Children Sister/Charge Nurse

The Countess Charity; Chester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital is seeking a Children Sister/Charge Nurse to provide outstanding care and leadership in a dynamic environment. This role emphasizes clinical excellence, operational management, and a commitment to improving children's services. Ideal candidates must be passionate about making a difference in pediatric nursing CARE.

Qualifications

• Must be flexible and enthusiastic about emergency care.
• Experience in nursing practices for children.
• Committed to improving service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and facilitate high standards of care.
• Assist in operational management of the department.
• Ensure quality indicators are met at departmental level.

Skills

Emergency care

Clinical leadership

Infection control

Family-centered care

Job description

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Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week

We are recruiting for a Children Sister/Charge Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week

We are recruiting for a Children Sister/Charge Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will need to be flexible, enthusiastic and passionate about emergency care and be committed to improving service delivery, and developing nursing practices for the children, young people and families who utilise our services.

Our values are Safe, Kind and Effective. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

If you are passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and developing your skills and knowledge in a supportive team, apply today!

To provide positive role modelling, clinical leadership and knowledge to facilitate, supervise and enable high, competent standards of safe, individualised, holistic, family centered care that is evidence based, in consultation and partnership with the child, their family/carers and other professionals that recognises the distinct needs of children and young people and ensures the provision of privacy and dignity.

Assist in the safe, effective, efficient operational management of the department and nursing team, within allocated resources.

Assist in the delivery and monitoring of robust infection control measures departmental level.

Assist in the delivery and monitoring of all quality indicators at departmental level, including patient experience indicators and observation audits.

Work alongside the paediatric division at COCH with opportunities to rotate into CAU

This post involves rotational duties over a 24-hour period.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
  
  

The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stephanie Pearson Job title: Unit manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01244 366453

Maria McLeod

Matron Emergency Dept

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