Nurse Team Leader

NHS; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for the Acute Surgical Unit. The successful candidate will have post-registration experience in a surgical environment, excellent communication skills, and strong leadership capabilities. This role involves managing patient care from admission to discharge in a fast-paced setting. Opportunities for professional development are available in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Post registration experience in a surgical environment.
• Motivated and enthusiastic.

Responsibilities

• Provide good strong leadership to the team.
• Support delivery of high standards of care.
• Work clinically and manage the ward.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Leadership

Time management

Organizational skills

Education

Recognized nursing qualification

Current level one NMC registration

Evidence of post qualifying training in acute care

Degree level or evidence of working towards

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered Nurse to join the team on the Acute Surgical Unit.

The ideal candidates should have post registration experience ideally in a surgical environment, be motivated and enthusiastic, possess excellent communication skills, be a team player and wish to consolidate/develop their surgical skills as well as others skills.

The SURG SDEC (Surgical same day emergency care) / Acute Surgical Unit is a fast-paced unit that sees a variety of patients including direct admissions from the Urgent Emergency Care Centre (UECC) and GP referrals. You need to have experience in prioritising your workload to include excellent staff management and first class patient care from admission through to timely and safe discharge planning.

If you enjoy working in a fast paced environment and pride yourself on ensuring patients have the best experience then this is the job for you. In return, the TRFT offers a supportive, challenging environment with opportunities for continuous professional development.

Please ensure you read the attached job description and person specification to ensure you meet the essential requirements for this position before submitting your application.

Main duties of the job

Provide good strong leadership to the team on acute surgical unit/SURGSDEC.Support the delivery of high standard of safe care to patients on the emergency general surgical pathway.

Work clinically and take charge of the Ward/SURGSDEC.

Demonstrate good time management and organisational skills.

Work collaboratively with members of the wider MDT to ensure appropriate plans of care are delivered to support early discharge.

Complete ward audits to measure standards and share learning within the team.

Work with the ward manager to introduce service improvement ideas to drive change forward.

Act up in the absence of ward manager.

Create a learning environment to support all staff development and a safe and welcoming learning environment for new starters and student nurses.

Coach all levels of staff.

Report and investigate incidents.

Manage concerns & complaints.

Roster management.

About us

The RotherhamNHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving ourlocal population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act theright way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities ofRotherham

As a Trust weare on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart ofeverything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are thesecond most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as aplace to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagementoverall

But don't justtake our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations forour Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people andrecognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives ofpatients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making

All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improveour services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together.If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join uson our journey to excellence

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Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specificationfor the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Equivalent level of knowledge acquired without formal course of study
• Theoretical and practical e.g. develops data bases and reporting systems
• Knowledge of Surgical procedures either worked in similar environment or willingness to work towards increasing knowledge
• Professional, technical, specialist
• Policies, practices and procedures e.g. NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care

Qualifications

• Recognised nursing qualification
• Current level one NMC registration
• Relevant learning beyond registration
• Evidence of post qualifying training and experience in acute care
• Degree level or evidence of working towards

Experience

• Recruitment and selection experience
• Presenting complex information to large groups

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPro rata, per annum