Sister / Charge Nurses
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool
Sister / Charge Nurses
£44962
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool
- Full time
- Temporary
- Remote working
Posted today, 22 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 98ce005dee014fe69aba536690204f46
Full Job Description
- Co-ordination of the unit in the absence of the manager including planning, allocation and evaluation of work carried out by teams or individuals and self.
- Provide specialist knowledge to all Nursing staff on the Unit.
- Will promote a critical, analytical approach to the delivery of nursing care ensuring that the ward environment is responsive to current issues.
- In support of the unit manager will assist in the review and update of procedures and protocols relating to the care of patients.
- Develop methods for identifying, maintaining and improving the quality of patient care through facilitation of best practice and clinical benchmarking.
- Ensure due regard is given to the customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients/clients.
- Responsible for the safe custody, checking and administration of drugs, including inotropes
- Posses the clinical knowledge and skills to care for, unsupervised, a level 3 critically ill patient which will include the management of patients with multiple organ failure and complex nursing needs (see clinical skills section).
- Explore and undertake expanded practice to optimise patient care as required, in accordance with unit and Trust policies Management/Leadership Responsibilities
- Exercise effective leadership acting as an exemplary role model for the unit team.
- Support the manager in maintaining adequate staff cover and skill mix on the ward through effective use of staffing rotas.
- Ensure effective communication with patients and their carers.
- Liaise with nursing, medical and allied health professional colleagues to ensure that all facets of the patients` care are covered.
- Ensure that the ward participates in maintaining standards relating to clinical governance.
- Support the implementation of risk management policies within the unit, including the development of action plans to address identified risks.
- Ensure effective communication with relatives, Trust staff and other hospitals to facilitate the smooth transfer and after-care of patients/clients.
- In support of the unit manager ensures outcomes and action plans from patient complaints are implemented and monitored.
- Ensure own and other staffs compliance with mandatory training and help maintain current records.
We are pleased to be in a position to recruit highly motivated and energetic Sister/Charge Nurses who want to make a difference and join our Critical Care Team Nursing Team., You be required to demonstrate significant experience in a level 2/3 Critical Care environment and will have completed a post graduate Critical Care Course with evidence of outstanding clinical competency. We are looking for individuals with leadership potential and effective communication skills and able to demonstrate a proactive, collaborative and innovative approach to the clinical environment and passionate about excellence in patient care., Registered Nurse, current NMC registration - Teaching and assessing qualification/equivalent
- Post registration qualification in critical care / equivalent
- 1 st level degree or equivalent, Knowledge of current nursing issues and clinical governance, Application of evidence based practice
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work in changing environments
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing, Evidence of team leadership
- Evidence of maintaining a clinical learning environment.
- Evidence of developing high standards of patient care through clinical benchmarking
- Evidence of working with pre and post registration students, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience. The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band. For agenda for change banded roles; salary payments will reflect the 2023/24 pay scales. The 2024/25 pay scales will be paid in October 2024 including any backpay due. Therefore should the successful applicant start in post prior to October, the salary will initially reflect the 2023/24 pay scales.