Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

Job summary

The Royal London Emergency Department are proud winners of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, 2018 Clinical Team of the year. We feel this strongly reflects our on-going mission to strive for excellence and provide the best possible emergency services.

We aim to recruit a dynamic nurse with relevant Emergency Department experience, excellent verbal and written communication skills with empathy and compassion at the heart of the care that they provide. You will be expected to deliver high quality, clinical care, lead a team of nurses and HCSWs, promoting and maintaining high standards of nursing care within the current service. You will be actively involved in shaping the future of the Royal London Emergency Department and will be supported in achieving your career goals in relation to developing clinical, management and leadership skills.

You will line manage a team made of junior Sisters, band 5 nurses and band 3 emergency department assistants. You will nurture their development and lead with an example of clinical excellence. The senior sister is expected to co-ordinate a group of 'nurse champions' to lead in an area of care that interest you and in collaboration with an ED consultant manage quality improvement projects.

Our department is also able to offer several exciting secondment prospects including the Physician Response Unit. This opportunity, unique to our department, incorporates a nurse into the pre-hospital MDT response unit .

Main duties of the job

Leads by example as an experienced senior nurse providing organisation and leadership to the multi-professional team. To improve flow within the ED; constant overview of all areas ofED ( Paeds, EmCare, Injuries, CDU). Assist with flow into and out of ED including CDU, amb/ED Care, escalating issues to specialities/ Managers using all areas of the ED and hospital to their optimum with the aim to resolve to improve patient experience. Complete allbreach reasons and validate breaches in real time.

Supervises: Junior qualified staff, Emergency department assistants, and student nurses. Manages: Ward department/environment and the nursing team including emergency department assistants on a daily basis.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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