Staff Nurse | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Chelmsford is seeking a knowledgeable Charge Nurse for their Stroke Unit. The role involves overseeing shifts, ensuring safety, and engaging in evidence-based stroke care. Candidates must be a registered nurse with leadership experience, eagerness to develop skills, and the ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team. Opportunities for training and professional growth are provided.

Benefits

Opportunities for training and development

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with strong knowledge of stroke care.
• Experience in a leadership role preferred.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Take charge of the shift ensuring patient and staff safety.
• Complete administrative duties including appraisals and staff management.
• Promote the use of evidence based practice in patient care.

Skills

Evidence based practice

Risk management

Patient safety

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Our Stroke Unit at Broomfield is a 30 bedded ward. We admit patients from the emergency department or TIA clinic who have had an acute stroke or TIA and work closely as a multi-disciplinary team to ensure excellent stroke care is given, guided by the Royal College of Physicians National Stroke Guidelines 2016.

As a Charge Nurse, you will be expected to take charge of the shift, ensuring patient and staff safety. Work as part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team to ensure stroke specific care is promoted and facilitate discharge planning. You will complete administrative duties including undertaking appraisals, sickness management, staff welfare and deputising for the Senior Sister in their absence.

The trust is committed to supporting and developing its staff so opportunities for training and other development activities will be provided. All nurses working within the stroke service have the opportunity to complete comprehensive stroke specific competencies that provides an in depth knowledge of evidence based stroke care. The stroke unit actively participates in Stroke research.

To facilitate the daily running of the acute stroke unit whilst maintaining patient safety and effective flow.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of Governance systems in the ward/department relating to Risk Management, Health and Safety and Controls Assurance.
• Promote and develop the use of evidence based practice to improve the outcomes of patient care within the acute stroke pathway. Ensure all Trust Visions of care standards are adhered to.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

We look forward to your application. Please refer to the attached Job Description for a full list of responsibilities.