Job summary
An exciting opportunity has
become available to recruit to our Band 6 Sisters/Charge Nurse Team. We are looking
for someone who likes working in a fast paced environment, supporting a large team of staff to ensure stroke patients and their
families receive high quality acute and ongoing care. We achieve
very good audit results and you will be pinnacle in continuing to achieve
this.
We require you to
have extensive experience of looking after hyper acute stroke patients, with evidence of on going continued professional development. You must be able to demonstrate
good leadership skills, implementing and sustaining change to ensure we improve
and maintain high standards.
Main duties of the job
- Manage the ward and co-ordinate
the delivery of skilled, effective care and timely admission, transfer and discharge.
- Work to a culture of no delays.
- Ensure the safety of patients, staff
and visitors.
- Deliver expert nursing care,
leading the team by example.
- Provide advice and supervision
to junior staff.
- Actively participate in the
development of the standards within Stroke and Neurology.
- Provide support to the Ward
Manager and Matron and assist with managing the teams.
- Recognise areas of were
improvement and required and meet deadlines to achieve this.
- Participate in all aspects of
ward management when deputising for Band 7.
- Manage the ward environment, and be responsible for ensuring co-ordination and delivery of skilled, effective care and safe, timely discharge.
- Assess, prioritise, pan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care. Supervise others in the aforementioned functions.
- Neurological observations and telemetry.
- Participate in thrombolysis.
- Initiate and participate in Advanced Life Support and cardiac arrest management.
- Maintain clear, accurate, legible and timely written documentation in patients notes providing a record of the care delivered. Remind others members of the team to do likewise.
- Ensure timely admission to the Stroke Unit. Manage bed and assist in providing solutions.
- Assume nurse leadership in the event of a major incident being declared.
- Effective communication with patients, family and carers, the multi-professional team and others.
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application guidance: We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. Its important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
CLINICAL
-
Manage the ward environment, and be responsible
for ensuring co-ordination and delivery of skilled, effective care and safe,
timely discharge.
- Assess,
prioritise, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care. Supervise
others in the aforementioned functions.
- Ensure
safe, timely discharge or transfer, of patient, to wards, other hospitals
or care settings.
- Perform
and ensure others perform patient observations such as Neurological
observations, blood pressure, pulse, respirations, oxygen saturations, early
warning score, pain score, pressure score, peak expiratory flow, temperatures,
and electrocardiographs.
- Neurological
observations and telemetry
- Participate
in thrombolyis
- Provide
follow up advice, treatment and care.
- Perform
procedures
- Complete
Investigations such as blood glucose measurement, ward test urine
- Ensure
timely admission to the stroke unit and assist in being creative with managing
beds and solutions to problems.
- Initiate
and participate in Advanced Life Support and cardiac arrest management.
- Maintain
clear, accurate, legible and timely written documentation in patients notes
providing a record of care delivered. Remind other members of the team to do
likewise.
- Administer
intra venous, intra muscular, subcutaneous injections, and rectal and oral
medication.
- Provide
direct patient care. Attending to patients hygiene needs such as giving and
removing bedpans and urinals. Washing incontinent, unclean and infested
patients as required.
-
Give direction, support and advice to junior
staff.
- Accept
accountability and responsibility for own safe clinical practice. Comply with
the NMC Code of Practice and subsequent published guidelines for practice.
- Act
as the patients advocate when necessary.
-
Attend the department and assume nurse
leadership (in absence of Matron and Senior Sister) in the event of a major
incident being declared
-
Implement and maintain control of infection
procedures, such as hand washing, and be attentive that others do too.
COMMUNICATION
-
Maintain confidentiality of information
regarding patients, families and friends at all times. Be attentive that others
do so.
- Obtain
effective communication with the patient; their family, friends and carers; the
multi-professional team; other departments and hospitals; primary care teams.
This will be verbal, written, electronic and telephone. and for the purpose of
explaining diagnosis, treatment and obtaining verbal, implied and written
consent and follow up care to patients and family; to request investigations
and consultations from other professionals; eliciting more information to contribute
to the diagnosis and care; arranging follow up care; passing information. This
will frequently be to patients who have complicated emotional, physical and
psychological conditions e.g. deafness, dysphasia, learning difficulties and
mental health illness and will require expert use of verbal and non-verbal
communication.
-
Communicate bad news, with explanations, such as
death or severe illness to relatives/carers. Provide support for parents,
family and carers.
-
Recognise the needs of the patient family and
friends and ensure they receive suitable support from the appropriate
staff
- Express ideas simply, through oral or written
presentations to staff and others.
- Inform patients and visitors, when their
behaviour is threatening, violent or intimidating to other patients or staff
that this is not acceptable, and ask them to stop. If they persist in the
undesirable conduct ensure patient, visitor and staff safety by calling
security and/or police by telephone or attack alarm.
- Organising and conducting meetings, which
have a clear purpose and outcome such as around their special interest.
- Use the information technology system to e.g.
input data, request investigations and refer to other members of the hospital
team. Code episode of patient care in the ED and therefore letter to GP.
EDUCATIONAL
- Provide mentorship, teaching and assessment
for pre and post registration student nurses completing documentation as
required by universities.
-
Maintain awareness of current developments in oncology
nursing and issues relating to the service and assist in their implementation.
-
Supervise junior staff, student nurses and
ancillary staff with their educational needs
-
Assist with planning, delivering and
participating in the departmental teaching
programme
-
Participate in the planning and delivery of oncology
induction programmes and in the orientation of staff new to the department.
-
To maintain own knowledge base and practice
advanced accident and emergency skills and supervise others in their delivery
of these skills.
-
To ensure own educational needs are met within
NMC recommendations.
-
Assist in maintaining a teaching resource area
in the department to promote evidence-based practice
-
Assist with the management and development of
preceptors and mentor group to enhance practice within the department
- Encourage an environment, which facilitates
appropriate education and training through the organisations individual
appraisal system.
- Offer
advice and guidance to doctors and multi-professional team when requested.
MANAGEMENT
-
To maintain a safe environment for staff, patients
and visitors on the ward.
- Maintain
safe custody and administration of medicines and controlled drugs according to
statuary legislation, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust and the NMC (2002) Standards for
the Administration of Medicines
- Balance
nursing staff resources to peaks and troughs of activity through a rota.
- Find
cover for nursing shifts in the event of sickness or absence.
- Monitor
and control the use of resources through effective systems of stock control.
- Raise
the awareness of the team with regard to financial and budgetary issues.
- Recommend
improvements in services, with supporting evidence, to Consultants, Matron and
the stroke team. Consult with appropriate personnel in order to effect change
- Prioritise
work and manage time effectively.
- Report
and record all complaints, clinical incidents and untoward occurrences.
- Ensure
that confidentiality and safe record keeping are undertaken in accordance with
the Data Protection Act.
- To
assist in leading the development of nursing practice within the oncology
department.
-
Accept responsibility for maintaining equipment
and stock levels, reporting any defects, hazards or shortfalls within the
clinical area, ensuring that problems are followed up
-
Lead, some, and participate in the development
of guidelines, protocols, and pathways of care, using an evidence base where it
is available
- Monitor
and assist in managing sickness and absence
- Have
an understanding of the disciplinary/grievance procedure and how and when it
should be applied
-
Participate in the recruitment,
selection and retention of staff.
-
Attend and contribute to staff meetings.
Represent the gastroenterology ward and contribute to other meetings external
or internal as requested.
LEADERSHIP
-
To maintain respect, privacy and dignity for all
patients regardless of race, colour, creed or social circumstances of reason
for attendance
-
Act as an effective role model and maintain
professional standards when representing the department being courteous and
helpful at all times
-
To develop and maintain own area of expertise
and role on the ward.
-
Offer time and space for the ward team to have
appropriate defusing following distressing events such as death; aggression and
violence.
-
Support staff, through clinical supervision, to
be accountable practitioners
- Contribute
to the creation of a departmental culture, which recognises and works in
partnership with patients and carers involving them in all decisions.
- Work
in a collaborative, co-operative manner with other health care professionals
and other relevant agencies
- Maximise
the effectiveness of the team e.g. appropriate skill mix, duty rotas, training,
and mentorship.
- Assist
in the enabling and empowering of staff.
- Develop
systems, which ensure continuity of care.
-
To be accountable for own safe practice
- Ensure
adequate and accurate patient documentation and records are maintained
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
CLINICAL
-
Manage the ward environment, and be responsible
for ensuring co-ordination and delivery of skilled, effective care and safe,
timely discharge.
- Assess,
prioritise, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care. Supervise
others in the aforementioned functions.
- Ensure
safe, timely discharge or transfer, of patient, to wards, other hospitals
or care settings.
- Perform
and ensure others perform patient observations such as Neurological
observations, blood pressure, pulse, respirations, oxygen saturations, early
warning score, pain score, pressure score, peak expiratory flow, temperatures,
and electrocardiographs.
- Neurological
observations and telemetry
- Participate
in thrombolyis
- Provide
follow up advice, treatment and care.
- Perform
procedures
- Complete
Investigations such as blood glucose measurement, ward test urine
- Ensure
timely admission to the stroke unit and assist in being creative with managing
beds and solutions to problems.
- Initiate
and participate in Advanced Life Support and cardiac arrest management.
- Maintain
clear, accurate, legible and timely written documentation in patients notes
providing a record of care delivered. Remind other members of the team to do
likewise.
- Administer
intra venous, intra muscular, subcutaneous injections, and rectal and oral
medication.
- Provide
direct patient care. Attending to patients hygiene needs such as giving and
removing bedpans and urinals. Washing incontinent, unclean and infested
patients as required.
-
Give direction, support and advice to junior
staff.
- Accept
accountability and responsibility for own safe clinical practice. Comply with
the NMC Code of Practice and subsequent published guidelines for practice.
- Act
as the patients advocate when necessary.
-
Attend the department and assume nurse
leadership (in absence of Matron and Senior Sister) in the event of a major
incident being declared
-
Implement and maintain control of infection
procedures, such as hand washing, and be attentive that others do too.
COMMUNICATION
-
Maintain confidentiality of information
regarding patients, families and friends at all times. Be attentive that others
do so.
- Obtain
effective communication with the patient; their family, friends and carers; the
multi-professional team; other departments and hospitals; primary care teams.
This will be verbal, written, electronic and telephone. and for the purpose of
explaining diagnosis, treatment and obtaining verbal, implied and written
consent and follow up care to patients and family; to request investigations
and consultations from other professionals; eliciting more information to contribute
to the diagnosis and care; arranging follow up care; passing information. This
will frequently be to patients who have complicated emotional, physical and
psychological conditions e.g. deafness, dysphasia, learning difficulties and
mental health illness and will require expert use of verbal and non-verbal
communication.
-
Communicate bad news, with explanations, such as
death or severe illness to relatives/carers. Provide support for parents,
family and carers.
-
Recognise the needs of the patient family and
friends and ensure they receive suitable support from the appropriate
staff
- Express ideas simply, through oral or written
presentations to staff and others.
- Inform patients and visitors, when their
behaviour is threatening, violent or intimidating to other patients or staff
that this is not acceptable, and ask them to stop. If they persist in the
undesirable conduct ensure patient, visitor and staff safety by calling
security and/or police by telephone or attack alarm.
- Organising and conducting meetings, which
have a clear purpose and outcome such as around their special interest.
- Use the information technology system to e.g.
input data, request investigations and refer to other members of the hospital
team. Code episode of patient care in the ED and therefore letter to GP.
EDUCATIONAL
- Provide mentorship, teaching and assessment
for pre and post registration student nurses completing documentation as
required by universities.
-
Maintain awareness of current developments in oncology
nursing and issues relating to the service and assist in their implementation.
-
Supervise junior staff, student nurses and
ancillary staff with their educational needs
-
Assist with planning, delivering and
participating in the departmental teaching
programme
-
Participate in the planning and delivery of oncology
induction programmes and in the orientation of staff new to the department.
-
To maintain own knowledge base and practice
advanced accident and emergency skills and supervise others in their delivery
of these skills.
-
To ensure own educational needs are met within
NMC recommendations.
-
Assist in maintaining a teaching resource area
in the department to promote evidence-based practice
-
Assist with the management and development of
preceptors and mentor group to enhance practice within the department
- Encourage an environment, which facilitates
appropriate education and training through the organisations individual
appraisal system.
- Offer
advice and guidance to doctors and multi-professional team when requested.
MANAGEMENT
-
To maintain a safe environment for staff, patients
and visitors on the ward.
- Maintain
safe custody and administration of medicines and controlled drugs according to
statuary legislation, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust and the NMC (2002) Standards for
the Administration of Medicines
- Balance
nursing staff resources to peaks and troughs of activity through a rota.
- Find
cover for nursing shifts in the event of sickness or absence.
- Monitor
and control the use of resources through effective systems of stock control.
- Raise
the awareness of the team with regard to financial and budgetary issues.
- Recommend
improvements in services, with supporting evidence, to Consultants, Matron and
the stroke team. Consult with appropriate personnel in order to effect change
- Prioritise
work and manage time effectively.
- Report
and record all complaints, clinical incidents and untoward occurrences.
- Ensure
that confidentiality and safe record keeping are undertaken in accordance with
the Data Protection Act.
- To
assist in leading the development of nursing practice within the oncology
department.
-
Accept responsibility for maintaining equipment
and stock levels, reporting any defects, hazards or shortfalls within the
clinical area, ensuring that problems are followed up
-
Lead, some, and participate in the development
of guidelines, protocols, and pathways of care, using an evidence base where it
is available
- Monitor
and assist in managing sickness and absence
- Have
an understanding of the disciplinary/grievance procedure and how and when it
should be applied
-
Participate in the recruitment,
selection and retention of staff.
-
Attend and contribute to staff meetings.
Represent the gastroenterology ward and contribute to other meetings external
or internal as requested.
LEADERSHIP
-
To maintain respect, privacy and dignity for all
patients regardless of race, colour, creed or social circumstances of reason
for attendance
-
Act as an effective role model and maintain
professional standards when representing the department being courteous and
helpful at all times
-
To develop and maintain own area of expertise
and role on the ward.
-
Offer time and space for the ward team to have
appropriate defusing following distressing events such as death; aggression and
violence.
-
Support staff, through clinical supervision, to
be accountable practitioners
- Contribute
to the creation of a departmental culture, which recognises and works in
partnership with patients and carers involving them in all decisions.
- Work
in a collaborative, co-operative manner with other health care professionals
and other relevant agencies
- Maximise
the effectiveness of the team e.g. appropriate skill mix, duty rotas, training,
and mentorship.
- Assist
in the enabling and empowering of staff.
- Develop
systems, which ensure continuity of care.
-
To be accountable for own safe practice
- Ensure
adequate and accurate patient documentation and records are maintained
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Current NMC Registration
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
- Nursing/Critical Care Nursing or equivalent.
Desirable
- Have or undertaking education with the intention of completing Health related degree
- Post Registration Qualification in Mentorship/Training.
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- Awareness of current professional nursing issues.
- Mentorship and preceptorship skills.
Desirable
- Demonstrates a knowledge of management issues.
Experience
Essential
- Sufficient or significant proven experience as a Senior Band 5/Junior sister.
- Evidence of participating in the development of patient care.
- Must have Acute Stroke Experience.
Desirable
- Recent Acute Stroke experience .
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effective communication skills, verbal and written.
- Demonstrates leadership skills.
- Ability to motivate self and others.
- Has expanded clinical competencies such as wound closure, intravenous cannulation.
- Administration of intravenous medicines.
Desirable
- Undertaken added responsibilities as a Senior Staff Nurse, such as moving and handling, wound care teaching, liaison role etc.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Current NMC Registration
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
- Nursing/Critical Care Nursing or equivalent.
Desirable
- Have or undertaking education with the intention of completing Health related degree
- Post Registration Qualification in Mentorship/Training.
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- Awareness of current professional nursing issues.
- Mentorship and preceptorship skills.
Desirable
- Demonstrates a knowledge of management issues.
Experience
Essential
- Sufficient or significant proven experience as a Senior Band 5/Junior sister.
- Evidence of participating in the development of patient care.
- Must have Acute Stroke Experience.
Desirable
- Recent Acute Stroke experience .
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effective communication skills, verbal and written.
- Demonstrates leadership skills.
- Ability to motivate self and others.
- Has expanded clinical competencies such as wound closure, intravenous cannulation.
- Administration of intravenous medicines.
Desirable
- Undertaken added responsibilities as a Senior Staff Nurse, such as moving and handling, wound care teaching, liaison role etc.
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
