Junior Sister / Charge Nurse

We are currently in the process of relocating Elective Colorectal & Lower GI Cancer Surgery and Stoma Reversal Surgery from Royal Sussex County in Brighton to the Worthing site, creating a centre of excellence for Colorectal Cancer Surgery delivered across at Worthing and St Richard's hospitals

This is an exciting development where we will be investing in new theatre and bed capacity and associated surgeon, anaesthetic, nursing, therapies and other workforce requirements to meet the additional demand in Worthing.

This new post will be key in supporting the delivery of the service.

We are a dedicated, diverse and committed team caring for patients with acute abdominal conditions requiring surgery in a 27 bedded area. We care for a wide range of surgical emergencies, including trauma patients. The majority of our patients are emergency admissions or step down patients from ICU & HDU. We also have Enhanced Recovery Pathways for Colorectal surgery.

This expansion has given an opportunity to upgrade one of our bays into a Level 1 bay to cater for post-op patients requiring Level 1 care.

Ideally, you will have substantial acute surgical experience, be clinically competent with experience of supervising/mentoring others and be able to coordinate care for a diverse patient group on a fast paced ward., 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.

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.