Junior Sister/Charge Nurse/Team Leader - Critical Care Unit

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you a passionate, motivated and dynamic Critical Care nurse who would like to develop and grow your leadership skills in a band 6 role? If so we would like you to join our Adult Critical Care team here at The Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH).

Our multidisciplinary team are friendly and proactive, providing level 3 and level 2 Critical Care in a purpose built, spacious ten bedded unit. This very busy dynamic unit cares for complex, critically ill patients from a variety of specialities.

As part of the Trusts Critical Care 'Care Group' we also work collaboratively and have close relationships with the Critical Care units at the Denmark Hill site for both the delivery of patient care and provision of education.

The post will offer you excellent personal and professional development opportunities in management and leadership. You will be an experienced critical care nurse, and be able to demonstrate a high standard of care in a professional and compassionate manner. You will work closely with our dedicated team including the Matron, Practice Development Nurse, Audit nurse, Clinical Information Systems (CIS) Nurse and our Critical Care Outreach team (iMobile) and commitment to service improvement to maintain the quality and safety of patients is essential.

You must have achieved a specialist course in Critical Care as well as a Mentorship qualification or equivalent. A UK recognised degree in Nursing (or equivalent) is desirable.

Main duties of the job

To provide expert, holistic care of a high standard to both critically ill patients and their relatives within King's College Hospital.
To take direct managerial responsibility for the clinical area in the absence of Matron, or as delegated by the Lead Nurse/ Head of Nursing.
To assist in the leadership and development of an identified group of nurses within the Critical Care Unit Nursing establishment.
To act as a clinical resource within the Critical Care Units and across the Division, as necessary.
To act as a positive role model at all times demonstrating professionalism and compassion in your actions and behaviour.

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reachis our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King's to another level.

Date posted

09 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,701 to £48,054 a year Per annum, including High Cost Area

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

213-NUR-PRUH-6266335

Job locations

Princess Royal University Hospital

Farnborough Common

Orpington

BR6 8ND

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. CLINICAL PRACTICE

To adhere to the NMC The Code: Professional Standards (2018) and adhere to this at all times.
To demonstrate clinical expertise in the care of any patients receiving treatment in the unit/department.
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the needs of patients in the unit on an ongoing basis, co-ordinating the care given by all members of the clinical team.
To accurately assimilate and interpret clinical information about the patients condition, instigate appropriate remedial action and promptly report changes.
To act as a clinical resource to others, providing accurate information, advice and support to the multidisciplinary team, patients and their relatives.
To ensure accurate records are maintained reflecting both changes in thepatients condition and the treatment delivered.
To ensure patients and their relatives are updated regularly with accurateinformation, for this to be presented in a sensitive way and one they understand.
To ensure Clinical Guidelines are implemented and to be actively involved inauditing practice, in conjunction with Line Manager and Practice Development staff.
To ensure practice is evidence based and, with support, assist in thedevelopment of policies and protocols within the clinical area.
To uphold high standards of nursing care, according to existing Trust & local policies and guidelines.
To support the process of continuous quality improvement, assisting in audits etc
To formally evaluate standards of care and aid the implementation of changes in the light of such findings.
To organise patient transfers both within and outside the hospital, escorting critically ill patients as requested.
To contribute to the health education of patients and their families, ensuring all patients receive appropriate advice and support to maintain an ongoing healthy lifestyle.
To actively support the Trusts Nursing & Midwifery strategy in clinical practice.

2. EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

To act as a mentor/practice supervisor to junior staff, responsible for the orientation, supervision and ongoing development of junior nurses and preregistration students, in conjunction with Line Manager and Practice Development Team.
To act as a mentor/practice supervisor to learners undertaking further education, ensuring a positive learning experience and facilitating the development of their clinical skills and knowledge.
To contribute to the wider educational activities within the Division ensuring attendance at and contributing to the delivery of educational activities to the multi-disciplinary team within the Division.
To promote and encourage the application of research and evidence based practices.
To participate in any research projects conducted in the clinical area, as appropriate.
To act as link nurse (e.g for infection control, tissue viability) ensuring attendance at and contribution to Trust wide meetings, being responsible for ensuring dissemination of relevant information from these meetings to all staff within the units.

3. MANAGEMENT

To manage clinical workload effectively, ensuring care is prioritised appropriately.
To contribute positively towards the delivery of a cost effective service, adjusting staffing levels to meet demand and assisting the unit manager to keep within agreed resources.
To assist with the ongoing organisation of the unit, including liaison with Medical Clinicians and Bed Managers to ensure optimal bed usage at all times, facilitating timely admission and discharge of patients.
To act as a Team Leader to an identified group of staff, monitoring anddocumenting the development of their clinical skills.To develop own skills in recruitment and retention, sickness management and performance management as determined by line manager.
To actively support the process of risk management and health & safety upholding relevant policies to promote this and ensuring incidents are reported appropriately (in writing) and helping identify ways of preventing errors, near misses and accidents to both patients and staff.
To make a positive contribution to service development affecting the clinical area and positively influence others to adapt to change.
To actively promote customer care, assisting in resolving local (informal) complaints and supporting the ward manager to investigate formal problems.
To assist with the monitoring of stock levels of clinical stores and technical equipment, resolving any shortfall as appropriate.
To maintain standards of hygiene and cleanliness within the clinical area, action to resolve and reporting deficits to the Unit Matron, as appropriate.
To communicate varied and complicated information (verbally and in writing) in a way that is understood and gets the important facts across.
To carry the unit in-charge WiFi phone as required, resolving local problems/conflicts, keeping managers/others informed and maintaining positive team dynamics across the Division & Trust at all times.
To take a leadership role in crisis situations, resolving problems across the units and within the Division/Trust as necessary.
To maintain confidentiality with regard to personal information pertaining to staff.
To attend and contribute to departmental meetings, as required.

4. PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

To work within, and accept responsibility for, maintaining agreed levels of clinical competence and ensure clinical currency as new technologies are introduced.
To keep up to date with NMC, Trust and local policies and guidelines, and to adhere to these at all times.
To be a fully active and committed member of the multidisciplinary team operating in the units and Division.
To demonstrate insight into own professional development, contributing to the process of identifying own individual educational and clinical training needs, in conjunction with the line manager and practice development team.
Participate in own appraisal and, after suitable training, to be responsible for undertaking timely reviews for allocated junior staff.
To ensure own educational commitment is at least sufficient to maintain NMC revalidation requirements and make sure own mandatory training certificates are current, in liaison with Line Manager.

5. GENERAL

The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and well being and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.
To observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.
To observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
To be responsible, with management support, for their own personaldevelopment and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder.
All employees must hold an nhs.net email account which will be the Trusts formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication.

6. INFECTION CONTROL STATEMENT

The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to make to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role.
These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures, which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all time

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. CLINICAL PRACTICE

To adhere to the NMC The Code: Professional Standards (2018) and adhere to this at all times.
To demonstrate clinical expertise in the care of any patients receiving treatment in the unit/department.
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the needs of patients in the unit on an ongoing basis, co-ordinating the care given by all members of the clinical team.
To accurately assimilate and interpret clinical information about the patients condition, instigate appropriate remedial action and promptly report changes.
To act as a clinical resource to others, providing accurate information, advice and support to the multidisciplinary team, patients and their relatives.
To ensure accurate records are maintained reflecting both changes in thepatients condition and the treatment delivered.
To ensure patients and their relatives are updated regularly with accurateinformation, for this to be presented in a sensitive way and one they understand.
To ensure Clinical Guidelines are implemented and to be actively involved inauditing practice, in conjunction with Line Manager and Practice Development staff.
To ensure practice is evidence based and, with support, assist in thedevelopment of policies and protocols within the clinical area.
To uphold high standards of nursing care, according to existing Trust & local policies and guidelines.
To support the process of continuous quality improvement, assisting in audits etc
To formally evaluate standards of care and aid the implementation of changes in the light of such findings.
To organise patient transfers both within and outside the hospital, escorting critically ill patients as requested.
To contribute to the health education of patients and their families, ensuring all patients receive appropriate advice and support to maintain an ongoing healthy lifestyle.
To actively support the Trusts Nursing & Midwifery strategy in clinical practice.

2. EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

To act as a mentor/practice supervisor to junior staff, responsible for the orientation, supervision and ongoing development of junior nurses and preregistration students, in conjunction with Line Manager and Practice Development Team.
To act as a mentor/practice supervisor to learners undertaking further education, ensuring a positive learning experience and facilitating the development of their clinical skills and knowledge.
To contribute to the wider educational activities within the Division ensuring attendance at and contributing to the delivery of educational activities to the multi-disciplinary team within the Division.
To promote and encourage the application of research and evidence based practices.
To participate in any research projects conducted in the clinical area, as appropriate.
To act as link nurse (e.g for infection control, tissue viability) ensuring attendance at and contribution to Trust wide meetings, being responsible for ensuring dissemination of relevant information from these meetings to all staff within the units.

3. MANAGEMENT

To manage clinical workload effectively, ensuring care is prioritised appropriately.
To contribute positively towards the delivery of a cost effective service, adjusting staffing levels to meet demand and assisting the unit manager to keep within agreed resources.
To assist with the ongoing organisation of the unit, including liaison with Medical Clinicians and Bed Managers to ensure optimal bed usage at all times, facilitating timely admission and discharge of patients.
To act as a Team Leader to an identified group of staff, monitoring anddocumenting the development of their clinical skills.To develop own skills in recruitment and retention, sickness management and performance management as determined by line manager.
To actively support the process of risk management and health & safety upholding relevant policies to promote this and ensuring incidents are reported appropriately (in writing) and helping identify ways of preventing errors, near misses and accidents to both patients and staff.
To make a positive contribution to service development affecting the clinical area and positively influence others to adapt to change.
To actively promote customer care, assisting in resolving local (informal) complaints and supporting the ward manager to investigate formal problems.
To assist with the monitoring of stock levels of clinical stores and technical equipment, resolving any shortfall as appropriate.
To maintain standards of hygiene and cleanliness within the clinical area, action to resolve and reporting deficits to the Unit Matron, as appropriate.
To communicate varied and complicated information (verbally and in writing) in a way that is understood and gets the important facts across.
To carry the unit in-charge WiFi phone as required, resolving local problems/conflicts, keeping managers/others informed and maintaining positive team dynamics across the Division & Trust at all times.
To take a leadership role in crisis situations, resolving problems across the units and within the Division/Trust as necessary.
To maintain confidentiality with regard to personal information pertaining to staff.
To attend and contribute to departmental meetings, as required.

4. PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

To work within, and accept responsibility for, maintaining agreed levels of clinical competence and ensure clinical currency as new technologies are introduced.
To keep up to date with NMC, Trust and local policies and guidelines, and to adhere to these at all times.
To be a fully active and committed member of the multidisciplinary team operating in the units and Division.
To demonstrate insight into own professional development, contributing to the process of identifying own individual educational and clinical training needs, in conjunction with the line manager and practice development team.
Participate in own appraisal and, after suitable training, to be responsible for undertaking timely reviews for allocated junior staff.
To ensure own educational commitment is at least sufficient to maintain NMC revalidation requirements and make sure own mandatory training certificates are current, in liaison with Line Manager.

5. GENERAL

The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and well being and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.
To observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.
To observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
To be responsible, with management support, for their own personaldevelopment and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder.
All employees must hold an nhs.net email account which will be the Trusts formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication.

6. INFECTION CONTROL STATEMENT

The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to make to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role.
These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures, which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all time

Person Specification

Education

Essential

1st level Registered general Nurse (NMC)
Hold a Post-reg Educational Qualification (eg. Mentorship/Practice supervisor) AND complete Practice Assessor training within 6 months of appointment

Skills and Experience

Essential

Demonstrable clinical expertise, relevant to the area.
Ability to organise and manage day-to-day departmental activities and the activities of large multidisciplinary team within this.
Communication skills - able to relate and communicate with patients and staff at all levels and from different professions.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

1st level Registered general Nurse (NMC)
Hold a Post-reg Educational Qualification (eg. Mentorship/Practice supervisor) AND complete Practice Assessor training within 6 months of appointment

Skills and Experience

Essential

Demonstrable clinical expertise, relevant to the area.
Ability to organise and manage day-to-day departmental activities and the activities of large multidisciplinary team within this.
Communication skills - able to relate and communicate with patients and staff at all levels and from different professions.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).