Junior Sister/Charge Nurse

Job description

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for a band 6 nurse to join our evolving Emergency Department Team.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest acute and community Trusts in the West Midland.

We have been rated as GOOD during our recent CQC inspection.

This band 6 role provides a real opportunity to develop leadership skills, clinical skills and knowledge base within the Emergency Services Directorate. We are looking for nurses who are pursuing a new challenge who hold experience in either an Emergency Department or significant acute medical experience.

Main duties of the job

The Emergency Department is exceptionally busy and currently has circa 153,000 annual attendees. An understanding of the importance of maintaining patient flows through the hospital is pivotal to this role. Are you ready to embrace the new ways of working within our innovative department including the purpose built rapid assessment area and working partnerships between acute physicians and emergency consultants. The Urgent and Emergency Care Centre offers one entry portal for all of our acute admissions and an enlarged clinical decisions unit with an Ambulatory Emergency Care facility. We are fortunate enough to have a specialist Childrens area built to the highest specification and having its own 2 bedded high care area.

We are looking for caring, compassionate nurses to work in this emergency care setting with a minimum of 18 months acute care experience. The individual we want would be committed to sustaining and improving our patient pathways, good clinical skills and be able to act as a professional role model supported by the National Curriculum and Competency Framework for Emergency Nursing.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Delivering safe and effective clinical practice
Enhancing the patient's experience with regular and constructive communication
Managing and developing the performance of a team of nursing staff
Ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of the organisation's objectives
Efficient and effective use of resources
Deputising for Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

Please see job description for full list of duties and responsibilities

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

• RN Diploma, Degree

Desirable criteria

• Valid NMC registration

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant acute nursing experience current or within the last 2 years

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within the emergency department
• Ability to triage or recent triage training
• Completion of Level 1 RCN Emergency nursing competencies
• Phlebotomy skills and or ability to cannulate
• Evidence of leadership within a team

Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant's qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants' qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.

Visa/Sponsorship Information

In line with UKVI requirements, the Trust is unable to sponsor any applicants for Skilled Woker Visas who do not meet the minimum eligibility requirements including applicable salary thresholds and concessions. Before applying, please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK, or that the role is eligible for sponsorship. For more information, please visit: