Senior Sister/ Senior Charge Nurse

Job summary

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trust in the UK and boasts 3 Emergency Departments, one of which is the Royal London Hospital. We are a major trauma centre and hyper acute stroke unit providing specialist treatment to North East London and beyond. We are an innovative team and work closely with our research colleagues to integrate pioneering, world class care and treatments, developing new pathways and services to provide efficient and patient centred approach to emergency medicine.

The Royal London Hospital 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. Our department was also the winner of the 'Barts health Hero Awards' in 2018/19 in the category of respectful.

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.

Main duties of the job

Leads by example as an experienced Senior Nurse providing organisation and leadership to the multi-professional team. To ensure flow within the Emergency Department; constant overview of all areas of the department (resuscitation, majors zones, clinical decision unit (CDU), initial assessment). Assist with flow into and out of the Emergency Department, including CDU and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) by escalating issues to specialities/managers and using all areas of the ED and hospital to their optimum with the aim to resolve and improve patient experience.

To provide the highest standard of individualised and holistic patient care, in conjunctions with the interdisciplinary team.

Supervises: Junior qualified staff, Emergency department assistants (EDAs) and student nurses

Manages: Ward department/environment and the nursing team including EDAs 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

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Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

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