Sister / Charge Nurse General Medicine / Rehabilitation Ward 7B

Are you an experienced, skilled and compassionate nurse, looking for an opportunity to take on a more senior role? Do you have an interest in quality improvement and a desire to deliver, and support others to deliver excellent standards of care and experience for patients and their families? Do you enjoy supporting others to learn and develop, instilling a culture of continual professional development and learning, clinical excellence, care and kindness? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join ward 7B, we are a general medical ward specialising in older people, which has 27 beds in total. We are looking to recruit additional senior, experienced nursing staff, to join this well-established and committed multi-disciplinary team.Main duties of the job We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated, experienced nurse who can demonstrate commitment to the provision of high quality person-centred care. The post holder is required to be an exemplary role model and senior member of the team, demonstrating good organisational, managerial and leadership skills within the acute setting. All Band 6 Sisters, Charge Nurses are to assume responsibility for a specified area/ areas of practice and will feed back to the Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse/ Matron at meetings or as required, ensuring the continued development of clinical practice within the Unit.Roles will include:-

• Infection Control including hand hygiene/ care bundles/ HII
• Education and Training
• Mandatory Training including trust induction/ manual handling/ fire training
• Governance including risk management/ incident reporting
• Policies and Guidelines
• Medicines Management
• Staff Involvement
• Student Development
  
  The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals. The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales. Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
• CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
• SAFETY that is of the highest standards
• COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
• SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
• PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme