Childrens Emergency Department Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated compassionate individual to join our team. An experienced nurse leader who is enthusiastic and dynamic. Working in conjunction with the wider hospital team to deliver a high standard of care to all our patients.

Managing and leading a busy department and team of ED staff. Motivating and role modelling high standards, implementing and driving improvements and initiatives. Continuously striving to achieve an outstanding Emergency department

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide enthusiastic, passionate and innovative nursing leadership to day-to-day operational management and running of the Emergency Department. A Sister/Charge Nurse is expected to take part in supporting staff development, ensuring innovative ways of working are introduced and being an advocate to local & trust wide agenda's as well as own work that will help to make the department an outstanding place to work and visit.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered childrens' Nurse.
• Degree or equivalent and relevant experience as RCN.
• Department leadership experience at band 6
• Specialist A&E/ED course. Mentorship Course or Equivalent
• ALS or equivalent
• Safeguarding Level 3 trained

Desirable criteria

• Masters or Masters Level Achievements
• Leadership/Management course.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Specialist A&E/ED course or working towards
• Mentorship Course or Equivalent
• Relevant ED experience

Desirable criteria

• ED specialist skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Clinical experience within Emergency Care
• Evidence of continual professional development of self and others
• Service quality improvement in practice
• Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy
• Audit and analysis skills.
• Knowledge and application of health and safety policy and legislation.

Desirable criteria

• Service quality improvement in practice
• Audit and analysis skills.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Recent and relevant experience in Children's ED Nursing.
• Sound ability to work as a team member with good emotional intelligence skills to read situations and balancing responses with empathy and gusto.
• Ability to manage own workload
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills within documentation and with all members of the team, patients and their carers
• Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure
• Adaptability to changing workload
• Role model for junior colleagues
• Sound ability to problem solve and balance risk, safety and performance, putting patients and staff at the heart of your decisions.
• Excellent people management skills with understanding of HR practice/policy.
• Excellent emotional intelligence to situations and people.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially during times of pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organisational and problem solving skills.
• Practices openness, honesty and transparency.
• Ability to cope and implement change and manage resilience
• Ability to identify and provide ranges of feedback, Ability to manage risk, risk assess and mitigate against risk.
• Ability to delegate authority to people and monitor against required outcomes.
• Demonstrate understanding and role in management of ED operational standards.

Desirable criteria

• Budget Management
• Complaint Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Breakaway Training
• Mental Health First
• Roster Management
• Aid/Awareness

Other

Essential criteria

• Shift work will be required through the 24 hours period.
• Take responsibility for own learning and performance manages staff in relation to recruitment, performance and absence.
• Ensures performance reviews are undertaken (minimum of yearly)
• Ability to self-reflect.

Visa Sponsorship Information

This role is subject to UK immigration requirements. Where sponsorship is required, applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa in accordance with current UK Visas and Immigration rules, including any salary, qualification, and role-specific requirements applicable at the time of appointment. Candidates who require sponsorship will only be considered where the post is eligible and where all sponsorship criteria can be met. Evidence of the right to work in the UK will be required before appointment. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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