Band 6 Junior Sister / Charge Nurse

The post holder will be responsible and accountable for the professional evidence based nursing care delivered to patients. Ensuring the highest quality, effective and compassionate care is received by the patients and their families / carers whilst on the ward. Excellent, holistic and individualised nursing care will be delivered through assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating. This will be in line with local, Trust wide and National policies, procedures, values and behaviours. To support the ward manager in providing effective clinical leadership that ensures patient safety at all times together with high quality patient care. Promoting a supportive learning environment in which to supervise and mentor Staff Nurses, student nurses and Health Care Assistants. The post holder will act as an advocate whilst demonstrating effective communication and listening skills., To support the ward manager in providing effective clinical leadership that ensures patient safety at all times together with high quality patient care.

To assist the ward Manager in the effective management of prevention and control of infection within the ward area.

You will be able to communicate effectively both within the department and to external partners.

To manage a small team of nurses and be responsible for mentoring and assessing their skills and be responsible for their annual appraisals.

To manage to work within allocated resources and assist in the management of the budget.

To act as role model and expert practitioner.

To undertake delegated responsibility in the absence of the ward manager.

To manage the day to day activity with the ward to allow flow through the ward in a timely manner to reduce the LOS and ensure that quality of care is maintained throughout the 24 hour period

Participates in ensuring effective multidisaplinary communication links within the digestive diseases ward and department and in areas within the trust.

To communicate and discuss with senior members of staff @ awaydays and meetings.

To adhere to NMC guidelines on documentation accountability and responsibility for record keeping.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. 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 ourWellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - 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.