Junior Sister​/Charge Nurse

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated surgical nurse to join the Band 6 Sister on the Surgical Acute Dependency Unit at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.

The successful candidate will play a key leadership role within the department, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care while working collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced surgical nurse looking to further develop their leadership and clinical skills within a friendly and supportive team.

Main duties of the job

We care for acutely unwell patients from all surgical disciplines including Urology, Colorectal, Upper Gastrointestinal, Breast, Gynaecology, Ortho and ENT. You will be expected to take charge of the ward, lead a team of nurses and care assistant to deliver safe, effective and evidence based care to a cohort of 8 level one patients. You will ensure that high standards of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation are carried out.

The successful candidate will provide visible clinical leadership, allocating work load, supporting decision making and acting as a role model for team members. You will work collaboratively with the wider MDT to optimise patient outcomes, facilitate timely interventions, in turn supporting the progression of treatment and outcomes for our patients.

In turn the ward will provide a supportive development environment for the successful candidate including access to relevant leadership programmes, clinical skills and training. There will be opportunity to lead quality‑improvement work.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

Detailed

Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full list of tasks and responsibilities associated with this role please refer to the job description/person specification attached.

Person specification Qualification Essential criteria

• NMC Pin
• Mentorship

Desirable criteria

• surgical care course or equivalent
• Yellow bellow/project improvement
• ILS Qualification

Experience Essential criteria

• Evidence of up-to-date standards of clinical practice
• Experience of audit
• minimum 18 months experience on surgical ward

Desirable criteria

• SADU Experience
• Critical Care Experience including advanced pain/ tracheostomy care

Leadership experience Essential criteria

• Nurse in charge experience in the last year

Desirable criteria

• Leadership course/ ACLP Course

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to…