Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse ICU/HDU

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse to join our forward thinking and dynamic Critical Care Team.This is your chance to work within a successful and highly motivated team whilst delivering care to acutely unwell patients. Excellent leadership and clinical skills are essential.

We require a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to support and work alongside the Matrons for Critical Care Services to provide strong leadership and continue to drive our (CQC rated) outstanding Critical Care Services forward.

The Salisbury District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Critical Care Services includes Intensive Care and High Dependency Unit (Radnor) the Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT) and Hospital at Night Team, (H@NT). Our ICU is a general Critical Care Unit, which also supports the regional referral centres for burns, plastics and spinal cord injuries.

This is an exciting opportunity to role model your inspirational nursing leadership skills and knowledge in a friendly and supportive team where personal and professional development is actively encouraged.If you are motivated to promote and demonstrate compassionate leadership and care, then we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in the Intensive Care Unit, you will take a key role in the daily management and leadership of the Intensive Care Unit, whilst continually looking for new and innovative ways of improving the service, the development of the team and the patients experience within your agreed budget.

As the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, you will support and work closely with the Matrons (Critical Care Services), ICU Deputy Matron and Clinical Leads for ICU and CCOT in providing strategic, professional and operational leadership across the Critical Care service and the wider organisation.

You will be required to routinely participate in the weekend surgical division staffing and operational rota.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk