Band 6 Deputy Sister​/Charge Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Critical Care for a Band 6 deputy sister/ charge nurse.

We are seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced Critical Care Nurse who is open to change and continually striving for excellence to join this leadership team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the ward managers in all aspects of leadership and management including supporting the critical care team to continually develop the service. You will also support the educational facilitator in staff development.

• to co-ordinate, organise and support all staff within the department to provide high standard nursing care
• to facilitate admissions and discharges
• to share knowledge and skills with colleagues
• internal rotation to day and night duties

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE;
Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the BAME network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our armed forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme  to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the ward manager and deputising in their absence. In this you will be assisting to lead a team of dedicated and committed staff, securing and assuring the highest standards of safe and quality patient care.

You must possess excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.

Interested individuals must be able to demonstrate strong leadership, be proactive and have a keen willingness to learn as well as share knowledge. Recent experience of implementing change and participating in audit would be advantageous.

The successful candidate must have a vision for the development of the critical care service and have the skills, enthusiasm and drive to undertake this exciting role.

• RN (Adult) with current NMC Registartion
• Degree in Nursing / working towards
• Be in possession of critical care competencies one, two & three
• Practice Assessor
• Evidence of on-going professional development
• Significant experience at Band 5 in critical care
• Able to facilitate and support learning
• Staff management and performance

• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• Ability to use initiative and problem solving skills
• Clinical skills relevant to speciality

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.