Junior Sister / Charge Nurse - Princess Elizabeth Ward

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse on Princess Elizabeth Ward. The Children's Surgical Ward is a 21 bedded unit and has 11 beds (Princess Elizabeth) allocated for surgical patients and 10 beds (Lion Ward) for neurosurgical or neuro-rehabilitation patients. You must be a Registered Children's Nurse with excellent clinical skills, self-motivated, enthusiastic and committed to providing high standards of care for all our paediatric patients, their families and carers. The ability to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential. You should have time-management and clinical organisational skills. The post holder will be responsible for maintaining standards and quality in the day-to-day management of the unit. This role will enable you to gain and demonstrate skills in leadership and people management within the clinical environment. Your primary responsibilities will be to regularly take charge of the unit and support and develop junior staff by being a mentor and role model. Care and compassion in managing our paediatric patients and families is important to us. We expect successful candidates to demonstrate these qualities on a daily basis, and have the resilience to meet the challenges of our busy and stimulating work environment., We endeavour to do the following:

• Ensure family-centred care is promoted on our ward and children and young people are treated with dignity and respect.
• Act with professionalism and integrity at all time; being a role-model, providing direction and motivation to colleagues and students.
• Provide holistic care to children, young people and their families, ensuring everyone has equal opportunities.
• Demonstrate honesty and learn from errors to support the creation of a no-blame culture where people feel able to share and learn from experiences together.
• To work as part of a team demonstrating effective communication and working collaboratively with colleagues within and external to the department.
• To participate in the teaching and supervision of junior staff and student nurses
• To be a safe and effective practitioner, able to provide patients and families with a high standard of nursing care.
• To deputise for ward manager and hold some management responsibilities.
  
  King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people. King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.