Sister / Charge Nurse (Fracture Clinic)

Job summary

An exciting opportunity is available to join our lovely team in Fracture Clinic/Orthopaedic Outpatients at DRI/BDGH.

This is the ideal opportunity to progress, develop and gain new knowledge and skills in Orthopaedics. Working in a busy environment, the successful candidate will be working in both a clinical and managerial aspect of the role and assisting with all aspects of patient care in our Fracture Clinic and Orthopaedic clinics.

The successful candidate will also work closely with the Band 7 Department Manager with the day to day running of the department and the management of 41 members of staff.

This is a 30 hour post and hours will be covered during the week Monday to Friday although the main base will be DRI, this is a cross site post and the successful applicant will be required to also work at Bassetlaw when required.

This post involves working with various members of the multi-disciplinary team such as Care support workers, Staff Nurses, Assistant Practitioners and Orthopaedic Practitioners, Physiotherapists and clinicians to provide an effective safe service to our patients.

Support and additional training will be provided to the successful applicant, so if your ready for a change and a challenge apply for this post and join our lovely team.

Main duties of the job

• Managing the day to day running of the departmentManaging a nurse led dressing clinic and performing various aspects of wound care.
• Staff management: Including sickness management, roster allocation, Recruitment, A/L allocation, establishment and budget control (working with the Band 7 )
• Organising clinics and safe staffing across site, including additional clinics and cancellations.
• Dealing with patient complaints and concerns.
• Working closely with all members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Attending various meetings including governance, grip and control and operational meetings if required.

About us

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.