Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse- Emergency Department

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced nurse leader to take 24-hour responsibility for the effective and efficient operational day-to-day management of the Emergency Department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

You will provide clinical governance, staff development and training, be accountable for professional standards and lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver patient-centred care and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• NMC registration as an Adult Nurse required.
• Manchester Triage experience.
• Desirable leadership/healthcare management experience.
• ALS/EPALS/ETC or related leadership courses desirable.
• Substantial NHS emergency medicine experience at Band 6 level or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• 24-hour responsibility for the operation of the Emergency Department.
• Provide clinical governance and staff development/training.
• Lead multi-disciplinary team and maintain high standards of patient care.
• Coordinate patient care, resources and staff performance.
• Support audit, research and teaching to continually improve care and patient experience.
• Ensure safe and effective clinical practice and drive service improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Team building

Resource management

Time management

Clinical governance

Audit and research

Workforce planning

NHS policy awareness

Staff mentoring

Communication skills

Education

Registered Adult Nurse on NMC register

ALS

EPALS

ETC

Leadership courses

Tools

Manchester Triage

Job description

Job Summary

The post holder will have 24-hour responsibility for the effective and efficient operational day to day management of the Emergency department, including clinical governance, staff development and training. The post holder is professionally accountable for the maintenance of standards of professional practise and standards of care. They will provide professional clinical leadership within a defined area and provide direction and inspirational leadership to all members within the multi-disciplinary team.

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

• The post holder will be professionally accountable for the maintenance of standards and professional practice as set by the NMC Code of Professional Standards of practice and behaviour and relevant professional guidelines,
• To carry overall responsibility for the organisation and management of the ward/ department, including the supervision of students.
• To provide a clear focus for clinical leadership and to be responsible for ensuring the provision of a high standard of holistic, patient-centred care
• To be accountable for co-ordinating patient care, the management of resources and performance of staff
• Use a range of technique to ensure set and monitor standards of clinical practice, audit, research and teaching to set monitor and continually improve standards of care and patient experience.
• Ensure safe and effective clinical practice.
• Enhance patient experience

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job Description

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse on NMC register
• Manchester Triage

Desirable

• Health care management / Leadership

Qualification

• ALS
• EPALS
• ETC
• Leadership courses

Experience

Essential

• Professional Portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
• Substantial relevant and recent clinical experience within an acute NHS setting working at Band 6 within the emergency medicine speciality
• Recent experience in taking charge of areas/departments.
• Can demonstrate understanding / experience / in practice based supervision / assessment as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC ) standards for student

supervision and assessment

• Demonstrable current, recent experience of team leadership and management within the healthcare setting.
• Demonstrable understanding of the management responsibility for pay and non-pay resources associated with the clinical service.
• Evidence of effective multiprofessional working.
• Experience of being a mentor
• Demonstration of a significant contribution to innovative practice or change management
• Experience in interviewing and selection of staff
• Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice
• Demonstrate an ability, experience, passion in the following areas. (E )
• Leadership
• Team building
• Managing Resources
• Time management
• Role modelling
• Change management/ clinical developments
• Clinical governance
• Audit and research
• Workforce planning / management
• NHS policy and political awareness
• Knowledge of clinical governance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49387.00 to £56515.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

304-1104243

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Attachments

JD PS Band-7-Senior-Sister-Charge-Nurse .pdf – 530KB Opens in a new window