258103 - Senior Charge Nurse - Team Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension scheme

Annual leave 35 days

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking an experienced Nursing Leader to provide clinical leadership for Older Adult Medicine. The post holder will have 24-hour responsibility for the ward/department and will rotate to support the Directorate as needed.

You will assess care needs, develop and evaluate programmes of care, and deploy staff to meet priorities. Strong leadership, communication and CPD in your specialty are essential for high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration.
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level.
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates leadership.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.
• Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, policies and procedures to deliver leadership.
• Management qualification or equivalent via experience and CPD.
• Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification.
• Excellent team-working/leadership skills and ability to motivate others

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and expert advice to all nursing staff.
• Assess care needs and develop programmes of care, and evaluate their delivery.
• Manage ward/department on a daily basis, including allocation and deployment of staff.
• Lead, motivate and develop the nursing team to keep patients at the centre of care.
• Maintain effective communication with patients, carers and multidisciplinary team.
• Set, monitor and evaluate standards of care within policies and guidelines.
• Identify and report changes in patients’ needs and ensure appropriate action.

Skills

Leadership

NMC registration

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Postgraduate expertise in specialty

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.

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

• 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.