Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

West Suffolk Nhs Foundation Trust; West Stow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust requires an experienced ED nurse with strong leadership and mentoring skills. You will coordinate patient flow, prioritise admissions, and deputise for the Unit Manager while promoting a culture of high-quality care.

Essential qualifications include NMC registration and a nursing diploma, with teaching experience and commitment to ongoing professional development. The role supports staff education and evidence-based practice in a busy ED setting.

Qualifications

• NMC Registration is required to practice in the UK.
• Teaching or mentorship qualification is desirable or essential.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development is expected.
• ILS/ALERT training completed or in date.
• Diploma in Nursing is required or strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the Unit effectively; prioritise patients and direct transfers.
• Deputise in the absence of the Unit Manager and manage staff/resources.
• Promote staff development and create a learning environment.
• Support and lead research-informed practice and new initiatives.

Skills

Mentorship

IV Drug Administration

IT skills

Research awareness

Venepuncture

Prioritise care

Education

NMC Registration

Teaching qualification

ILS/ALERT

Diploma in Nursing

Job description

Job summary

To be based in ED promoting a cohesive emergency services team.

• To be aware of the need to adhere to Trust Escalation Policy relaying timely information relating to activity and acuity therefore meeting National Targets.
• Act as a role model, demonstrating high levels of clinical expertise, leading, managing and delivering individual patient care.
• Proactively promote staff development ensuring its relevance to the practice area and individual needs.
• Facilitate a learning environment for staff and students allocated to the area.
• Deputise in the absence of the Unit Manager, managing staff and physical resources effectively.
• To promote and raise the profile of emergency nursing research and assist in the development and evaluation of new initiatives that are research and evidence based.
• To provide effective coordination of the Unit. Prioritisation and allocation of patients, directing transfers and facilitating admissions.

Main duties of the job

For full details of the job Role and Person Specification, please see attached Job Description.The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response.

About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Job responsibilities

For full details of the job Role and Person Specification, please see attached Job Description.The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registration
• Teaching or Mentorship qualification
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• ILS/ALERT
• Diploma in Nursing

Desirable

• ALS
• Working towards degree
• ATLS
• EPLS

Experience and knowledge

Essential

• Significant previous experience at Band 5 level.
• Teaching experience
• Management experience

Desirable

• Clinical Audit
• Previous experience of working at Band 6

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Mentorship skills.Sound underpinning knowledge of clinical practice within specialist and extended enhanced clinical skills
• IV Drug Administration
• IT skills
• Research awareness
• Venepuncture/cannulation
• Able to prioritise care
• Able to prioritise care
• Sound underpinning knowledge of clinical practice within specialist and extended enhanced clinical skills

Desirable

• Good understanding of recruitment, staff development and performance management

Teaching

Essential

• Able to be a mentor
• Evidence of the ability to teach/support staff
• Ability to assist in creating a good learning environment Interest in staff development

Desirable

• Previous mentorship experience

Research/Audit

Essential

• Understanding of clinical effectiveness and quality issues
• Awareness of current political/professional issues
• Research aware
• Awareness of current political/professional issues

Desirable

• Experience in audit activities

Personal qualities

Essential

• Ability to function and build interdepartmental relationships within the multidisciplinary team
• Leadership qualities
• Communication skills
• Organisational skills
• Commitment to delivering high quality service

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. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).