Junior Sister/ Charge Nurse

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering healthcare institution as a Staff Nurse in the Emergency Department, where you will provide exceptional nursing care and work with a dedicated team in a dynamic environment. This role offers a chance to make a significant impact on patient outcomes while benefiting from comprehensive development opportunities and a supportive culture. As part of a large NHS Trust, you will be at the forefront of innovative healthcare practices, contributing to a system that serves over a million patients annually. If you are passionate about nursing and eager to grow professionally, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse with significant experience in clinical settings.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Prioritise, assess, plan, evaluate, and deliver high-standard care.
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary teams and mentor junior staff.

Skills

Good written and verbal communication skills

Organising workload and delegating tasks

Teamwork and collaboration

Problem solving

Decision making

Negotiation skills

Education

Registered Adult Nurse with valid registration

Significant post-registration experience

Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Job description

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Main area: Emergency Department Grade NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rotational)

Job ref: 349-MRI-6923063*

Site: Manchester Royal Infirmary

Town: Manchester

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum, (Pro Rata)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 18/02/2025 23:59

Job overview

At Manchester University Foundation Trust, we are proud that we care for our people as much as our patients and that’s why we’d love you to join us within our Emergency Department here at the MRI providing outstanding nursing care.

As a staff nurse at MFT you’ll be expected to work within the NMC code of Professional Conduct working throughout the department in Majors Assessment, Ambulatory Care, our Rapid Assessment Unit (Ambulance Triage) and RESUS utilizing state-of-the-art equipment to ensure that all our patients are seen efficiently and effectively, meeting all their clinical needs within the 4-hour target. As a major trauma center, we work closely with North West Ambulance Service.

We show our commitment to our teams through excellent development and progression opportunities, starting with a comprehensive Induction programme, so we’re proud to nurture and support our nurses to provide the very best care. In return, you’ll deliver our values and nurse with pride, respect, empathy, consideration, compassion, and dignity.

So if you want a new start and the chance to nurse in one of the UK’s most pioneering Hospitals, there couldn’t be a better time to join us.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will prioritise, assess, plan, evaluate and deliver all relevant aspects of care to an agreed and expected high standard. Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the clinical governance process. Act as a mentor/preceptor to junior staff, with specific responsibility for pre-registration students. Participate fully in structured competency-based programmes, as required while working in all areas of the Emergency Department.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse with valid registration on appropriate part of NMC register (e.g., RN Adult)
• Significant post-registration experience, some of which must be within a relevant clinical setting.
• ALS

Skills

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to organise workload and delegate tasks appropriately.
• Supports and contributes to team approaches and working
• Problem solving – able to analyse and resolve issues on own initiative
• Decision making within limitation of role, and demonstrates an awareness of own limits
• Able to demonstrate ability to negotiate and work through problems with patients/children/families and MDT.

Personal Attributes

• Motivated to personal and professional development of self
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable.
• Open-minded, treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect.
• Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.