Junior Sister / Charge Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 nurse to join the Same Day Emergency Care area of the Emergency village at Salford Care Organisation.

You must be able to motivate, support and actively encourage staff to achieve high standards, and possess excellent communication skills to ensure that the aims of the SDEC are fully met to benefit our patients.

The philosophy of the Emergency Village is to provide urgent care to patients of all ages presenting with acute and chronic conditions, supported by specialist 'in reach' teams to deliver the most appropriate patient care pathway. You will be required to work collaboratively with the existing multi-disciplinary teams to provide emergency care and management to ensure the best possible outcome for all patients.

If you have the passion and drive to join our well established Nursing team then please apply. In return we will support you in your journey to develop and grow.

You will have clear aims for the SDEC Unit's ongoing development and be able to achieve goals set. Firm evidence of how you as a leader have made a positive impact to your team dynamics and are able to evidence how your role has improved clinical effectiveness..

You must be able to motivate staff to achieve high standards and possess excellent communication skills as components to achieve Trust goals.

Suitably experienced applicants are welcomed from all nursing specialities.

Main duties of the job

You will need to ensure that as well as providing clinical leadership, responsibility for direct staff management and the running of SDEC, you will also be working to tight deadlines to ensure the Patients are assessed, diagnosed and start treatment on the same day, improving patient experience and reducing hospital admissions as well as avoiding unplanned and longer than necessary stays in hospitals, resulting in lower risk of infections and de-conditioning for patients

A large part of the role involves the patient flow through the emergency village, therefore close collaboration with the bed management team, Emergency Department and EAU and STU will be required and a good working knowledge of the patient flow system is also required.

In line with the Trust's Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk