ENT Outpatients Sister/ Charge Nurse in Maidstone inMaidstone PUBLISHED WED 9 APR 2025 Jump to job information section

Are you ready for a change? Would you like to be part of a friendly and proactive team? Would you like to support and develop a team to achieve outstanding service? We are looking for a passionate and experienced registered nurse to lead our ENT Outpatients Department.

Outpatients is an integral part of the patient journey and provides support for ENT and Head and Neck Cancer. This is a busy department that will provide an exciting opportunity to an individual who wants to develop their professional role.

We are looking for a dynamic leader who will:

• Lead by example
• Effectively manage and co-ordinate the department
• Maintain safety of the department
• Ensure governance processes are in place and monitored
• Manage the team and well-being of staff
• Demonstrate a vision for the future service model
• Educate and support the team

You will need to demonstrate working at a higher level of management or as a band 6 .

This is to cover the unit managers Maternity Leave.

You will operationally manage and support designated daily activity within the outpatients department of the Ear, Eye and Mouth Unit (EEMU) and TWH ENT outpatients unit.

You, together with the lead Matron , Matron , Clinical director, Consultants and the business management team to lead on service developments within the ENT outpatients services, to improve the quality of service provision and patient care .

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Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.

Following your corporate induction you will be expected to attend the Trusts 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.