Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Sister / Charge Nurse within the Community Ambulatory Care Clinics team. We are seeking a dynamic, committed, highly motivated and flexible individual. You must have interest in Tissue Viability, underpinning knowledge and skills in this area is desired. You must be self-motivated, provide a high standard of clinical skills in particular wound care, lower limb management and catheter skills. Ideally you will have your health assessment module and V300 non-medical prescribing skills or plan to work to achieve these modules. Completion of Specialist Practitioner Qualification is desirable but not essential. Vascular experience is desirable but not essential.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Sister / Charge Nurse is intrinsic to the success of patient care and positive outcomes. You will work closely with multi-disciplinary team members in care planning for patients. You will be pivotal in supporting staff development.
You will use your clinical expertise to support in the administrative planning of patient appointments, ensuring high level of patient care is maintained. You will support the service delivery by ensuring safe safe and appropriate staffing.
You will be a role model to all staff in ensuring high standards are met.
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be accountable for delivering safe and effective clinical practice; enhancing the patient's experience; managing and developing the performance of a team of nursing staff; efficient and effective use of resources.
To be professionally accountable and maintain the standards of professional practice as set by the appropriate regulatory body applicable to your profession or role.
To deliver compassionate person-centred care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their carers with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family.
To support and deputise for the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in ensuring the standards of professional practice as set out by appropriate regulatory body applicable to your profession or role are maintained.Utilise clinical proficiency in delivering a high standard of nursing care. Provide managerial and leadership skills to support the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse and nursing team to deliver continually improved standards and efficient and effective use of resources.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be accountable for delivering safe and effective clinical practice; enhancing the patient's experience; managing and developing the performance of a team of nursing staff; efficient and effective use of resources.
To be professionally accountable and maintain the standards of professional practice as set by the appropriate regulatory body applicable to your profession or role.
To deliver compassionate person-centred care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their carers with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family.
To support and deputise for the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in ensuring the standards of professional practice as set out by appropriate regulatory body applicable to your profession or role are maintained.Utilise clinical proficiency in delivering a high standard of nursing care. Provide managerial and leadership skills to support the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse and nursing team to deliver continually improved standards and efficient and effective use of resources.
Person Specification
Essential / Desirable
Essential
Desirable
- Specialist Practitioner Qualification
- Tissue Viability experience
- Vascular experience
- Health Assessment
- V300
- Leadership experience
Person Specification
Essential / Desirable
Essential
Desirable
- Specialist Practitioner Qualification
- Tissue Viability experience
- Vascular experience
- Health Assessment
- V300
- Leadership experience
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
