Clinical Sister/Charge Nurse

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will need to have a good team building skills and be able to demonstrate how they motivate and lead. Evidence of clear effective communication skills and experience of change management is essential. He/she will be required to work flexibly as a member of the neonatal team to ensure standards are being maintained, evaluated and where necessary improved.

As a Sister/Charge Nurse in the Neonatal Service you will provide managerial, professional and clinical leadership, supporting nursing, as well as linking with other healthcare professionals throughout allied services to ensure we provide excellent care for babies and their families.

Have 24 hour responsibility for managing staff and budgets to ensure the standards and quality of care and the environment in which they are delivered are maintained and improved.

Ensure high quality, evidence-based care is offered to patients and, in collaboration with the Matron, identify the common issues which affect the quality of care devising clear action plans to address any shortcomings ensuring agreed action is undertaken. Includes developing, implementing and maintaining patient care policies and procedures, clinical guidelines and protocols where appropriate.

In collaboration with all members of multi-professional team, ensure that the baby and family have a satisfactory experience by evaluating patient processes and redesigning the pathway of care - including external agencies and also other hospitals.

In conjunction with the Appraisal/Individual Performance Review process, undertake training needs analysis for a defined group of staff and share with the Practice Development Nurse for collation annually, to contribute to and inform the Neonatal and Childrens training plan.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• 1st Level Registered Nurse
• Current NMC Registration
• Possession of a degree in nursing or healthcare
• Neonatal Critical Care Course
• Current NLS provider
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Possession of a teaching and/or mentoring course

Experience

Essential criteria

• Management/leadership in a neonatal intensive care area
• Ability to manage the clinical area or ward efficiently and effectively
• Experience in managing staff and providing feedback
• Experience of risk assessment and management
• Ability to lead change and lead new ways of working
• Supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students
• Evidence of ability to mentor

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to present and receive complex information with the multidisciplinary team
• Team player who can initiate delegate and complete projects
• Able to develop others
• Demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills
• Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with conflict
• Demonstrate self-awareness and understanding of personal accountability and advocacy for patients
• Ability to support colleagues, patients and relatives / carers in distressing circumstances

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are put in place.
• Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patient care
• Demonstrates understanding of the importance of research and evidence based practice to their nursing practice
• Ability to generate and present reports and documents
• Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures/guidelines
• Demonstrate insight in the use of data to influence patient care and services

Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria

• Can demonstrate formulation of short term and long term objectives
• Excellent organisational skills
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Demonstrate the personal development of members within a team
• Able to identify own learning needs and limitations
• Evidence of project management skills

Physical skills

Essential criteria

• Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties
• Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
• Competent and capable of using medical equipment
• Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres
• Able to perform IT skills using a keyboard and mouse and view visual displays via IT sources available within the Trust.

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 the 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.

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