Paediatric Surgical Deputy Sister / Charge Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our 16-bedded surgical paediatric ward. We are a ward managing surgical elective patients from a wide number of surgical specialities including: orthopaedics, ophthalmic, ENT, cleft lip and palate, oncology and general surgery. We are part of a surgical floor that works closely together with Children's Surgical Day Case and D35 managing emergency surgery .

We are committed to supporting you and offer various professional development opportunities to enhance your surgical nursing skills and knowledge.

We as a children's hospital achieved ANCC Pathway To Excellence accreditation and are currently the only Children's Hospital in Europe to have achieved this. This has opened up new opportunities which we are currently building on in Nottingham Children's Hospital.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Ensure high quality, evidence-based care is offered to patients and, in collaboration with the Ward Manager, identify the common issues which affect the quality of care, devising clear action plans to address any shortcomings.

In collaboration with the Ward Manager, ensure that the patient has a positive experience by evaluating patient process and the pathway of care.

You will be required to support the Ward Manager in ensuring clinical audits take place in line with the Trust's requirements to improve practice.

You will also be a main point of contact for patients, visitors, relatives and staff acting as a resource for problems, needs and able to clearly present the patient's view to others.

On completion of successful training, you will be required to take charge of the nurse bleep for the Children's Hospital on occasions.

About us

This post is essential to safe and effective running of the ward area as the role entails delivery of direct patient care as well as ensuring that consistently safe and effective care is delivered to patients and their families; this incorporates the provision of emotional support.

In addition, this role provides leadership and management support to the Ward Sister and team to ensure safe, effective running of the ward on a daily basis.

We require you to bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve