Paediatric Sister, Accident and Emergency

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust is seeking a Band 7 Paediatric Sister for a 25.2-hour fixed-term position in the A&E department in Carlisle. The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership, manage a team, and ensure high-quality patient care. This position requires a registered nurse with extensive experience in A&E settings and strong leadership skills. Benefits include 27 days of holiday and NHS discounts.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Free confidential counselling service

Qualifications

• Proven clinical leadership and team management experience.
• Ability to assess and plan nursing care.
• Experience working in an A&E department.

Responsibilities

• Lead the A&E department and ensure effective patient care.
• Manage staff recruitment and attendance.
• Develop nursing policies consistent with local strategy.

Skills

Clinical leadership skills

Nursing care assessment

Team leadership

Budget management

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Band 7 experience

Job description

Overview

Paediatric Sister, Accident and Emergency Band 7 - 25.2 hours

The Accident and Emergency department at Carlisle has the opportunity of a 25.2 hour fixed term for 10 months band 7 paediatric leadership post. We pride ourselves on our fantastic and development of our staff and provide opportunities for professional and self development.

Responsibilities

• Responsible and accountable in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care within their remit.
• Senior sister/charge nurse leading and organising the A&E department.
• Provide excellent clinical leadership skills to ensure the effective delivery of patient care and resources within the remit of the unit.
• Responsible and accountable for the implementation of the nurse led service within the A&E Department, i.e. a nurse can assess, diagnose, treat and discharge patients within departmental guidelines.
• Work within the team of Band 7 sisters in the dept.
• Develop an environment / culture that supports the value of nursing care.
• Lead the multidisciplinary team in improving patient services / access within the ward.
• Lead, establish and demonstrate practice based on current advances in nursing practice and research.
• Lead the continuing development of the department philosophy.
• Lead and actively participate in ward meetings, ensuring equity of opinion.
• Lead the formation of nursing policy within the ward consistent with national and local nursing strategy, ensuring that Trust policies are adhered to at all times. Ensure all policy and service developments are impact assessed in respect of equality requirements.
• Devise and plan duty rota, maintaining safe staffing levels and skill mix within the clinical setting. Provide expert support to the nursing team to ensure use of evidenced based practice.
• Participate in the Trust nursing and midwifery policy agenda and the nursing and midwifery strategic agenda as required.
• Manage a delegated budget for the department. Actively manage the budgetary implications of decisions.
• Lead in the recruitment and selection of staff for the ward. Ensure that there is a robust appraisal / PDP process in place for all staff. Actively manage staff attendance and absence, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring adequate cover to ensure continuity of patient care. Address attendance issues.
• Provide leadership in monitoring and achieving Trust targets.

Organisation and values

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of safe, high quality care every time:

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Additional information

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

DISLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE

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.

DBS COSTS The Cost Of The DBS Must Be Met By The Successful Candidate(s) Through Salary Deduction. DBS Charges Are As Follows If Applicable To The Post

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC Can Offer Successful Future Employees The Following Benefits

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• Flexible working Scheme
• NHS Discounts
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Excellent opportunities for development
• Competitive NHS Pension scheme
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
• Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

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