PCCU B6 Deputy Sister / Charge Nurse

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford

PCCU B6 Deputy Sister / Charge Nurse

£44962

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 10 Dec | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

  • To provide clinical leadership ensuring a high standard of individualised nursing and family centred care is delivered to critically ill children.
  • To work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, communicating effectively with all levels of medical and nursing staff.
  • To uphold PCCU's Nursing Philosophy of Care.
  • To effectively manage PCCU on a day-to-day basis, in the absence of a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.

    An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse to join our Paediatric Critical Care team.
  • Band 6 Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse posts provide the opportunity to include rostered shifts across PCCU, Outreach and Retrieval services as negotiated between the post holder/Senior Nursing Team, and on completion of appropriate competencies. Post holders will be expected to work a minimum of 23hrs per week across days, nights and weekend shifts., The successful candidate will be able to work well within the team and be willing to work a mixed shift pattern including days and nights across the whole week. They will have at least 3 years post registration experience with a relevant course for Paediatric Critical Care. They will be a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual with excellent clinical and communication skills, with an ability to lead and motivate others. They will also enjoy teaching and supporting junior staff as well as pre and post registration students.,
  • RSCN (Child)/RN (Adult) NMC Registered
  • Recognised Paediatric Critical Care Course
  • Degree level study or working towards a degree
  • Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of commitment to teaching staff and students., Relevant Critical Care nursing experience, Demonstrates knowledge of value & use of research findings., Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrates awareness of the qualities required of staff working in Critical Care.
  • Insight into managerial issues in relation to people and resources., Evidence of clinical knowledge in area of speciality, and excellence in practice.
  • Experience of leading and supporting a team in clinical area.
  • Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge/experience of: - audit in practice - implementation of quality improvement measures - risk management, Evidence of continuing professional development., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

    Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
  • The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel., Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) at OUH includes 17 co-located Level 2 and 3 critical care beds, delivering a wide range of specialist services to patients from Oxfordshire and the wider Thames Valley and Wessex Paediatric Critical Care Operational Delivery Network (TVW PCC ODN). We are a leading Neurosurgical and Major Trauma Centre and have a vast number of medical and surgical specialities. The unit is undergoing an exciting period of estate and workforce development and investment, with a move into newly built unit within the next 5 years. SORT Retrieval Service OUH PCC Services include the SORT (Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team) service, delivered in collaboration with Southampton across TVW PCC ODN. It is staffed by doctors, ACPs and nurses from both Oxford and Southampton, with Oxford providing a retrieval team 24/7.