Senior Sister - Royal Orthopaedic Community Scheme

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to join our well respected visionary early discharge community scheme, ensuring seamless transition for patient care from our wards to patients home environment. The service is well respected and consistently developing in its service provision. The team is well established and very much appreciated by the patients and families who have received the care and service from its range of professionals.

We are looking for an individual who is innovative and forward thinking with the ability to lead and develop this service, with drive and passion for excellent patient care and services.

Main duties of the job

Clinical leadership and team working1. As a visible, clinical nurse leader, promote team work within a multi-professional environment.Leading and ensuring planning and delivery of care is aligned to the professional values of care, compassion and respect. Demonstrating critical analysis and decision-making skills, leading the delivery of consistent high standards of evidence-based care, influencing and facilitating change within the ward / department.2. Maintain safe staffing rosters ensuring appropriate staff number and skill mix of staff for patientacuity. Escalate where deficits cannot be rectified locally.3. Take all reasonable care of health and safety at work for you, your team and others and undertake tasks required of a departmental manager in relation to Health & Safety record keeping, risk assessment and aspects of procedural compliance.

About us

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist orthopaedic units in Europe. We offer planned orthopaedic surgery to people locally, nationally and internationally.

Our Trust is a very special hospital; big enough to deliver world class services and small enough to offer exceptional patient and staff experience. We offer a working experience unique in the West Midlands and we're always on the lookout for passionate people to join our award-winning team.

The ROH is an equal opportunities employer. We employ people of difference and are committed to growing an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated, and people feel able to bring their whole and authentic self to work.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a range of inclusive, family friendly and flexible working arrangements and policies, to support our people in the workplace.

The Trust is committed to the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy and consider them on their abilities.

If you have a disability and need any support with your application or require any reasonable adjustments to be implemented please do get in touch with the Recruiting Manager for this position so that the team can support you.

To find more about our staff benefits, please visit our website.

Date posted

07 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year Per annum (Pro-rata)

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

303-6114996-B

Job locations

RoH

Birmingham

B31 2AP

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a detailed job description and list of main responsibilities, please see the attached job description document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a detailed job description and list of main responsibilities, please see the attached job description document.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered nurse with current NMC registration (NMC)

Desirable

Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

Substantial/Significant experience required as a Band 6 sister/charge nurse

Desirable

Acute Medical & Elective or Emergency Surgical Experience.

Skills

Essential

Demonstrate a knowledge of duties required for the post

Desirable

Experience of customer care

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered nurse with current NMC registration (NMC)

Desirable

Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

Substantial/Significant experience required as a Band 6 sister/charge nurse

Desirable

Acute Medical & Elective or Emergency Surgical Experience.

Skills

Essential

Demonstrate a knowledge of duties required for the post

Desirable

Experience of customer care

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).