The Junior Sister/Charge Nurse post at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust sits in the Emergency Department within the Emergency Services Directorate, at band 6. The post-holder leads and develops a nursing team, deputises for the Senior Sister or Charge Nurse, and keeps patients moving through the hospital. The department is very busy, with around 153,000 attendances a year, and works across a rapid assessment area, an Urgent and Emergency Care Centre and a children's area. Applicants need at least 18 months' acute care experience within the last two years.
What the job involves
- Delivering safe and effective clinical practice
- Managing and developing the performance of a team of nursing staff
- Maintaining patient flow through the hospital
- Sustaining and improving patient pathways
- Enhancing the patient experience through regular and constructive communication
- Ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of organisational objectives
- Making efficient and effective use of resources
- Deputising for the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
- Acting as a professional role model
What’s required
Qualifications
- RN Diploma or degree
Registration & licences
- NMC registration
Experience
- Relevant acute nursing experience within the last 2 years
- Minimum of 18 months acute care experience
Skills & knowledge
- Good clinical skills
- Commitment to sustaining and improving patient pathways
- Ability to act as a professional role model
Nice to have
- Valid NMC registration
- Experience of working in an emergency department
- Ability to triage or recent triage training
- Completion of Level 1 RCN Emergency Nursing competencies
- Phlebotomy skills and/or ability to cannulate
- Evidence of leadership within a team
What’s offered
- Flexible working arrangements considered for all requests
- Opportunity to develop leadership, clinical skills and knowledge within the Emergency Services Directorate
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
