Senior Sister / Senior Charge Nurse

An exciting and new opportunity has arisen for as Senior Sister / Senior Charge Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team of nurses in Heatherwood Hospital Elective Centre - Main Outpatient Department.
If you are an experienced nurse/ charge nurse and looking for your next challenge, could this be a role for you ?
The post holder will undertake and supervise clinical practice, audit, research and teaching to set, monitor and continuously improve standards of care and patient experience.
The nursing team are dedicated to providing high standards of quality care whist ensuring patients have the best possible experience during their stay.
You will be operationally responsible to manage Outpatient unit and Outpatient procedure and Minor procedure room and will be instrumental in managing patient flow and capacity working closely and collaboratively with other departments. You must demonstrate excellent EPIC / IT, organisational and managerial skills and show a commitment to ensuring high standards of care, safety and quality are maintained.
We have achieved GIRFT accreditation as Elective Centre and we are having passion for excellence and innovative approach in all that we do and working together to put patients first.
Our aim is to create an outstanding place to work; one that is friendly and supportive, as well as rewarding on a personal and professional level., To be managerially responsible for the Registered Nurses and Support staff in the department within the agreed establishment figures. To have budgetary responsibility for the rostering of staff and to actively participate in the clinical activity, provide cover as needed within establishment. To provide the leadership and management, organisation, and development of the nursing team across outpatient area of our elective centre within variety of specialist services. To collaborate closely with clinical nurse specialists and wider MDT in developing and providing specialised nursing care programmes to a diverse range of patients.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be accountable for ensuring the highest standard of clinical care is provided within the relevant setting. They will be easily identifiable to clients and users, provide strong, visible leadership and have the appropriate level of authority to provide support, advice and assistance required by patients, their families and carers. Emphasis on the areas of Patient/Client Safety, Patient Experience, User engagement and Clinical Outcomes will be essential.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.