Senior Sister/Charge Nurse (XR07)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Leeds is seeking a dedicated clinical leader to manage nursing teams and ensure high standards of patient care. The role involves providing managerial leadership, supporting team development, and maintaining budgetary efficiency. Applicants should possess relevant qualifications and experience at band 6, alongside strong leadership capabilities.

Qualifications

• Significant relevant experience at band 6.
• Audit and standard setting.
• Change management.
• Knowledge of budget management.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional, clinical, managerial leadership and supervision for the nursing team.
• Ensure cost-effective use of resources by managing the administrative and financial aspects of the ward.
• Deliver positive patient experience and promote effective teamwork.

Skills

Experience of leading and managing a team

Ability to work under pressure

Clinical leadership

Standards of professional practice

Excellent written and verbal skills

Able to prioritise own and others workload

Skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members

Education

Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Degree in nursing or equivalent relevant experience

Leadership and management qualification

Job description

The Jobholder will carry 24 hour continuingresponsibility for the effective and efficient management of theward/department. They will provide professional, clinical, managerialleadership and supervision for the nursing team. The jobholder is responsiblefor developing and maintaining a ward or departments philosophy that has thepatient at the centre of compassionate safe and quality care delivery. Throughmanaging the administrative and financial aspects of the ward, the jobholderwill ensure cost effective use of resources.

Main duties of the job

Leadership

Provide leadership to the clinicalteam

Support and inspire staff toprovide efficient, effective, safe, quality care to patients

Deliver a positive patientexperience

Promote the building of effectiveteams and collaboration between teams

Anticipate problems and takepreventative or mitigating actions, orhave contingency plans available

Work with Matron to lead thedevelopment of ward/department nursing practice, reflecting the ClinicalService Unit and Trust business plans

Work with the Matron and or Head ofNursing to suggest and develop new roles/ways of working

Delegate and empower staff whilstmaintaining overall, continuing responsibility and accountability

Line manage the nursing team,including individual and team performance, attendance, management andworkforce planning

Ensure the effective deployment ofstaff is mapped against the flow of patients to provide safe and effectivecare

Support and participate in localand trustwide recruitment events

Manage the use of bank and agency

Investigate and respond toaccidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events

Deliver an effective, safe, qualityservice within budgetary envelope

Raise and respond to concerns withregards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrongdoing by following the LTHTwhistle blowing policy and supporting processes

Deputise for Matron in theirabsence

About us

Ourvalues are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see thisas a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by ourstaff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Accountable

Empowered

Allour actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally,the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Commitment to support, uphold anddemonstrate the core values and behaviours of LTHT

Commitment to delivering highquality compassionate evidence based care, in accordance with Leeds TeachingHospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) policies and guidelines

Commitment to working in amulti-disciplinary team

Commitment to the clinical area,valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive andcreative working environment

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

TheJobholder will carry 24 hour continuing responsibility for the effective andefficient management of the ward/department. They will provide professional,clinical, managerial leadership and supervision for the nursing team. Thejobholder is responsible for developing and maintaining a ward ordepartments philosophy that has the patient at the centre of compassionatesafe and quality care delivery. Through managing the administrative andfinancial aspects of the ward, the jobholder will ensure cost effective useof resources.

Person Specification

Skills & behaviours

• Experience of leading and managing a team
• Ability to work under pressure
• Clinical leadership
• Standards of professional practice
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Able to prioritise own and others workload
• Skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members

Qualifications

• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• Degree in nursing or equivalent relevant experience
• Leadership and management qualification

Experience

• Significant relevant experience at band 6
• Audit and standard setting
• Change management
• Knowledge of budget management
• Experience of leading and managing a team

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.