Band 6 Junior Sister / Charge Nurse Critical Care

Join one the best critical care units in the country and the largest in Europe. We are a big tertiary centre with many different specialties ranging from cardiac and liver transplantations, neuro, burns and trauma. The post holder will act as a role model for junior team members in the delivery of a consistent high standard of nursing practice. They will deputise for the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse and will support the leadership and management of the department with particular emphasis on quality and clinical standards. They will have continuing clinical responsibility for managing the wards/departments in the absence of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse which will include: understanding finances, the deployment, delegation and supervision of all grades of staff and be visible and approachable for patients, staff and visitors,

• Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical area(s) ensuring that high quality, current evidence based nursing care underpins all actions and interactions with patients.
• Act as a change agent, developing clinically effective practice through effective use and integration of evidence base practice, setting implementing and monitoring evidence based standards of care, policies, procedures and protocols through regular audit. Be accountable in ensuring all delegated clinical/ documentation/ activity and audits are completed and submitted in a timely manner, make changes to care delivery as required to sustain and improvement practice standards.
• To achieve and maintain clinical skills and competencies specific to the post / department / role, facilitating the development and achievement of competence in others.
• Advise on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness. Assess educational and information needs of patients, their families and carers and staff and devise plans to ensure needs are met.
• Use professional judgement to intercede and act as patient advocate to clarify plans of care and treatment. Observe changes in patient's attitude, behaviour and emotional state, physiological observations and report/escalate findings
  
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