Deputy Sister / Deputy Charge Nurse
The closing date is 22 May 2025
Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge? The Endoscopy Department are seeking to appoint a Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse to join our dynamic team. We are on a journey to deliver outstanding care at the Royal Cornwall Hospital.
We are looking to employ a suitable individual, who can not only support the management, leadership and development of the nursing team, but also be an excellent role-model and champion for high quality patient centered care, in our very busy department. You will be joining a team of deputy sister/charge nurses that support the endoscopy unit.
Applicants must be an experienced Registered Nurse and should possess experience of leading / managing a team. Flexibility is essential to ensure senior cover of this busy environment.
Main duties of the job
The role requires you to be flexible, resilient, a forward thinking, enthusiastic and a positive motivator. You will deputise and support the Department Sister to lead a team of registered and unregistered nurses, ensuring team and individual learning and development.
You will work alongside a variety of multi-disciplinary team members, which will include gastroenterology consultants, surgeons, clinical nurse endoscopists and lower gastrointestinal specialist nurses; all striving to provide the safest and best quality care in an out-patient setting.
As a team we undertake a variety of procedures including Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy, Trans-nasal Endoscopy (TNE), Endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography (ERCP), Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and bronchoscopy, held across Royal Cornwall Hospital, West Cornwall Hospital and Bodmin Hospital.
You will be supported by the department sister and will be actively encouraged in your continuing professional development through the use of a care group specific Personal Development Plan and completion of the RCHT manager's / leader's passport.
About us
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.
It's established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.
Website: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/clinical-schools/royal-cornwall-hospitals-nhs-trust-clinical-school
https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871231209037
Details
Date posted
09 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
156-7194826
Job locations
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Truro
TR1 3LJ
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
Address
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Truro
TR1 3LJ
Employer's website
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