Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse

Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is a world-renowned centre of clinical excellence and one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK. We became a Foundation Trust on 1st October 2015, and believe that this will enable us to work more effectively in partnership with our patients and our local community to provide high quality healthcare. We employ approximately 12,500 staff (including over 4,000 nurses and 2,000 doctors).The Trust is made up of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital (which includes the Children's Hospital, West Wing, Eye Hospital, Heart Centre and Women's Centre), the Churchill Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, all located in Oxford, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury, North Oxfordshire. These hospital sites, together, are supported by a range of community services across the county.We provide a wide range of clinical services including; stroke, ambulatory medicine, oncology and surgery. The Trust also provides specialist services (including cardiac, cancer, musculoskeletal and neurological rehabilitation, and a full range of children's services including critical and new-born care) medical education, training and research.

Main duties of the job

The Oxford Model of Exemplary Professional Nursing and Midwifery Practice was developed by over 350 nurses and midwives with a passion to define the way forward for the professions of nursing and midwifery. In addition members of the multi-disciplinary team and academic colleagues from Oxford Brookes University and the Oxford Institute of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Research (OxINMAHR) were also consulted. This work reflects a new chapter innursing and midwifery at Oxford and aims to provide clarity for the way ahead by being built on firm foundations created by countless individuals over 125 years of professional nursing at Oxford.This professional practice model builds on the Trust's values and behaviours and blends those values with nursing and midwifery theories and expert input based on the lived experience of Oxford Nurses and Midwives. The model is consistent with the Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives, (Nursing and Midwifery council 2015), Care Quality Commission Key lines of enquiry (CQC 2016), the Oxford University Hospitals Quality Priorities and the principles of the Magnet Recognition Program

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

Date posted

30 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year pro rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

321-NOTSS-5413975-B6

Job locations

John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford

Headington

Oxford

OX3 9DU

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide exceptional patient care which is underpinned by evidence based practice and OUH values. Work in partnership with the patients family and friends to be actively involved in the caring process on behalf of the patient. Manage, direct and evaluate the nursing care for a defined caseload of patients. Communicate effective information to patients/relatives/carers/ and all members of the multidisciplinary team. Demonstrate high standards of nursing care, reflecting the beliefs about professional nursing practice and patient care commensurate with The Oxford Model for Exemplary Professional Nursing and Midwifery Practice

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

INTERVIEW

Essential

Able to demonstrate the ability to put patients at the heart of what you do and recognising different needs by encouraging a spirit of support, integrity, respect and teamwork.

Desirable

Demonstrates ability to maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with team leaders/ward manager/unit co-ordinator.

Person Specification

INTERVIEW

Essential

Able to demonstrate the ability to put patients at the heart of what you do and recognising different needs by encouraging a spirit of support, integrity, respect and teamwork.

Desirable

Demonstrates ability to maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with team leaders/ward manager/unit co-ordinator.

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

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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).