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Job overview

The Medical Assessment Unit is a 28 bed unit; The MAU team work closely with the Emergency Department to treat a variety of patient's in a fast paced and highly pressured environment. You will be required to take charge and coordinate the flow of patients throughout the unit and further into the hospital. While remaining confident in your clinical skills of managing acute patient caseload.  

We are seeking to recruit a dynamic, enthusiastic Band 6 Ward Sister with experience in caring for adult patients at East Cheshire NHS Trust. The post holder will be required to support and work alongside other senior team members ensuring effective clinical skills and knowledge are maintained at all times, acting as a role model demonstrating effective leadership whilst deputising for the Senior Sister as required.

We are looking for someone who really wants to make a difference to our patients experience and who is keen to broaden their knowledge and skills.

The team have impeccably high standards and we are immensely proud of the service we provide. As such we are looking for a professional, enthusiastic, motivated individual who is keen to work alongside the team to keep standards high, and drive services forward in innovative ways.

Hours per week: 37.5 & 30 (advert for two posts, one being full-time and the other part-time) 

Main duties of the job

The role of the Band 6 Ward Sister is to support, contribute to and assist the Band 7 Senior Sister in the leadership and the management of the department and to take a lead responsibility for the development, monitoring and implementation of high quality, evidence-based clinical care to ensure continuity of service provision and standards are maintained and improved.

Working for our organisation

Whether you are just starting out in your career or are looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, East Cheshire NHS Trust is the right employer for you. An organisation with a real sense of community we actively support and develop our staff to ensure our patients receive the best quality care,  delivering the right care first time, every time.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with  Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.