Sister / Charge Nurse

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Camden Town is seeking a motivated Band 6 nurse for its Trauma and Orthopaedic Unit. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership and management skills while delivering expert patient care and must be an experienced adult nurse. This role offers opportunities to innovate and work collaboratively with a caring team.

Qualifications

• Must be an experienced adult nurse.
• Ability to work effectively with colleagues.
• Compassionate and caring approach to patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert nursing care on an 18 bedded Trauma and Orthopaedic Unit.
• Manage admissions from the Emergency Departments and Fracture Clinic.
• Work closely with the ward manager to deliver outstanding care.

Skills

Leadership and management skills

Compassionate and caring approach

Broad range of clinical skills

Innovative and hardworking

Job description

Job overview

An exciting opportunity within the Division of Surgery & Cancer for a highly motivated and dynamic band 6 nurse for Cedar Ward. We are looking for an experienced nurse to work on our 18 bedded Trauma and Orthopaedic Unit, taking admissions from the Emergency Departments across Barts Health and Fracture Clinic as well as planned trauma admissions directly from home. The successful candidate must be an innovative, hardworking and enthusiastic adult nurse with a broad range of skills and experiences. You must possess and be able to demonstrate excellent leadership and management skills. We are seeking to appoint a compassionate and caring nurse who will be able to work closely with the ward manager to deliver outstanding care for the patients in East London & beyond.

Note: This rounded position description reflects the role within the Ward and Trust context as described by the employer; some wording is repeated across sections for clarity.

About Barts Health

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage. We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Flexibility and inclusion

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Equal opportunities and recruitment

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

Applications and data transfer

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Safeguarding and travel

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults. Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert nursing care on an 18 bedded Trauma and Orthopaedic Unit and manage admissions from the Emergency Departments and Fracture Clinic, as well as planned trauma admissions.
• Demonstrate leadership and management skills; work closely with the ward manager to deliver outstanding care.
• Be innovative, hardworking and enthusiastic with a broad range of clinical skills appropriate to adult nursing.

Qualifications and requirements

The successful candidate must be an experienced adult nurse with a compassionate and caring approach, who can work effectively with colleagues to deliver high standards of patient care.