Sister / Charge Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative and enthusiastic individual to join the team as Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse within Critical Care, Ward 38, Royal Victoria Infirmary. The successful candidate must have the ability to motivate staff in a professional manner with the ability to lead the team and maintain high standards of care. The successful candidate must have experience in critical care, a critical care qualification and NMC registration.

• Interview Date: 14 November 2024
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job The candidate must demonstrate willingness to develop leadership and management skills and show an ability to respond to change within practice. The candidate must demonstrate effective communication along with a calm manner in situations of extreme workload. They should strive for excellence in patient safety and quality with a drive to continuously drive quality improvement and change. The Critical Care unit specialises in a range of services which include:
• General Medicine
• Burns & Plastics
• Obstetrics
• Upper GI &General Surgery
We can offer
• Flexibility in shift patterns
• An excellent orientation programme.
• Regular study and development opportunities including support to complete the national Step competency framework for Critical Care Leaders
• Friendly and supportive workplace (Clinical supervision and Staff Support in operation)
• Extensive and varied clinical, leadership and managerial experience
  
  Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally. We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare. Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.