Ward / Department Sister / Charge Nurse

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate high standards in clinical care and have the ability to contribute to quality initiatives and patient satisfaction. You will be well organised, resilient and able to meet the challenges and demands of working in busy Clinic departments which hosts a wide range of clinical specialties.
The applicant is required to provide a range of specialist services within the Clinic areas working both as part of a team and autonomously. Including working autonomously in daily nurse dressing clinics. There is a requirement to rotate through all the clinic types. Training will be provided as appropriate.
As well as taking charge of their own individual clinic the applicant will be required to take charge of the department with the Band 7 as their direct line-manager and take charge in their absence. As an area that has student placements applicants must be able to support students and participate in the continued professional development of the area.
The role involves managing the running of the department, including producing rotas and allocations, managing the clinics. as well as looking after the Human resource side of things such as implementing sickness absence policies along with and in the absence of the Band 7.
Current hours of service are across 7 days per week.
For further details / informal visits contact: Christine Hart Department Manager Ext 145686
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on option 2.
Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
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Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dynamic Band 6 Nurse to join our busy Out-Patient's departments in a full time post (37.5hrs) The post is based at Hexham General Hospital but the contract is Trust wide and the successful candidate may be required to work in other areas of the Trust.
It is important to remember that patients may judge the quality of care received in Clinics as an Out-patient as representative of the rest of the Trust and this may influence their decision regarding further treatment. Therefore we are looking to recruit an individual who believes that high quality patient experience is central to the care they deliver., The post holder will have demonstrated a keen interest in clinic delivery, experience of working within an Surgical and Medical clinical environments is essential to the role as well as some management experience.
The role requires excellent communication and negotiation skills to liaise with key stakeholders such as patients, plaster technicians, consultants, registrars, junior doctors and theatre staff, to ensure patients receive best possible timely care.

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
+ Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
+ Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
+ A range of flexible working opportunities
+ Generous annual leave and pension scheme
+ Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
+ Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
+ On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
+ Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country's top performing NHS trusts - rated 'outstanding' overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people's homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise - a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people's lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
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