This Sister/Charge Nurse post sits within Respiratory at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, rotating between the respiratory inpatient ward and the new Respiratory High Dependency Unit on ward 10 at Bradford Royal Infirmary. The post-holder runs the day-to-day of the ward or unit, supervising junior staff, coordinating discharges and managing nursing and clerical staff and rotas. The service runs around the clock, so the post needs full flexibility across days, nights, weekends and bank holidays. Fit depends on NMC registration and a mentorship or teaching qualification.
What the job involves
- Run the daily operation of the ward or unit, supervising and supporting junior colleagues
- Oversee discharges, coordinating them so they are completed without unnecessary delay
- Manage nursing and clerical staff, staffing levels and ward administration
- Assist the Ward Manager in organising and controlling patient care to high standards
- Communicate effectively with all levels of staff and the multidisciplinary team
- Implement and maintain policies and ensure staff compliance
- Initiate and develop service improvements with the Ward Manager
- Produce staff rotas and shift patterns that meet patient care needs
- Consider skill mix to build a workforce that meets patient needs
- Investigate and report complaints when the Ward Manager is absent
- Investigate and report accidents and untoward occurrences
- Develop professional and managerial leadership skills
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree or diploma in nursing
- Mentorship or teaching qualification
- Evidence of current CPD and reflective practice
Registration & licences
- NMC registration as an RN in adult nursing
Experience
- Post-registration acute medical nursing, including at least 2 years at Band 5
- Regularly in charge of a ward or department
- Experience of working within the multidisciplinary team
- Track record of delivering improvements in patient care
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Leadership skills, including working under pressure
- Organised, able to prioritise care, problem solve and delegate, with excellent time management
- Ability to make decisions and escalat appropriately
- Ability to challenge practice and support staff
- Understanding of the acute medicine patient flow process
Other
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Understanding of equality and diversity and of the NHS Constitution
Nice to have
- Experience in policy development
- Experience of developing innovative practice
- Experience of working in an MDT and across organisational and professional boundaries
- Post-registration qualification in a relevant specialty
- Leadership or management development qualification
- Advanced communication skills qualification
- Recruitment, selection, appraisal or other HR and people management training
- Knowledge of change management processes
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
