Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse Paediatric Renal and Urology in Nottingham

E17 is a 10-bedded ward specialising in Paediatric Renal and Urology, part of the Nottingham Children's Hospital, the first Children's Hospital in Europe to be accredited the Pathway to Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Centre. This is for two posts - 1.6 WTE available.

You must be an RSCN or RN Child qualified nurse with substantial experience of working in a Children's Hospital setting as a Band 5 or Band 6 nurse. You must be able to lead a team, demonstrating excellent organizational and clinical skills. You will be expected to co-ordinate care on the ward and deputise and support the Ward Manager. We are committed to supporting you and offer various professional development opportunities to enhance your renal nursing skills and knowledge.

Main duties of the job:

• Ensure high quality, evidence-based care is offered to patients and, in collaboration with the Ward Manager, identify the common issues which affect the quality of care, devising clear action plans to address any shortcomings.
• In collaboration with the Ward Manager, ensure that the patient has a satisfactory experience by evaluating patient processes and the pathway of care.
• Support the Ward Manager in ensuring clinical audit takes place in line with the Trust's requirements to improve practice.
• Be a point of contact for patients, visitors, relatives and staff acting as a resource for problems, needs and able to clearly present the patient's view to others.
• Support the Ward Manager in ensuring the development and ongoing management of work rosters that provide appropriate safe staff cover.

About Us:

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation. Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career. We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Person Specification:

• Communication and relationship: Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills, basic IT skills, and effective communication with patients, carers, and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Training and Qualification: Diploma or working towards a degree, evidence of performance reviews, EPALS/APLS or willing to complete on next available course.
• Experience: Has had experience of being the Nurse in Charge, evidence of Mentorship or SSSAE, evidence of doing a link role, evidence of working beyond registration.
• Analytical and judgement skills: Able to lead a team, prioritise and respond to planned and unplanned situations.
• Planning and organisational skills: Can prioritise and manage own time and workload and that of the 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.