Band 7 Clinical Acute Care Senior Sister and Charge nurse inIlford inIlford PUBLISHED MON 4 NOV 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 7 Acute Care Senior Sister / Charge Nurse to join the nursing team working on our Medical Receiving Unit at King George Hospital.

Successful applicants will be working with other multidisciplinary Acute Medicine Team, in providing leadership, actively ensuring patient flow, high quality care , holistic medical care whilst supporting colleagues to raise standards of patient care and be well organised and can work autonomously as well as part of the team.

We are looking for highly motivated, dynamics and enthusiatic Registered Nurses with post registration and qualification, excellent communication skills, and we invite applications from those nurses who relish the challenge of working within Medicine.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) is one of the largest acute trusts in the UK providing specialist trauma, oncology, neurosciences, hyper acute, stroke and critical care services. We are passionate about developing excellent and sustainable services, including developing our capacity to act as the main tertiary referral centre for North East London and Essex.

The Acute Medicine team at BHRUT spans across both Queen's and King George Hospital. Each site has one Medical Receiving Unit; Queens's Hospital has a 30 bedded unit whilst King George is slightly smaller at 28 beds. From January 2021 we have opened up a new 30 bedded short stay ward at Queen's Hospital.

The role requires expert nurse with sound clinical experience in all aspects of nursing care to teach and promote quality of patient care.

From pressure area care to delivery of high-level acuity care the aim is to support and develop the junior nurses to ensure nurses are competent in managing all patients, and general aspects of care.

You must have knowledge and understanding of critically ill patients and experience of patient flow. You must have the ability to work alongside the nurses/doctors to provide quality care to patients.

You will provide senior nursing support to clinical areas and patients and will work with the Deputy Matron to provide seven-day service.

You will be required to support and deliver the quality agenda for the area.

You will collate and report data and undertake audits and disseminate good practice.

You will be expected to work autonomously. Staff management is a fundamental part of this role and supporting the Deputy Matron will be expected.

You will actively participate in and oversee the patient flow and management of the clinical area.

You will act as a mentor, teaching and supervising junior staff and colleagues, including student nurses, healthcare support workers, medical staff and AHPs.

About us

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Tosin Aragbaiye, Recruitment Advisor, on ext. 5934. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.