258103 - Senior Charge Nurse - Team Leader

NHS Scotland; Wishaw; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Annual Leave 35 days

Employee discounts

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide clinical leadership in Older Adult Medicine. You will oversee recruitment, supervision and deployment of staff, ensuring high standards of patient care while maintaining 24-hour ward responsibility.

The post requires degree-level education, post-graduate expertise, and strong knowledge of clinical guidelines. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and drive continuous improvement in care delivery.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration.
• Postgraduate expertise within speciality / area of practice.
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and plan, develop, implement and evaluate care programmes to ensure high-quality care.
• Manage the clinical environment, allocate work, deploy and supervise staff.
• Provide leadership, motivation and direction to the nursing team to keep patients at the centre of care.
• Utilise advanced specialty skills to facilitate interventions for patients.
• Manage staff groups, induction, recruitment, appraisal and discipline where needed.
• Maintain effective communications with patients, carers and the MDT to meet unit needs.
• Set, monitor and evaluate standards of care within policies and regulatory body guidelines.
• Identify changes in patient needs and take appropriate action.
• Maintain patient records per guidelines (NMC, 2002).

Skills

NMC Registration

Leadership

Team leadership

Clinical governance

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor degree in Nursing

Job description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services. We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

To provide clinical leadership and expert advice to all nursing staff in the delivery of care within Older Adult Medicine including recruitment, supervision, development and deployment of unit staff. The post holder will have continual 24 hour responsibility for the management of the ward/department. The post holder will undertake regular rotational cover of the Directorate or Hospital to provide leadership, deal with clinical issues, immediate management issues and deploy staff as appropriate. To be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development of programmes of care, and/or the implementation and evaluation of these programmes ensuring the delivery of high quality care to patients.

In This Key Role, You Will

• Responsible for the assessment of care needs and the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients to ensure delivery of a high standard of care.
• Responsible for the management of the clinical environment, including work allocation, deployment and supervision of staff. As unit priorities change, this allocation will be continually assessed and tasks re-allocated.
• Provide leadership encouragement and motivation to the nursing team to ensure that the patient/and their carers remain firmly at the centre of all care delivery.
• Utilise advanced speciality skills to facilitate intervention for patients.
• To manage all groups of staff within the clinical area on a daily basis, including induction, recruitment, appraisal, performance management, absence management and first level discipline and grievance.
• To maintain effective communications with patients/carers and all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure that the appropriate information is shared and patient/unit needs are met.
• To set, monitor and evaluate standards of care within defined policies, procedures and protocols of the unit, directorate, divisional and professional regulatory body, to ensure high quality service.
• Identify and report observed changes in the patients’ physical/psychological needs, taking appropriate action where necessary.
• Responsible for maintaining patient records within agreed Guidelines for Records & Record Keeping (NMC, 2002)

What You'll Bring

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.
• Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality / area of practice.
• Management qualification or equivalent gained through experience and continuous professional development
• Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
• The post holder will possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate others and work using own initiative

What We Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children's settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Janice Miles, Senior Nurse on [e-mail]

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Jessica Murphy, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail]

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.

Please note, CVs will not be accepted.