitlement
• Golden Hello of £1,000 (after tax) as a special thank you and welcome to our team
• Opportunity to be a supernumerary as part of the induction
• Work at a Hospice that has research and campaigning at the forefront of its mission
• Free car parking
• Great CPD opportunities

What we need from you:

• Highly motivated, dynamic and enthusiastic
• Be able to respond appropriately to emotionally challenging situations
• Excellent nursing skills, record keeping and medicines management

This is a maternity cover role for a period of 18 months and will be based on the IPU at the Main Hospice site. This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week on a 24/7 service which will include working nights, weekends and bank holidays on rotation and be a part of the clinical on-call rota.

St Leonard’s is a teaching Hospice offering an excellent environment to work in, outstanding employment conditions & benefits, great opportunities for development and huge job satisfaction.

For an informal discussion, please contact the Hospice’s HR Team at hr@stleonardshospice.org.uk or on 01904 777742.

We do not have sponsorship status and therefore all our offers are made conditional upon our candidates submitting evidence of their right to work in the UK in conjunction with our other pre-employment checks.

Person Specification

Personal

• Work confidentially and with discretion
• Awareness and ability to cope with pressure
• Ability to work in a challenging environment
• Flexible to the changing needs of the post often at short notice
• Be accurate and methodical
• Honest, trustworthy, reliable and punctual
• Approachable, team player
• Committed to providing a quality and measurable service
• Ability to accept support from other team members
• Respect for others ethnic or/and religious/spiritual beliefs
• Committed to own continuing professional development
• A commitment to Hospice care and to have a philosophy and concept of Hospice care

Experience

• Awareness of Department of Health End of Life Strategy
• Clinical experience
• Leadership and management experience
• Palliative Care Experience
• Organisational skills
• Audit and Evaluation skills
• Advanced communication skills
• NMP

Other

• Enhanced DBS check
• Ability to work unsocial hours including nights, weekends, bank holidays
• Be prepared to assist with Hospice fundraising activities
• Driving licence
• Knowledge of York and surrounding area

Communication

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to be sensitive and empathetic
• Able to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to communicate at all levels within the Hospice

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Palliative Care Qualification
• MIP/MPP
• Degree

IT

• Digitally literate
• Knowledge of Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)
• Knowledge and experience of CPD and SystmOne

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.