Senior Sister​/Charge Nurse; XR

The Jobholder will carry 24 hour continuingresponsibility for the effective and efficient management of theward/department. They will provide professional, clinical, managerialleadership and supervision for the nursing team. The jobholder is responsible for developing and maintaining a ward or departments philosophy that has the patient at the centre of compassionate safe and quality care delivery. Throughmanaging the administrative and financial aspects of the ward, the jobholderwill ensure cost effective use of resources.

Leadership

Provide leadership to the clinical team

Support and inspire staff toprovide efficient, effective, safe, quality care to patients

Deliver a positive patient experience

Promote the building of effectiveteams and collaboration between teams

Anticipate problems and takepreventative or mitigating actions, orhave contingency plans available

Work with Matron to lead the development of ward/department nursing practice, reflecting the Clinical Service Unit and Trust business plans

Work with the Matron and or Head of Nursing to suggest and develop new roles/ways of working

Delegate and empower staff whilst maintaining overall, continuing responsibility and accountability

Line manage the nursing team,including individual and team performance, attendance, management and workforce planning

Ensure the effective deployment ofstaff is mapped against the flow of patients to provide safe and effective care

Support and participate in localand trustwide recruitment events

Manage the use of bank and agency

Investigate and respond toaccidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events

Deliver an effective, safe, quality service within budgetary envelope

Raise and respond to concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrongdoing by following the LTHTwhistle blowing policy and supporting processes

Deputise for Matron in their absence

Ourvalues are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see thisas a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by ourstaff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Accountable

Empowered

Allour actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally,the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Commitment to support, uphold and demonstrate the core values and behaviours of LTHT

Commitment to delivering high quality compassionate evidence based care, in accordance with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) policies and guidelines

Commitment to working in amulti-disciplinary team

Commitment to the clinical area,valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and creative working environment

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

The Jobholder will carry 24 hour continuing responsibility for the effective and efficient management of the ward/department. They will provide professional,clinical, managerial leadership and supervision for the nursing team. The jobholder is responsible for developing and maintaining a ward or departments philosophy that has the patient at the centre of compassionatesafe and quality care delivery. Through managing the administrative and financial aspects of the ward, the jobholder will ensure cost effective useof resources.

• Experience of leading and managing a team
• Ability to work under pressure
• Clinical leadership
• Standards of professional practice
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Able to prioritise own and others workload
• Skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members

• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• Degree in nursing or equivalent relevant experience
• Leadership and management qualification

• Significant relevant experience at band 6
• Audit and standard setting
• Change management
• Knowledge of budget management
• Experience of leading and managing a team

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.