Sister / Charge Nurse - Pre-Assessment & Elective Care Centre

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Sister/Charge Nurse to lead its Elective Care and Pre-Operative Assessment service. This role is a unique opportunity to manage a team within a recently rated 'Good' Surgical Division, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care. Responsibilities include providing leadership, promoting multidisciplinary collaboration, and overseeing service improvements. The organization offers extensive training opportunities, a generous pension scheme, and a commitment to staff wellbeing.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a leadership role within a clinical setting.
• Strong understanding of national guidelines and policies.
• Ability to manage nursing and administration teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Elective Care and Pre-Operative Assessment service.
• Manage nursing and administrative teams to support the service.
• Ensure compliance with national patient care guidelines.

Skills

Leadership

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Patient-centred care

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and motivated Sister /Charge Nurse to lead our Elective Care and Pre-Operative Assessment service, within a Surgical Division recently rated 'Good' by external regulators. This is an exciting leadership opportunity to manage and develop the nursing team across a multi-specialty pre-operative service including General Surgery, Orthopaedics, and Urology. You will provide visible leadership, promote multidisciplinary working, and ensure the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care in line with Trust priorities and the "Every Patient, Every Day" programme.

• Accountable for the delivery of nursing clinical services within Pre-operative Assessment Unit and to support the General Manager and Matron with service improvements.
• Responsible for the management of the nursing and administration teams which support the service.
• In collaboration with the Clinical Lead, will ensure that patient care is undertaken within National Guidelines, provided and supported by the Pre-Operative Association and RCoA.
• Work with management teams within the variety of specialties to ensure the demands of their capacity are met safely.
• Ensure the flow of current and relevant information to and from hospital meetings, forums and greater healthcare economy for all ward staff.
• Provide professional and managerial leadership for nursing, nursing support roles and administration & clerical team, in order to be accountable for the safe, efficient delivery of patient care in line with current research, and for ensuring a framework of safe practice within the Pre-operative Assessment Unit and Elective Care Centre.
• As a key member of the Division Management Team, be responsible and accountable for facilitating the development, implementation and evaluation of the Trust and Government objectives in line with clinical service delivery.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A.