Junior Sister
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Job summary
A secondment opportunity has arisen on the Children's Burns Ward for 12 months to cover maternity leave.
As part of your commitments you will be collaborating with the ward manager and other junior sisters in the process of running the ward, appraisals, staff training and interviewing new starters.
The Children's Burns ward is a small, friendly unit consisting of eight beds in total. We provide a high standard of specialised care for children, young people and their families who have sustained burn injuries or experienced significant medical skin loss. We also care for children requiring outpatient burns care in our burns dressings clinics held daily on the ward.
The ward forms part of the St Andrew's Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, a world renowned service, promoting an excellent standard of care and professionalism within this specialty.
If you have a passion for providing excellent care to children and their families and are looking for more responsibility within the team, then this would be the position for you.
Main duties of the job
To support the Ward Manager to run the ward on a day to day basis.
To take charge of the ward, delegate the workload, support and teach the team as required.
Engage with new innovations, technology and improvements.
To adapt and to be able to communicate clearly
To engage with all communications sent within the trust and to share knowledge within the team.
To use support available for staff such as Occupational Health, Counselling and wellbeing support.
About us
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest inthe country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve apopulation of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and CarePartnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improvethe health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, andprovide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate andbuild careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best,to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest intheir field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experienceis important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking andenthusiastic we want you to join us.We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible workingopportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career withaccess to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeedand progress
Details
Date posted
17 November 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year Per annum
Contract
Secondment
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
390-B&P-BR-1560
Job locations
Broomfield
Court Road
Chelmsford
CM1 7ET
Employer details
Employer name
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Broomfield
Court Road
Chelmsford
CM1 7ET
Employer's website
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