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Job overview

The Band 6 role is the key supporting function to the Band 7 to enable the optimal care of our patients and to the success of our Trust. The delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate care is the most important role within the organisation.

The Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse will be working within DTC Theatres and will be accountable to the DTC Theatres Sisters, working within the Surgical Division.

Main duties of the job

• Experienced practitioner in theatres

• Day to day operational management of your theatre list and staff. To support the Band 7 in the delivery of the service by the team or area that you are responsible for or have been delegated the responsibility
• High standards of Professional Practice to ensure quality and safety of patient care, experience and the patient journey
• Monitoring key quality and performance indicators and service pressures and recommending /implementing actions to address them
• Ensuring necessary / appropriate equipment is available for management treatment needs of the patients covered within the ward area
• Reporting on workforce requirements for meeting service demand
• Line management of staff working within the service area
• Responsible for staff supervision, annual appraisal, management of attendance and performance, and identifying and facilitating staff training needs
• Supporting the Band 7 in ensuring that clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care and that all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.