Sister / Charge Nurse - AMU

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking band 6 nurses for its Acute Medicine unit. We welcome applications from current band 6s or band 5s aiming to develop into this role, with a busy 63-bed unit supporting high observation needs.

The MAC provides rapid assessment and initial treatment for acute conditions, and operates 24/7 with a multidisciplinary team focused on safe patient flow. The post requires strong clinical leadership, mentoring abilities, and the capacity to cover varied

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration essential
• Delivers nursing care to high standards in line with Trust policies
• Effective communicator with good leadership and interpersonal skills
• Evidence of ability to take charge in absence of direct line manager
• Experience mentoring student nurses and supporting junior staff
• Flexible to cover varying shifts including days and nights

Responsibilities

• Support the provision of a clean environment
• Improve patient outcomes and safety and experience of care
• Develop nurse leadership, improvement and management within escalation ward area
• Care for patients with dignity and respect
• Assist ward manager with senior nurse leadership during all hours
• Lead quality improvement work and sustain initiatives
• Ensure safe and effective discharge planning
• Support Nursing Strategy delivery

Skills

NMC registration

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Mentoring students

Team leadership

Job description

Acute Medicine are looking to recruit band 6 nurses. We are looking for existing band 6s or band 5s that are ready to be developed into this role. We are a dynamic well led 63 bedded unit, 10 of those beds allocated to patients requiring higher observation beds (HOBS), We admit and assess patients from the Emergency Department or direct from GP's and clinics. Alongside the inpatient areas we have a Medical Assessment centre which provides rapid assessment, early diagnostics, and initial treatment for adults presenting with acute medical conditions. It acts as the central hub for early clinical decision-making, supporting safe patient flow from the Emergency Department, Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), GP referrals, ambulance conveyances, and internal ward transfers. The service operates 24/7 and is staffed by a multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in a fast-paced environment with high turnover and variable acuity. The MAC's core purpose is to ensure timely assessment, stabilisation, and streaming of patients to the most appropriate care pathway-discharge, SDEC, specialty ward admission, To deliver SAFE, PERSONAL and EFFECTIVE patient care on a daily basis.

Key responsibilities

• Support the provision of a clean environment
• Ensuring improvements in patient outcomes and the safety, effectiveness and experience of their care
• Assist in the developing of nurse leadership, improvement, and management of services within the escalation ward area in order to ensure the highest standards of patient care and service are delivered in the most efficient and effective way.
• Treating patients with dignity and respect
• Assist the ward manager in the provision of senior nurse leadership during both regular and unsocial hours
• Assist the ward manager in ensuring all quality improvement work is implemented and sustained.
• Ensure safe and effective discharge planning.
• Supporting the delivery of the Nursing Strategy at all times.

We require enthusiastic individuals with a can do attitude that have the ability to work within our friendly units and teams. You must be as passionate as we are in getting things right first time every time, Commitment to undertake ongoing in-service training and development is essential. Candidates must have the initiative to adapt to the changing demands of the service and be able to contribute to the development of service provision. They will need to be experienced in mentoring student nurses, holding a relevant mentorship and/or teaching qualification and be supportive of junior members of the team, and have relevant experience at Band 5 enabling them to be confident to lead the team in a shift co-ordinator role. Ability to cover the department and provide reasonable flexibility in terms of hours worked, including varying shift patterns across days and nights will be expected. You should be motivated, keen to learn and ready to embrace change. Our commitment to you is to provide the environment for this to happen and ensure that you are part of our ongoing development programmes. If you are motivated to deliver high standards of care and have the personal qualities and characteristics as outlined in the personal specification then this could be the post for you.

Required qualifications and experience

• Current NMC registration essential
• Able to deliver a high standard of Evidence based individual patient care
• Delivers nursing care in line with Trust policies and protocols
• Effective communicator with good leadership and interpersonal skills
• Evidence of ability to take charge in the absence of their direct line manager

Desirable criteria

• Computer literacy
• Post basic qualification in specialty, Degree level studies or equivalent portfolio of evidence
• Demonstrates specialist knowledge across a range of work procedures and practices
• Evidence of professional expertise acquired through CPD
• Evidence of clinical expertise and knowledge acquired through CPD and experience
• Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
• Evidence of involvement in the development of protocols and clinical audit
• Effective communicator with good leadership and interpersonal skills
• Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
• Evidence of leadership and team player
• Evidence of involvement in policy and practice changes arising from audit
• Experience in acute medicine, emergency department, critical care
• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom have won awards for their work.

The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.

We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background. We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

Salary and working hours

• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

• If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained. The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed. The cost for an Enhanced DBS, is £45.90 and for a Basic & Standard, this is £24.90 this cost includes a £4.90 admin fee.