Sister / Charge Nurse

A great opportunity has arisen for someone to take the next step in their career in our EPOC as a Sister/Nurse.

The EPOC unit is a 7 bedded Unit caring for higher risk elective surgical patients. Here we aim to provide an environment with a higher acuity of interventions, monitoring and nursing ratios to facilitate the highest standards of nursing care. Patients are identified pre-operatively as requiring an enhanced level of care for 24-48 hours post-operatively.

To be the nurse lead nurse for the Enhanced Perioperative Care Unit (EPOC) providing effective, professional nursing leadership and direction for the nursing workforce and the wider department team.

To be a highly competent, knowledgeable and visible practitioner setting the highest standards of care and ensuring the provision of appropriate, evidence based care for all patients/clients.

To ensure the safe, effective management of all workforce and financial resources within their clinical area.

To demonstrate an innovative and progressive attitude to continual improvement of patient care.

Main duties of the job

As part of the multi-disciplinary team, and under the supervision of the Clinical Matron, the post-holder will utilise their specialist knowledge and skills to:

Provide support to patients and staff in the delivery of high standards of patient assessment at all times, collaborate with other health care professionals as required and challenging and ensuring others challenge poor practise, in accordance with the NMC Professional code and Trust policies and procedures.

Ensure agreed systems and processes to consistently provide safe, effective, high quality care and embed a culture of improvement, focusing on the Trust's harm-free indicators, measuring practice and using variations in the data to develop local improvement projects are in place.

Promote and maintain a safe, welcoming and comfortable environment for the patients, carers, and staff, ensuring that all are received in a professional and courteous manner.

Understand and apply the legal safeguarding framework that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused adults/children and be aware of statutory vulnerable patients' health procedures and Trust guidance.

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.