Sister/Charge Nurse

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Relocation package up to 30% of salary

Relocation up to £18k

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Staff discounts

Job summary

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Senior Nurse in Critical Care. You will bring senior nursing leadership, drive clinical governance, and support the Critical Care Unit’s operational strategy in Scarborough.

Experience at Band 6 in Critical Care with a Postgraduate Critical Care qualification is expected, with a focus on HR/workforce management, staff development, and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing leadership to the Critical Care team and uphold clinical governance standards.
• Lead on change management, service development and workforce initiatives within the unit.
• Oversee an appraisal team and support junior staff and students in delivering high standards of care.

Job description

We are seeking to recruit a Band 7 Senior nurse in Critical Care. As a highly experienced Senior Nurse with proven experience at Band 6 level in Critical Care and Post Graduate Critical Care qualification you will provide nursing leadership to the team. As part of the senior nursing team in Critical Care you will support the operational strategy of a large Critical Care department working closely with our Critical Care Unit in Scarborough. Staff recruitment, development and retention is a priority in Critical Care. You will lead a large appraisal team to deliver high and supported standards of professional practice. As a senior nurse, you will have responsibility for ensuring that high standards of care are delivered to patients, and that practice is underpinned by a clinical governance agenda. The monitoring, review and development of clinical standards is crucial to this role, along with the ability to lead on change and service development. Clinical expertise is crucial in this role to ensure operational effectiveness and safety is required. Please refer to the enclosed job description and person specification. As a Sister/Charge Nurse you will have excellent leadership skills and will embrace the challenge of working in a highly demanding and diverse environment, while actively supporting the nursing team to ensure high standards of care are delivered. This is a very exciting time! As a senior member of the team, you will be in a position to influence and affect emergency care as we continue to develop our innovative ways of working. This is a rewarding but challenging role, that requires you to organise and prioritise patient care to ensure maximum and effective flow through the unit and provide support and advice to junior members of the team and/or students. In this leadership position, you will be expected to provide managerial support inclusive of HR issues, workforce, and change management. In return you will be working with a dynamic multi-disciplinary team with strong peer support, and access to educational opportunities to further your career., As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
• For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages. A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description. Working for the Trust Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.