About the role
Salary: £39959.00 to £48117.00
Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse
- Take responsibility for the clinical leadership and direction of the nursing team.
- Undertakes and documents a comprehensive, systematic, and accurate nursing assessment of the patient, as appropriate.
- Deliver a high standard of nursing care based on best practice to maintain patient safety and provide good patient experience.
- Creates and utilises opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients in their care.
- To undertake clinical shifts within department.
- Working within the NMC Guidelines and Trust Policies recognising one's own abilities and limitations.
- To facilitate and build teamwork between nurses and multi-disciplinary teams to effect high standards of care.
- To understand mortality data and use knowledge of how nursing can contribute to increased mortality to determine ward standards. Use audit tools to monitor compliance with those standards.
- Maintain a good standard of communication with the multi-disciplinary team and respect the confidentiality of patients, relatives, and colleagues.
- Ensuring staffing levels within the area are adequate to provide safe and effective care delivery, maximising the resources that are available by competent duty eRostering.
- Through effective negotiation and political awareness create an environment for partnership working and dissemination of information across multi-disciplinary teams.
- To support the Ward Manager with the financial resources for the ward area, as required.
- Support the Ward Manager in the recruitment and selection of new staff.
- Support with the investigation of complaints and clinical incidents related to own clinical area and support the review of complaints in other areas, as deemed.
- Appropriate by the Ward Manager. Provide feedback to staff as appropriate.
- Deputise for the Ward Manager in their absence, as per requested.
- Ensure information on the ward / department information system is correct and updated regularly, as appropriate.
- For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.