Sister / Charge Nurse

Main duties for this role include but are not limited to:
+ Taking leadership of the responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care within the nursing team on a shift to shift basis, responding in an advisory capacity to acute changes in patient condition.
+ To act as a credible clinical role model promoting a patient-centered approach to care, demonstrating advanced clinical practice skills and theoretical knowledge in caring for the complex needs of the critically ill patient.
+ To develop standards of patient care based on sound research findings.
+ To undertake the audit and evaluation of nursing care within the unit.
+ To make a specialist contribution to teaching of nurses and other health care professionals, demonstrating collaborative working and understanding of the practice development strategy.
+ Demonstrate a sound knowledge of infection control standards and promote these within the unit environment.
+ Provide legible and comprehensive patient records to agreed Trust and NMC standards and guidelines.
+ To deal with, in conjunction with the Senior Nursing Team, untoward incidents, complaints and team/staff issues. Actioning plans to prevent reoccurrence.
+ To take on the role of Critical care Nurse in Charge, co-coordinating admissions, transfers and workload within the unit.

Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
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., + To manage and organise staff shift rotas according to competence and patient needs.
+ Identify staff training and development needs through appraisal.
+ Act as a mentor to all staff and lead in the induction of new staff to the area both trained and untrained. Actively promoting an environment conducive to learning.
+ To support and maintain the nursing team, promoting good working relationships within the multi-disciplinary team and other internal and external contacts
+ To attend mandatory updates in fire, CPR, manual handling, blood transfusion, medical devices and risk management.
+ To attend appropriate Trust Senior Nurse Forums meetings and generate new ideas/initiatives.
+ To work with the Senior Nursing Team in reviewing staffing levels/skill mix.
+ To participate in the recruitment and selection process.
+ To show a commitment to clinical supervision and be actively involved in Clinical
Governance.
Financial Responsiblities:

Ø Liaise with Clinical Matron on budgetary matters.
+ Ensure staff are aware of budgetary issues pertinent to their role.
General Responsibilities:
+ To deputise for Team leader as required.
+ To comply with the Trust's fire precautions and procedures for evacuation
+ To ensure confidentiality of information regarding patients, families and friends at all times.
+ To promote people's equality, diversity and rights.
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.

We are looking for someone who has previous experience in working as a Band 6 ICU NIC as well as who like to develop into Band 6 sister charge nurse role with 60 credits of a ICU course.

Wexham Park Critical Care Unit is a 12 bed adult general ICU/HDU with expansion of a further 4 beds. We deliver compassionate care to acute medical and surgical admissions, including emergency admissions via the helipad, our 24/7 PCI centre and provides CRRT.
The band 6 role is professionally challenging, yet exciting with varied learning and clinical exposure with the potential for supported personal development and career progression. The structured leadership pathway for the band 6 role includes , the Mary Seacole Programme, ILS, team leader role including mentoring, bedside clinical teaching rotation, appraisals and contribution to key projects.
If you are looking to deliver clinical excellence, rewarding job satisfaction and develop your career you will feel at home and welcome at Wexham Park ICU.