Job summary
The Acute Assessment Unit has recently relocated to a new purpose built facility and is co-located next to our beautiful Emergency Department. This has allowed Airedale to develop existing and new patient pathways into the Urgent Care steam including medicine, general surgery and orthopaedics. Within the AAU there is also an ambulatory care facility, which supports the "Right Care" ethos for our patients.
Main duties of the job
Acute Assessment Unit (AAU)
Due to an investment in the senior nursing team, the AAU are looking for enthusiastic Registered Nurses who want to develop their leadership skills and join us as a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse. The role has the support of a substantial Band 6 team to work within, Band 7 Senior Clinical Sisters, Governance and Quality Lead Nurse, a Nursing Clinical Lead and Matron. You will be an active part of the senior leadership team, promoting excellent clinical skills, sound nursing care and trusting working relationship across a varied multidisciplinary team.
As part of your induction, the Urgent Care Clinical Educator will work with you to tailor an induction programme and development plan to achieve individual and departmental goals, and you will be given a senior nurse to support and mentor you.
The successful candidate will be expected to work flexibly and collaboratively to deliver high quality care, based within an environment that equally values its staff as well as its patients.
Opportunities for rotation to other areas within the Urgent Care are encouraged.
About us
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registartion
- Teaching and assessing course/NVQ Assessor
Desirable
- SLIP (or equiv)
- Leadership/ management Course
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience (or equiv)
- Recent Acute Clinical Experience
- Demonstrable clinical expertise, relevant to the area
Desirable
- Has worked in different care specialities
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & 'Understanding the New NHS'
- Demonstrable interest in and commitment to the professional development of others
Desirable
- Research Knowledge
- Competency in PICC line / Hickmann line cares
- An understanding of private patients needs.
- Computering - Knowledge of Windows XP
- Understanding of haematology , oncology conditions and endocrine
Skills
Essential
- Can demonstrate professional development in leadership
- Ability to organise and manage day to day departmental activities and the activities of large multidisciplinary team within this
- Team building and working skills - able to lead a team to achieve results
- Problem solving skills - able to respond to unexpected issues and provide first line response and to identify appropriate sources of secondary support
- Must have experience in working in an acute assessment
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registartion
- Teaching and assessing course/NVQ Assessor
Desirable
- SLIP (or equiv)
- Leadership/ management Course
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience (or equiv)
- Recent Acute Clinical Experience
- Demonstrable clinical expertise, relevant to the area
Desirable
- Has worked in different care specialities
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & 'Understanding the New NHS'
- Demonstrable interest in and commitment to the professional development of others
Desirable
- Research Knowledge
- Competency in PICC line / Hickmann line cares
- An understanding of private patients needs.
- Computering - Knowledge of Windows XP
- Understanding of haematology , oncology conditions and endocrine
Skills
Essential
- Can demonstrate professional development in leadership
- Ability to organise and manage day to day departmental activities and the activities of large multidisciplinary team within this
- Team building and working skills - able to lead a team to achieve results
- Problem solving skills - able to respond to unexpected issues and provide first line response and to identify appropriate sources of secondary support
- Must have experience in working in an acute assessment
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).
