Ward Sister / Charge Nurse - T&O

In return we will be committed to supporting you to develop and enhance your leadership skills, to feel confident in your role, ensuring the delivery of the ESNEFT ambitions and you will lead the delivery of the quality priorities within the Division.

You will have the opportunity in to be at the forefront of future projects, service development and improvement., To have responsibility for management of clinical service delivery across the Musculoskeletal Outpatient Clinic Service in conjunction with both the operational and medical teams.

To promote high standards of professional practice and the delivery of quality care within the corporate policies, protocols and guidelines.

To be accountable for the delivery and monitoring of robust infection control measures at department level through relentless vigilance by ensuring delivery of all aspects of the Infection Control Policy.

To provide clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and support staff.

To be a highly skilled clinical expert with specialised knowledge in caring for patients

We are looking to appoint a clinical lead for the trauma and orthopaedic clinics at the Ipswich Hospital. You will preferably have existing knowledge and skills in trauma and orthopaedics and already have proven leadership experience at a Band 6 or above. Outpatient experience is also desirable.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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