CCA Education Sister / Charge Nurse Secondment
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Education Sister/Charge Nurse Secondment in our Critical Care team at Royal Papworth Hospital.
As a member of CCA Education, you will co-lead the Critical Care education team in delivering in-service training, education and experienced specialist support to CCA staff and visiting students. Take responsibility, with the Critical Care Lead Nurse, to ensure all aspects of patient care and critical care services are of the highest standard.
You will have a scope of knowledge to act as a competent Cardiac Surgery Specialist.
You will have NMC registration and provide evidence of continued professional development to degree level. With effective communication and interpersonal skills, as well as recent Cardiothoracic Critical Care experience at band six or above, you will be proficient in staff development, supervision and teaching. Together with the senior team (Nurse Consultant, CCA Matron and CCA Lead Nurse), you will be required to assist in the day-to-day management of the Critical Care Area.
Main duties of the job
*Act as a role model both in clinical expertise and leadership, the role will entail 80% educational time and 20% clinical time.
*Actively promote workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.
*Alert CCA Leadership team to resource issues which affect learning development and performance.
*Plan the provision of the CCA education programme by a combination of bedside and classroom teaching. Regularly evaluate effectiveness and efficiency and modify as required.
*Ensure statutory and mandatory training is included in education programmes for all staff in CCA with accurate attendance records maintained.
*Develop, implement, and maintain medical device competencies for all equipment used within critical care, as well as clinical competencies. Lead in training and assessment of all staff and ensuring appropriate documentation is completed.
*Lead teaching team ensuring all new starters are well supported in making transition from supernumerary to supervised and then independent nurses on critical care. Ensure all appraisals and development meetings are documented.
*Work collaboratively with the Trust CPD nurses and actively contribute to Trust teaching and development programme.
*Work with external education providers and institutions to ensure education is of the highest standard and staff have appropriate access to these.
*Support students and staff, providing pastoral support and signposting to appropriate services.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Details
Date posted
04 December 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year
Contract
Secondment
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
175-2425-1-CA1019
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
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