Senior Sister/Charge Nurse Vascular Surgery

Job summary

Senior Sister/Charge Nurse- Cheselden Ward (Vascular Surgery)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to join our 22 bedded vascular ward. Our mission is to deliver outstanding care at all times to patients treated in our ward and to do that, we need exceptional people.

To act as the professional role model, leading and co-ordinating the nursing team. To have continuous responsibility for the management and organisation of the ward/department within the available resources. To be accountable for the overall provision of excellent nursing care and to work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

The successful post holder will have the prime responsibility for leading the nursing team, working to promote a positive culture of collaborative working, providing professional leadership and skilled knowledge.

You will be reporting to the Matron, your duties will include but not limited to leading some clinical shifts, investigating adverse incidents, planning and implementing actions to ensure learning is shared across the department, undertaking quality audits, roster management, budget management and recruitment. You will have the motivation, vision and leadership qualities necessary to lead a safe, productive and efficient vascular surgery nursing team. As a key member of the team, you will have the ability to support, teach and develop junior staff and facilitate the delivery of high standards of patient care on the vascular ward. You will be a team player, empathetic and able to remain calm and composed under pressure. This role also requires reassuring manner and the understanding of the rights, privacy & dignity and safeguarding of all patients.

About us

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the country's principal teaching hospitals and our main site is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. We have over 9,000 dedicated staff serving a population of 1.3 million across south-west London.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.

We deliver a large number of services, such as cardiothoracic, medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation. We also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a range of community services to patients