Job summary
* This post attracts a Recruitment and Retention premium of £2,000 per annum pro rata until December 2023 *
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, dynamic and passionate Sister/Charge Nurse to help lead our nursing team day-to-day management within the Emergency Department.
We arelooking for leaders who enjoy a challenge and thrive within the high energy specialty of Emergency Care. Our ED offers an amazing development package with routes to formal education channels, our development work has been recognized nationally and Barts Health prides itself on our development of nurses.
We strive to give our staff a happy environment where safety and quality are our top priorities as nurses. It is your role to bring both leadership and clinical excellence together to create an outstanding department for our staff and service users.
We are working hard on achieving a culture that has a healthy speak-up culture where staff and patient feedback shape our evolving journey to outstanding. You should be motivated in wanting to achieve the same outstanding goals we want to achieve within our culture, working to our Trust Values.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide enthusiastic, passionate and innovative nursing leadership to day-to-day operational management and running of the Emergency Department. A Sister/Charge Nurse is expected to take part in supporting staff development, ensuring innovative ways of working are introduced and being an advocate to local & trust wide agenda's as well as own work that will help to make the department an outstanding place to work and visit.
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 where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assist, support and supervise other nurses in the team as required and delegated to by the Team Leader or Matron.Escalate appropriately to the leadership team to gain further support and clarity.
Work at all times as part of the team, liaising closely with senior colleagues, and respond positively to feedback positive and negative in an emotionally intelligent and appropriately professional manner.
To assist, support and supervise other nurses in the team as required and delegated to by the Team Leader or Matron.
Escalate appropriately to the leadership team to gain further support and clarity.
Work at all times as part of the team, liaising closely with senior colleagues, and respond positively to feedback positive and negative in an emotionally intelligent and appropriately professional manner.
Maintain an outstanding learning environment for all grades of staff, working towards agreed plans and in-conjunction with the Practice Development Team.
Challenge those who are not providing outstand levels of care or not meeting Truststandards using tact and courtesy, ensuring all conversations are documented and informed the Team Leader.
Support the Team Leader by completing Return to Work forms following staff sickness if you are the Nurse in Charge following the staff members return.
Support interviewing of Band 5s and below where appropriate.
Support staff whom require extra support by following set action plans.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assist, support and supervise other nurses in the team as required and delegated to by the Team Leader or Matron.Escalate appropriately to the leadership team to gain further support and clarity.
Work at all times as part of the team, liaising closely with senior colleagues, and respond positively to feedback positive and negative in an emotionally intelligent and appropriately professional manner.
To assist, support and supervise other nurses in the team as required and delegated to by the Team Leader or Matron.
Escalate appropriately to the leadership team to gain further support and clarity.
Work at all times as part of the team, liaising closely with senior colleagues, and respond positively to feedback positive and negative in an emotionally intelligent and appropriately professional manner.
Maintain an outstanding learning environment for all grades of staff, working towards agreed plans and in-conjunction with the Practice Development Team.
Challenge those who are not providing outstand levels of care or not meeting Truststandards using tact and courtesy, ensuring all conversations are documented and informed the Team Leader.
Support the Team Leader by completing Return to Work forms following staff sickness if you are the Nurse in Charge following the staff members return.
Support interviewing of Band 5s and below where appropriate.
Support staff whom require extra support by following set action plans.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent and relevant experience as RN
- Specialist A&E/ED course or working towards Mentorship Course or Equivalent
Desirable
- Leadership/Management course.
Skills
Essential
- Recent and relevant experience in ED Nursing Sound ability to work as a team member with good emotional intelligence skills to read situations and balancing responses with empathy and gusto.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills within documentation and with all members of the team, patients and their carers.
- Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure Adaptability to changing workload
- Full participation in teaching programme and development of self and others on every interaction.
- Sound ability to problem solve and balance risk, safety and performance, putting patients and staff at the heart of your decisions.
- Demonstrate understanding and role in management of ED operational standards.
Desirable
- Conflict Resolution
- Breakaway Training
- Mental Health First
- Aid/Awareness
- Roster Management Experience of Triage/assessment of patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent and relevant experience as RN
- Specialist A&E/ED course or working towards Mentorship Course or Equivalent
Desirable
- Leadership/Management course.
Skills
Essential
- Recent and relevant experience in ED Nursing Sound ability to work as a team member with good emotional intelligence skills to read situations and balancing responses with empathy and gusto.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills within documentation and with all members of the team, patients and their carers.
- Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure Adaptability to changing workload
- Full participation in teaching programme and development of self and others on every interaction.
- Sound ability to problem solve and balance risk, safety and performance, putting patients and staff at the heart of your decisions.
- Demonstrate understanding and role in management of ED operational standards.
Desirable
- Conflict Resolution
- Breakaway Training
- Mental Health First
- Aid/Awareness
- Roster Management Experience of Triage/assessment of patients
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).
