Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

at  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

To take managerial, clinical and professional responsibility for the Neonatal Unit.
To use innovative thinking to ensure the provision of high quality infant care in the most efficient and safe manner in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
To encourage, facilitate and support the professional and clinical development of neonatal nursing staff.
To provide active leadership and ensure motivation and effective communication within the neonatal team and other healthcare professionals across the Trust and community.
To be visible point of contact for infant’s carers, visitors, relatives and staff, acting as a resource for problem solving and needs. Act as role model to ensure the dignity, rights and confidentiality of the babies and team members are protected and maintained.
To demonstrate a high degree of motivation and the ability to develop and inspire staff.
To actively manage the delivery of care on a day to day level. To ensure effective monitoring of manpower requirements and to implement appropriate measures to ensure a well-balanced skillmix.
Promote the role of the Neonatal nurse, developing a neonatal nursing service which works in the best interest of the babies and their families. To make a positive contribution to the strategic planning of the service.
Identifying the training and learning needs to support and develop the existing nursing staff.
Co-ordinate and monitor the care given by all members of staff in the department, liaise with multi-disciplinary team and outside agencies to ensure continued care delivery, taking appropriate action if care fall below an accepted standard.
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
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