Ward/Department Sister/Charge Nurse

at  Northumbria Healthcare NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dynamic Band 6 Nurse to join our busy Out-Patient’s departments in a full time post (37.5hrs) The post is based at Hexham General Hospital but the contract is Trust wide and the successful candidate may be required to work in other areas of the Trust.
It is important to remember that patients may judge the quality of care received in Clinics as an Out-patient as representative of the rest of the Trust and this may influence their decision regarding further treatment. Therefore we are looking to recruit an individual who believes that high quality patient experience is central to the care they deliver.
The post holder will have demonstrated a keen interest in clinic delivery, experience of working within an Surgical and Medical clinical environments is essential to the role as well as some management experience.
The role requires excellent communication and negotiation skills to liaise with key stakeholders such as patients, plaster technicians, consultants, registrars, junior doctors and theatre staff, to ensure patients receive best possible timely care.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patients experience programmes of any trust in England.
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate high standards in clinical care and have the ability to contribute to quality initiatives and patient satisfaction. You will be well organised, resilient and able to meet the challenges and demands of working in busy Clinic departments which hosts a wide range of clinical specialties.
The applicant is required to provide a range of specialist services within the Clinic areas working both as part of a team and autonomously. Including working autonomously in daily nurse dressing clinics. There is a requirement to rotate through all the clinic types. Training will be provided as appropriate.
As well as taking charge of their own individual clinic the applicant will be required to take charge of the department with the Band 7 as their direct line-manager and take charge in their absence. As an area that has student placements applicants must be able to support students and participate in the continued professional development of the area.
The role involves managing the running of the department, including producing rotas and allocations, managing the clinics. as well as looking after the Human resource side of things such as implementing sickness absence policies along with and in the absence of the Band 7.
Current hours of service are across 7 days per week.
For further details / informal visits contact: Christine Hart Department Manager Ext 14568

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