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Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an for a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills to join our team as a Sister/Charge Nurse on G5 at Cambridge University Hospitals.

G5 is a 28 bedded Transplant unit. We admit patients directly from home pre-operatively, prepare them for theatre and aim to provide exceptional standards of care throughout their surgical journey and into recovery. The Roy Calne Transplant unit is a specialist centre caring for kidney, simultaneous kidney and pancreas, liver, multi-visceral transplant and encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis patients. The work is fast paced, wide ranging and we are well respected both regionally and as a national referral centre

Closely supported by the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse and Matron you will work together as part of the Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse team to ensure the smooth running of the unit.  You will also be supported to develop in your role as a leader within the exciting field of surgery and transplantation.

This post is part time involves and full range of shifts including nights and weekends and will require participation in the divisional nurse bleep holder rota.

Main duties of the job

As a Charge Nurse/ Sister you will be instrumental in ensuring the application of effective clinical practice of all staff so patients receive the highest possible standard of care.

Ensure that care delivered to patients within the department is monitored and within expected standards of care.

Collaboratively work with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that standards of care are consistently maintained.

Provide expert clinical advice to ensure appropriate treatment and care is delivered to the patient at all times.

An emphasis on the role is not only managing areas of the department but supporting the Senior Sister in the management of staff and the wider division.

Working for our organisation

Come Nurse with us…

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.