Sister/ Charge Nurse, Intermediate Care/ Specialist Palliative Care

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC; Burgh St. Peter; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Burgh St. Peter seeks an enthusiastic Nurse Sister/Charge Nurse to join an established inpatient team. The role involves supporting rehabilitation efforts, managing nursing staff, and providing end-of-life care. Strong clinical knowledge and leadership are essential. The position offers an opportunity to influence patient care in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Employee benefits

Shareholder options for staff

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in an inpatient setting.
• Proficient in delivering holistic patient care.
• Experience in managing nursing teams.

Responsibilities

• Support both nursing and therapy teams for patient rehabilitation.
• Manage nursing staff and administrative tasks.
• Provide end-of-life care and support to patients and families.

Skills

Excellent clinical knowledge

Leadership skills

Ability to provide hands-on care

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Nurse Sister/Charge Nurse to join our established inpatient team. You will support both nursing and therapy teams to facilitate rehabilitation in an inpatient environment.

Our aim is to promote recovery and well-being, whilst empowering patients to self-manage and maximise their independence using meaningful activity. We take a very holistic approach to rehabilitation working on the ethos that all patient interactions have the potential to be a rehabilitation opportunity.

The unit also supports inpatient Specialist Palliative Care patients., You will be part of a team of ward Sisters/Charge Nurse who are trained in a range of skills. Your role will be very physical, providing hands on, patient facing care. You will work alongside both nursing and therapy teams, delivering care so that they can support and respond to the patients needs. This includes all aspects of personal care, with an ethos of rehabilitation to support patients to gain as much independence as possible.

You will also support end of life patients and their families over the last few weeks/days of life. You will be required to be the Nurse in charge on shifts and there is an expectation to line manager staff within the team. You will have managerial tasks to complete on allocated management shifts and act on behalf on band 7 ward manager when they are not present. Excellent clinical knowledge and leadership skills are required for this role.

ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders., We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.

At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.

We encourage you to apply as early as possible as this job may close earlier than the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.

The Unit presently comprises of 20 intermediate care beds delivering rehabilitation and 6 Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) beds in a purpose designed setting. For our intermediate care patients our aims are to reduce acute hospital admission and facilitate early discharge by utilising the skills of the multidisciplinary team of nurses and therapists. For the SPC patients we aim to provide holistic symptom management and end of life care.