Deputy Sister/ Charge Nurse inYork inYork PUBLISHED 18 OCT 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse based on Ward 11 at York Hospital. The Band 6 role will be essential to support the development and implementation of ongoing improvement projects.

Ward 11 is currently a 31 bedded ward with a Nursed Enhanced Unit, which contains 4 beds. Nurses can follow a nurse led protocol to manage patients post operatively with the support of the vascular medical team and peri – operative team. Ward 11 is a hub for vascular patients and receives patient’s from Scarborough to Harrogate.

We receive patients both acutely and electively, alongside patients that are sent in from clinics across our region. Applications are invited from enthusiastic and experienced nurses to join our dedicated and passionate team. Applicants will be expected to have least 3 years experience as a Band 5 or equivalent, with a genuine passion and drive, who are committed to maintaining and improving care.

We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated nurse who can provide clinical leadership to our nursing team. The successful candidate must be committed to ensuring the delivery of safe, compassionate, high quality care. They will have proven clinical, management, and teaching experience, and must have the ability to communicate and support their colleagues, our patients and their families/carers.

• Maintain a high standard of patient focused care in accordance with York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust policies and procedures
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment
• Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients, ensuring accurate written records are kept
• Communicate with patients and carers to ensure they have access to appropriate information
• Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of the patient
• Act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct
• Undertake duties on different wards/departments as and when required by service demands
• Demonstrate personal responsibility for compliance with infection control policies and procedures
• Education and Training
  
  

The role is to consistently drive excellent clinical quality standards by providing visible clinical leadership to the team, and support them in the delivery of high quality, effective and evidence based care. Focus will be on patient experience, patient safety and providing assurance that standards are met for every patient, every time.

This will be a multifaceted role comprising of clinical support to the junior team and running in collaboration with the current Band 6 and Band 7 working towards service improvement, clinical governance and the on-going professional development of their team.

We are proud to be a team with a strong sense of collaboration across all our healthcare professionals, working together to drive our service forward. Therefore, the candidate must be committed to the on-going development of the department and have the drive and passion to create an inspirational learning and working environment.

This role requires you to be assertive, flexible, resilient, forward thinking and ready to develop your leadership skills in an acute setting. You will be required to take charge in challenging circumstances and support junior colleagues at all time.

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
  
  

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Carter Job title: Ward Sister Email address: Telephone number: