Deputy Sister / Charge Nurse - Chartridge Ward

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced registered nurse to join the Chartridge Team as a Band 6 Deputy Sister / Charge Nurse on a part-time basis. The successful applicant will be expected to work a flexible shift pattern, including Long Days, Nights, Weekends & Bank Holidays.
As a Deputy Sister / Charge nurse you will be expected to ensure safe and effective care for patients, while promoting our 'Get Up, Get Dressed, Get Moving' ethos. You will be responsible for maintaining a safe environment for patients, visitors and other staff within the clinical environment , working in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team to successfully discharge our patients into the community.
We also expect you to have knowledge and basic competence in the following areas:
- Patient assessment
- Care Planning
- Tissue Viability & Wound Management
- Discharge Planning & Co-ordination
- Medicines Management
- Palliative Care & Symptom Management
- Diabetes Management
- Continence management, + Act as a credible visible role model for all junior nursing and allied healthcare professional staff.
+ To actively participate with MDT meetings, raising and discussing concerns and actively seeking acceptable and best outcomes solutions for the patients. Ensuring that patients and relatives views are heard and taken into account.
+ To support the department team in resolving clinical and operational issues on a shift by shift basis, whilst ensuring that best practise nursing care is delivered.
+ To work in collaboration with the manager to establish a cleanliness culture across the department ensuring that patient environment is well maintained, clean and safe.
+ The post holder will need to maintain and supervise junior members of staff in ensuring that nursing care delivered to all patients is established on an individual assessment, it is with planned evidence based care, it is documented that it is implemented and it is evaluated as to its effectiveness.
+ The post holder will be expected to work closely with the ward manager to ensure that quality driven indicators are monitored through audit., If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
+ provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
+ nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
+ regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
+ deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer., Amersham Hospital is one of several Community Hospitals within the Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. We have three inpatient areas: Chartridge Ward, Waterside Unit, and Buckinghamshire Neuro Rehabilitation Unit.
Chartridge Ward is a 22 bedded ward within the Community & Rehab Care Group. We care for individuals who are medically optimised for discharge, but need further support put in place before they can leave hospital.

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
+ As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
+ We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
+ We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
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+ We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
+ As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
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+ Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
+ Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
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