Sister/Charge Nurse

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists for a motivated individual to join the Urgent, Medical, and Frailty Same Day Emergency Care Unit. The successful candidate will support the Unit Manager, ensuring high standards of patient care in a fast-paced environment alongside a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Experience in Acute Medicine or the Emergency Department essential.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required.
• Proactive management style with flexibility in workload.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and managerial leadership for nursing staff.
• Deputize for the Lead Nurse when necessary.
• Coordinate staff shifts ensuring safe patient care.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Management

Proactive Approach

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our continuously developing Urgent, Medical and Frailty Same Day Emergency Care Unit and Medical Day Case Unit.

The successful candidate will be instrumental in supporting the Unit Manager with the continuous improvement of the department, effectively monitoring and maintaining excellent standards of care that are reflected by patient experience. Experience in Acute Medicine or the Emergency Department is essential for this role to support staff with unwell patients and to lead by example in identifying and acting accordingly to the deteriorating patient.

You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, receiving referrals for appropriate patients to come to the unit and signposting referrers to more appropriate services if required. You will play a pivotal role in patient flow 24 hours a day, not just within the unit but also within the Accident and Emergency Department and the Acute wards.

You must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, have a proactive management style, and anticipate and deal with issues constructively within the multidisciplinary team setting. Flexibility in your approach to the role and the ability to respond appropriately to the demands of an ever-changing, fast-paced workload are essential.

• Provide clinical and managerial leadership for nursing and support staff across the different units.
• Deputise for the Lead Nurse in their absence.
• Assist the Lead Nurse in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of services.
• Work clinically in all areas.
• Coordinate day and night shifts ensuring safe patient care and take referrals from the multidisciplinary team.

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, as well as in community sites, health centres, and patients’ homes. We are also incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end-of-life care; and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

Our community health services include sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres such as Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We are committed to modernising and investing in our health services to build on our strong reputation. As a foundation trust, we are public leaders in improving quality in health services. Decisions about what we do and how we do it are driven by our independent board, which listens to our Council of Governors and responds to the needs of our members—patients, staff, and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide the services the health service requires while also being free to invest quickly in changes that meet local community needs, striving to be the best and putting patients first.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

• Name: Jade Murdock
• Job title: Lead Nurse
• Email: [e-mail]
• Phone: [phone]