Deputy Sister / Charge Nurse - Chartridge Ward inAmersham inAmersham PUBLISHED
MON 6 JAN 2025
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust rC5juByv
Key responsibilities include patient assessment, care planning, and management of various health conditions. The post involves acting as a role model for junior staff, participating in multidisciplinary team meetings, addressing clinical and operational challenges, and upholding a clean and safe environment. The successful candidate will work closely with the ward manager to monitor quality-driven indicators and support the development of evidence-based care practices.
Amersham Hospital is one of several Community Hospitals within the Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. We have three inpatient areas: Chartridge Ward, Waterside Unit, and Buckinghamshire Neuro Rehabilitation Unit.
Chartridge Ward is a 22 bedded ward within the Community & Rehab Care Group. We care for individuals who are medically optimised for discharge, but need further support put in place before they can leave hospital.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced registered nurse to join the Chartridge Team as a Band 6 Deputy Sister / Charge Nurse on a part-time basis. The successful applicant will be expected to work a flexible shift pattern, including Long Days, Nights, Weekends & Bank Holidays.
As a Deputy Sister / Charge nurse you will be expected to ensure safe and effective care for patients, while promoting our 'Get Up, Get Dressed, Get Moving' ethos. You will be responsible for maintaining a safe environment for patients, visitors and other staff within the clinical environment , working in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team to successfully discharge our patients into the community.
We also expect you to have knowledge and basic competence in the following areas:
- Patient assessment
- Care Planning
- Tissue Viability & Wound Management
- Discharge Planning & Co-ordination
- Medicines Management
- Palliative Care & Symptom Management
- Diabetes Management
- Continence management
- Act as a credible visible role model for all junior nursing and allied healthcare professional staff.
- To actively participate with MDT meetings, raising and discussing concerns and actively seeking acceptable and best outcomes solutions for the patients. Ensuring that patients and relatives views are heard and taken into account.
- To support the department team in resolving clinical and operational issues on a shift by shift basis, whilst ensuring that best practise nursing care is delivered.
- To work in collaboration with the manager to establish a cleanliness culture across the department ensuring that patient environment is well maintained, clean and safe.
- The post holder will need to maintain and supervise junior members of staff in ensuring that nursing care delivered to all patients is established on an individual assessment, it is with planned evidence based care, it is documented that it is implemented and it is evaluated as to its effectiveness.
- The post holder will be expected to work closely with the ward manager to ensure that quality driven indicators are monitored through audit.
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If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
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