Job overview

An exciting opportunity is available on Locke  Ward for a Charge Nurse. We are looking for a passionate, dedicated, caring and experienced senior nurse who is forward-thinking and committed to improving the care and experiences of older people.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual seeking to advance their career or for someone more experienced looking for a change of scenery. We are a diverse team who strive for continual improvement and we will be able to support you to develop and enhance your knowledge in both elderly medicine and leadership and management skills. Patient-centred care will be at the heart of all you do with the full support of the multi-disciplinary team in a fast-paced environment.

You will be responsible for the care and development of both junior colleagues and student nurses, creating an atmosphere conducive to learning and practice development, whilst also planning, providing and maintaining effective nursing care to our patients/clients and their relatives. You will work closely with the Ward Manager and Matrons within the Medical Division to provide high standards of patient care.

If you are up for a challenge that will be rewarding, we would very much love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• To provide effective clinical and holistic individualised patient centred care, ensuring delivery is to the highest standard.
• Maintaining evidenced based practice is performed at all times, being responsible for updating own knowledge and skills in line with the Trust polices, multidisciplinary team and the NMC Code.
• Developing leadership skills, actively participating in service development.
• To take charge and run the ward on a shift by shift basis, supporting the ward manager to deliver a well lead unit, act as an advocate for both staff and patients to ensure safe care to our patients

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.