Senior Charge Nurse - Critical Care

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious healthcare institution in London seeks a Band 7 Senior Charge Nurse for their Critical Care team. The role involves leading service improvement, managing a team, and providing education and training. Candidates must be registered nurses with strong leadership abilities and experience in budget management. Join a team dedicated to patient care and innovation in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse with relevant qualifications.
• Leadership experience is essential.
• Knowledge in budget management is required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure appropriate referral and discussions for patient care.
• Manage budgets and resources effectively.
• Provide leadership and line management for nursing staff.

Skills

Organisational skills

Teaching

Leadership

Quality knowledge

Education

Registered Nurse

Teaching qualification

Post registration course

Job description

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent Band 7 Senior Charge Nurse position within Critical Care at Charing Cross Hospital.

We are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic about implementing change and can motivate and generate ideas. As a Senior Charge Nurse you will be instrumental in the day to day running of the unit. You will also lead a team to manage service improvement projects to raise standards of patient care. You will assist our team of Clinical Educators to provide training and education in your areas of expertise and work closely with our existing team of committed and motivated Critical Care staff.

Critical Care at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is provided across three Intensive Care Units at three hospital sites. We cover specialities including Major Trauma, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Hepatobiliary, Haematology, Cancer and Renal. the service is provided in three separate units which enables us to maintain excellent team dynamics whilst benefiting from the shared learning of working in a collective Critical Care directorate.

This post requires motivation, enthusiasm, excellent communication skills and demonstration of people management skills. You should also have a recognised Critical Care Course, and be a qualified mentor.

Main duties of the job

• As a key member of a multi professional team, ensure appropriate referral and discussion with other members of the team to optimise patient care
• Ensure patients are assessed, have care plans that are implemented and evaluated in accordance with Trust's evidence based procedural documents
• To have local open and transparent communication channels that support the ward team to do the right thing for people we care for, to be bold when they have good ideas and to speak up when things go wrong
• Act as a clinical expert within sphere of work
• Have continuous responsibility for the ward area, providing visible professional leadership and line management for a team of nursing and support staff
• Ensure staffing is in line with Trust policy
• Manage budgets and resources efficiently and effectively
• Be responsible for the safety and cleanliness of the clinical environment

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse
• Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
• Relevant clinical post registration course completed
• Graduate (degree/diploma with specialist expertise across a range of procedures

Desirable criteria

• Management qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of leading and developing a team
• Knowledge of budget management

Desirable criteria

• Experience of being a Band 7 team leader

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria

• Organisational, administrative and management skills
• Teaching
• Ability to lead a team
• Ability to appraise staff
• Ability to perform clinical activities specific to speciality
• Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 560.5KB)
• Functional requirements Form (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)