Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse
Job summary
As a Band 6 Clinical Sister, You are responsible for leading shifts, ensuring safe and effective patient care, supporting and developing staff, maintaining high clinical standards, and working with the multidisciplinary team to deliver excellent outcomes for older patients.
Interviews will take place on 3rd & 4th September.
Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
Secondment will be considered for internal candidates - If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.
Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical leadership and coordinate the daily running of the ward.
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for patients with complex needs.
- Lead and manage staff during shifts, ensuring safe and effective patient care.
- Support the Ward Manager with workforce matters including staffing levels, sickness management, appraisals, and complaints.
- Promote patient safety, clinical governance, infection prevention, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Act as a mentor and support staff development, supervision, competency assessment, and appraisal processes.
- Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary team to coordinate care and discharge planning.
- Maintain accurate patient records and utilise electronic systems effectively.
- Ensure compliance with Trust policies, health and safety requirements, and professional standards.
- Contribute to service development and continuous improvement within the ward and Trust.
About us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Job responsibilities
The Band 6 Clinical Sister/Charge Nurse is a senior nurse and shift leader responsible for providing clinical leadership, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care, and supporting the daily management of a 24-bed Care of the Elderly ward. The post holder leads and coordinates shifts, manages a team of nursing staff, undertakes complex clinical assessments, and supports the Ward Manager in maintaining patient safety, quality standards, and ward performance. Responsibilities include workforce management, staff supervision, appraisals, education and mentorship, clinical governance, infection prevention, discharge planning, multidisciplinary working, complaint management, and continuous service improvement. For further details please see the attached job description.Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oCurrent Professional NMC Registration oStudy at level 6 (Degree/Diploma) oEvidence of continuous professional development oTeaching and Assessing qualification or willingness to undertake
Desirable
- oLeadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- oProfessional clinical experience in appropriate speciality. oAbility to successfully manage people and change
Desirable
- oExperience in HR and management related issues. oResource Management
Knowledge
Essential
- oA knowledgeable clinician with the ability to apply evidence-based practice. oA sound knowledge of professional policies and procedures oKnowledge of clinical governance commitment to clinical supervision and staff development
Desirable
- oA good understanding of current issues relating to the NHS. oExperience in Policy/Service development
Skills
Essential
- oIT skills oPatient focused. oExcellent communication skills oAble to prioritize and meet deadlines effectively. oGood management of own and others time oAble to use initiative and make decisions. oAnalyses problems and implements effective and appropriate solutions
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- oMust be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values. (As detailed in UHCW's Values in Action document below) oApplicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience