Senior Sister / Charge Nurse Private Care Pre-assessment Clinic

Pre assessment Clinic is a pivotal part of the patient's inpatient pathway. We take genuine pride in our friendly approach in Pre Assessment treating our patients with respect and honesty - a philosophy that is reflected in the outstanding level of care we deliver to our patients every day.
As the band 7 Lead in Private Care Pre Assessment Clinic you will be responsible for ensuring the Private care Pre-assessment department operates smoothly on a day-to-day basis, engaging with other relevant departments as required so that our service needs are met through the delivery of high quality care.
You will be required to support the Management team, Director of Clinical Services and Operations Manager in the planning and implementation of issues arising from the Trust Board Strategies.
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Registered Band 7 Nurse to join our team. This post will play a crucial role in ensuring quality and safe care is maintained, whilst moving forward to meet the evolving needs of the service and population we serve., The main duties of the role are to ensure the safe running of the Private Care Pre admission / outpatient department day to day, ensuring the patients receive a high standard of care.
You will be required to:
+ Have 24-hour responsibility for the provision of clinical care and standards in the department
+ Responsible for co-coordinating and make effective use of staff, supervise staff and ensure training is maintained.
+ Ensure adequate staffing levels and provide clinical leadership for staff.
+ Act as a role model and leader to nursing staff
+ Ensure cost effective use of resources, Ensure that the department operates smoothly on a day-to-day basis, engaging with other relevant departments as required.
Deputise for the Lead Nurse as necessary.
Support the Lead Nurse and the Senior Nursing and Operations Manager in the planning and implementation of issues arising from the Trust Board Strategies.
Supervise the maintenance of equipment and ordering of supplies, ensuring all equipment complies with national standards.
Participate in budget setting and manage the delegated budget accordingly.
Maintain the department according to hospital and department policies within the budget available.
Lead in the complaints management process, participating in the Trust's Risk Management process as appropriate.
Ensure the clinical area undertakes an annual risk assessment and that outcomes are identified and actioned.
Establish appropriate systems within the ward for the monitoring of quality standards, facilitate audit of services, risk management, complaints and act upon them accordingly.
Ensure that specific specialised procedures and protocols to cover all aspects of care within the ward are readily available for staff.
Be flexible with working hours to facilitate the smooth running of the unit.
Promote and initiate innovations and change related to improvement of clinical services.
Be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring good communication with other departments internally and externally.
Utilise staffing resources to provide the most effective cover for the department.
Plan staff off-duty, ensuring appropriate skill mix for each shift.
Cover any sickness or absence with temporary staff.
Maintain records of staff sickness and annual leave, implementing relevant actions in conjunction with Trust policies and procedures.
Manage any departmental staff disciplinaries, grievances and capability issues in line with Trust policies and procedures, liaising with the Human Resources Department and Modern Matron / General Manager as appropriate.
Co-ordinate the recruitment, selection and deployment of all grades of staff., The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
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+ Able to manage difficult situations effectively
+ Leadership skills - the ability to prioritise & meet deadlines; organise work of self & others.
+ Time management and effective delegation skills
+ Mentorship and preceptorship skills and experience
+ Excellent clinical skills
+ Work well in a multi-disciplinary team
+ Analyses problems & implements effective & appropriate solutions
+ Change management experience

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3^rd party recruitment providers - North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients
+ Rated Good by the CQC
+ Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
+ Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
+ Recognised as a centre of excellence, leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
+ Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site - improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK's leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
+ In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
+ Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.
This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH's journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.
Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:
+ Patients first, always
+ Excellence, in all we do
+ Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
+ Equality, for all
Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon., RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility., The RNOH operates a Smoke-Free Policy. Smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust's premises (including the grounds that those premises are sited on) or in any Trust owned vehicle.