Band 6 Junior Sister leading the general surgery outpatient clinics at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, including the Breast Centre and Clinics A and D. The post deputises for the Band 7 Senior Sister and Matron, managing staff, rosters and budgets, and running the department day to day. Clinics span urology, plastics, gastroenterology, colorectal, bariatrics and senior health, serving around 65,000 patients a month. NMC registration and significant post-registration experience, ideally surgical, decide fit.
What the job involves
- Lead the outpatient clinics, including the Breast Centre and Clinics A and D
- Deputise for the Band 7 Senior Sister and Matron
- Ensure excellent nursing care across the department
- Manage staff, including roster management
- Manage budgetary resources
- Carry out day-to-day management and co-ordination of the department
- Ensure education and training opportunities for all staff, including pre- and post-registration students
- Provide specialist knowledge where a post-registration course is essential
What’s required
Registration & licences
- NMC registration
Experience
- Significant post-registration nursing experience
- Awareness of professional responsibilities and knowledge of current nursing issues
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Safe medicine administration
- Wound dressing
- IT skills
- Application of evidence-based practice, with in-depth knowledge of the Friend and Family Test
- Ability to prioritise and co-ordinate the department
Other
- Caring and sensitive approach to patient care
- Adaptable and responsive to changing needs
- Able to use own initiative
- Ability to identify stress in self and others and act on it
- Motivation and enthusiasm for the clinical specialty
- Ability to assess, plan and evaluate patient care
Nice to have
- Bachelor's or Master's degree
- Post-basic leadership training or course
- Nursing experience in an ambulatory healthcare setting
- Wound care course
- Experience in outpatients or a surgical setting
- Computer literate
What’s offered
- High cost area supplement (HCAS) included in pay, pro-rata
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
