Area Sister/Charge Nurse

at  NHS Blood and Transplant

JOB SUMMARY

As an Area Sister / Charge Nurse in this autonomous role, you will lead and motivate a team of Healthcare Assistants, on donation teams across the Southwest. You will use your clinical judgement to make safe decisions about suitability and ensure your teams deliver a high standard of care that enables us to meet our regulatory and governance requirements. We need your leadership and management skills to ensure that patients receive safe blood and blood products, and our donors feel safe and cared for. By giving the best experience we can for our donors, you will ensure they will want to return time and time again.
No prior specialist knowledge is required for this band 6 role, we value what you bring. If you are able to work independently, lead with compassion and resilience, excited by the prospect of enabling change in a fast-moving environment, then this is the job for you. We will provide all the training and support you will need with excellent learning and development opportunities and career progression.
The shift pattern is 4 days per fortnight totalling 37.5 hours. This will include some weekend and Bank Holiday working. The earliest shift time could be 07:30 with a finish time of approximately 18:00. On a late shift you could start at 10:00hrs and finish around 21:30. Shift times will vary on a day to day basis but are subject to 4 weeks notice.
As this is an area role, you will be travelling regularly across the area but you will be based at the team nearest to your home address; this will be agreed at interview.

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• Demonstrates clinical leadership and understands the principles of best practice, delivering a high quality of care
• Experience of initiating and supporting the professional development of others, providing coaching and mentoring
• Knowledge of clinical audit and research
• Knowledge of patient safety initiatives and risk management
• Experience of working with Information Technology such as hand-held devices and Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

• Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration (which must be maintained) as Registered Nurse Adult
• Required to maintain registration, adhering to requirements of revalidation
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Do you hold a full and valid UK driving licence with no more than 6 points?

ABOUT US

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.
Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do.
By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we’ll save and improve more lives than ever.
You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• No night shifts.
• TOIL (Time off in Lieu)
• Opportunities to work in other areas/specialisms.
• Facilitating donation
• NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities where the role will allow.
• 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
• NHS pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions
• We’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
  Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
  This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 17th November.
  Interviews are anticipated to be held on Friday 29th November subject to confirmation
  For informal enquiries please contact Caroline Morrice, Area Matron, Caroline.Morrice@nhsbt.nhs.u

Using your clinical experience and knowledge, you will lead your team to ensure both the safety of our donors and the supply of safe blood products to patients. Your responsibilities will include:
Overseeing the clinical assessment of donor eligibility and leading on all aspects of donor care.
Accountability for the effective delivery of both operational and clinical standards of care and donor experience
Leading and promoting the behaviours required to deliver an excellent donation experience, ensuring high donor satisfaction and retention.
Training your team, with support, to ensure both your own and their competence is maintained.
Efficient management of blood donor sessions, maximising productivity as well as maintaining standards of care and donor satisfaction.
Making sure your NMC Revalidation delivers improvements in practice.
You will be required to work variable hours in order to lead at different blood collection sessions across a defined geographical area, which will include working evenings, weekends, overnight stays when required and bank holidays (appropriate notice will be given). Night shifts are not required in this role