Charge Nurse

NHS National Services Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire seeks a dedicated Charge Nurse for Coathill Hospital. You will oversee patient care and manage a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high standards of care. The role requires registered nurse status, degree-level education, and strong leadership abilities. Join a committed team that prioritizes patient well-being and professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration.
• Postgraduate expertise within the speciality area.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assessment of care needs and evaluation of programmes.
• Managing clinical leadership and supervision of staff.
• Ensuring delivery of high-quality care to patients.

Skills

Leadership skills

Team-working skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Education

Degree level education

Postgraduate qualification

Job description

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NHS Lanarkshire is looking to recruit a Charge Nurse based within Coathill Hospital. As part of a multidisciplinary team the post holder will have responsibility for assessment of care needs and evaluation of programmes of care ensuring the delivery of high quality care to patients and in the absence of the Senior Charge Nurse/Team Leader the post holder will have continuing responsibility for the management and clinical leadership of the area including supervision, development and deployment of staff.

Please note: Duties may vary with the type of ward/department and the degree of patient dependency.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

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.

What we'll need you to 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.
• Leadership skills to enable the day to day management of service delivery.
• 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
• Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Working knowledge of basic information technology

Contract type

Permanent

Full time

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Glenmore within Coathill Hospital

The working pattern for this role: As per roster

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

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