Junior Sister/Charge Nurse/Deputy Team Leader

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Hereford is seeking a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse/Deputy Team Leader to join their team. This role requires excellent communication and leadership skills to manage a diverse clinical environment. Ideal candidates should have nursing qualifications and experience in relevant clinical areas. This position offers opportunities for professional growth and development within a supportive team. The organization values care, accountability, respect, and excellence in patient service.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills for diverse individuals.
• Ability to lead a team effectively in a healthcare setting.
• Experience in managing clinical responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate effectiveness as a role model and clinical supervisor.
• Manage complaints and clinical incidents in a timely manner.
• Ensure high standards of care by leading the team.

Skills

Effective communication

Leadership ability

Time management

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Education

RGN registered with NMC or registered ODP with HCPC

Teaching qualification or course relevant to specialty

Relevant Diploma/Degree or equivalent

Job description

Junior Sister/Charge Nurse/Deputy Team Leader

We are looking for a full time time Junior Sister/Junior Charge Nurse or Deputy Team Leader (ODP) to join our friendly team. The Podiatric Surgery Department is based at our Belmont site on the outskirts of the city, and delivers both an outpatient and theatre service.

As a Junior Sister/Junior Charge Nurse or deputy Team Leader within the department you must have excellent communication skills, organisational skills and be able to lead a team. You will be expected to work in all areas of the department.

We are looking for a highly motivated leader to work within our team whilst ensuring high standards of care, demonstrating Wye Valley NHS Trusts values and professionalism.

This is an ideal opportunity to further your career increasing your knowledge professionally and managerially, and the opportunity to work closely with a multidisciplinary team within a positive environment.

Main duties of the job

• To demonstrate effectiveness as a role model and clinical supervisor.
• To demonstrate specialists knowledge within sphere of practice and act as a resource for the Trust.
• To demonstrate expertise within sphere of practice.To ensure complaints within the sphere of responsibility are managed in a timely manner. In the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse report actions taken to minimise risks.
• To ensure clinical incidents / near misses within the sphere of responsibility are managed in a timely manner. In the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse report actions taken to minimise risks.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South WarwickshireUniversity NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• RGN registered with NMC or registered ODP with HCPC
• Teaching qualification or course relevant to specialty or working towards
• Evidence of post qualification education and training
• A1 award or equivalent
• Relevant Diploma/Degree or equivalent

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people
• Leadership ability
• Time management of self and others
• Demonstrate an ability to problem solve complex situations
• Advocate for the profession
• Sound understanding of current nursing issues
• Analytical and judgemental skills requiring analysis
• Planning and organisational skills for a range of complex activities
• Experience of change management

Experience

• Previous experience within a relevant clinical area
• Proven experience at band 5 or band 6
• Experience of teaching within clinical areas
• Experience of implementing change
• Demonstrate the ability to deliver enhanced clinical skills and practice
• To provide evidence of involvement of service development

Personal attributes

• Flexible and adaptable
• Ability to work under pressure
• Effective handling of information and difficult situations
• Team player

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.