Sister/Charge Nurse - Respiratory Support Unit

Calderdale And Huddersfield Nhs Foundation Trust; Calverley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join the Respiratory Support Unit. The role focuses on leading nursing care, improving patient experience and maintaining high standards across the unit.

Essential experience in Respiratory Medicine is required to support staff with acutely unwell patients and to lead by example in deteriorating patient situations. You will work within a MDT to meet changing workload demands.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse qualification required.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Postgraduate qualification relevant to the post is desirable.
• Recent experience in Respiratory Medicine is essential.
• Knowledge of non-invasive ventilation is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing leadership.
• Lead nursing activity within the ward and support the unit manager in education, research, quality and clinical practice development.
• Ensure unit safety through audits and essential safety checks.
• Coordinate the unit to run seven days a week.
• Take referrals from the multidisciplinary team.
• Manage staff rostering and skill mix.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Respiratory medicine knowledge

Staff appraisals

Clinical decision making

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Continuing professional development

Postgraduate qualification

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Respiratory Support Unit.

The unit consists of 47 beds with a 6 bedded RSU unit which cares for level 2 patients with a focus on acutely unwell respiratory patients who require non-invasive ventilation and high flow oxygen therapies.

The successful candidate will be instrumental in supporting the Unit Manager with the continuous improvement of the department, effectively monitoring and maintaining excellent standards of care that are reflected by patient experience.

Experience in Respiratory Medicine is essential for this role to support staff with unwell patients and to lead by example to identify and act accordingly to the deteriorating patient.

You must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you will have a proactive management style, anticipating and dealing with issues constructively within the multidisciplinary team setting.

You must be flexible in your approach to the role and respond appropriately to the demands of an ever-changing workload.

Main duties of the job

• To provide professional nursing leadership
• To provide focus and vision for the nursing activity within the ward and to assist the unit manager with leading the nursing team within areas of education, research, quality and clinical practice development
• To ensure the safety of the unit through audits and essential safety checks
• Coordinate the unit to run smoothly across a 7 day service
• Taking referrals from the multi - disciplinary team
• Manage staff and skill mix appropriately when completing rosters

About us

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Job responsibilities

We are looking for Registered Nurse with experience in an acute environment with leadership experience and unit safety awareness, excellent communication skills with the ability to remain calm under pressure and experienced in decision making and problem-solving.

For further details please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential

• Registered Nurse Qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Other post graduate qualification relevant to post
• Recent experience of working within Respiratory Medicine
• Awareness of Must Do's
• To demonstrate comprehensive current acute medicine knowledge, skills and experience.
• Up to date professional knowledge
• Knowledge of respiratory medicine
• Recent experience in undertaking staff appraisals
• Knowledge of non-invasive ventilation
• Understand national initiatives regarding respiratory

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential

• Demonstrates professional leadership skills
• Ability to delegate, organise and prioritise care delivery
• Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a team

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).