Deputy Sister/ Charge Nurse inBrighton inBrighton PUBLISHED 13 JUN 2024

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust rs80iAL

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This is your opportunity to work within the Children’s Critical Care unit, as a Deputy Sister/ Charge Nurse you will be responsible for the shift by shift running of the unit whilst providing excellent nursing care.

The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital is located on the Royal Sussex County Hospital site in Brighton. We are a 10 Bedded level 2 Children's Critical Care Unit, where we care for both medical and surgical patients, Children requiring long term ventilation and also acute non invasive ventilation. We have the lowest Intubation rate in Europe for children with Bronchitis.

This is your opportunity to work within the Children’s Critical Care unit, as a Deputy Sister/ Charge Nurse you will be responsible for the shift by shift running of the unit whilst providing excellent nursing care. You will work closely with the Ward Manager and other senior nurses within the Children's Hospital.

We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic, energetic children’s nurse with a skill for prioritising, delivering and organising patient care. You will have a proactive and positive approach, with evidence of excellent clinical, teaching, and managerial and inter- personal skills to lead, work along side and motivate our multi-disciplinary team. Your will be supported by our critical care educators who run and Level 2 children's critical course.

Given the focus of this post, it is essential that you are a registered Children’s nurse that has experience of either PICU or HDU Care.

To support the ward manager in providing effective clinical leadership that ensures quality patient care; good communication; safe and efficient management of the service/department within allocated resources; facilitates the development of all the staff within the team.
To act as role model and expert practitioner
To undertake delegated responsibility in the absence of the ward manager
To ensure a safe clean clinical environment for all patients, visitors and staff
To ensure patients respect, dignity and privacy and to act with kindness and courtesy to all members of the public.
To understand and adhere to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) Code of Conduct and other NMC Standards
To maintain accurate records of care, treatment and observations.
To assist the ward manager in the control, storage and competent administration of medications according to Trust policies and NMC Guidance.
To be responsible for ensuring patient safety, taking proactive steps to ensure patients come to no harm.
To take personal responsibility for identifying own training needs for mandatory and statutory training and ensuring that training sessions are attended.
To take personal responsibility for ensuring that personal objectives are agreed with the line manager and that annual appraisal takes place.
To actively contribute to the teaching and learning of others.
To actively contribute to the UHSussex Strategy for Nursing and Midwifery.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: David Phillips Job title: Unit Manager Email address: Telephone number:

ext 62550

To support the ward manager in providing effective clinical leadership that ensures quality patient care; good communication; safe and efficient management of the service/department within allocated resources; facilitates the development of all the staff within the team.
To act as role model and expert practitioner
To undertake delegated responsibility in the absence of the ward manager
To ensure a safe clean clinical environment for all patients, visitors and staff
To ensure patients respect, dignity and privacy and to act with kindness and courtesy to all members of the public.
To understand and adhere to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) Code of Conduct and other NMC Standards
To maintain accurate records of care, treatment and observations.
To assist the ward manager in the control, storage and competent administration of medications according to Trust policies and NMC Guidance.
To be responsible for ensuring patient safety, taking proactive steps to ensure patients come to no harm.
To take personal responsibility for identifying own training needs for mandatory and statutory training and ensuring that training sessions are attended.
To take personal responsibility for ensuring that personal objectives are agreed with the line manager and that annual appraisal takes place.
To actively contribute to the teaching and learning of others.
To actively contribute to the UHSussex Strategy for Nursing and Midwifery.