Emergency Department Sister/ Charge Nurse inWeston-Super-Mare inWeston-Super-Mare PUBLISHED 21 JUN 2024

The ED Sister/ Charge nurse works with the Matron, other Senior Nurses and Consultants for the Emergency Department to deliver effective, high quality, safe patient centred care. She/he will lead and support the nursing workforce each day to ensure this. The Sister/Charge nurse will maintain oversight of the department and provide assurance that the department is performing safely and efficiently.

• To establish and maintain effective working relations with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and relevant clinical areas to promote good communication and a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.
• Ensuring safety checks are completed
• Maintaining standards through audits
• Ensuring safe staffing of the emergency department
• Clinically assessing to help identify sick and deteriorating patients
• Ensuring sepsis targets are met
• Providing clinical support to staff on duty
• Maintaining oversight of all areas of the emergency department
• Ensure clear communication within the department and externally with patient flow
• Support with clinical emergencies
• Ensure patients have plans and facilitate flow
  
  

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Joanne Watts Job title: Emergency Care Matron Email address: Telephone number:

ext 7290