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Job overview

G10 is a 32 bedded ward and specialises in acute medicine including Covid and influenza patients.

We are looking to appoint a senior nurse who is enthusiastic and highly motivated. You will form part of the senior nursing team working alongside the Ward Manager and Matron. Part of your role will include providing leadership to the nursing team through the active promotion of the trust values. This will involve contributing to further developing quality, patient experience and patient safety agendas through improving quality methodology and Clinical Governance.

The Sister/Charge Nurse is a senior role that requires a high degree of professionalism, attention to detail and accountability.

It is a clinical role, responsible for ensuring the delivery of clinical activities and coordinating care throughout the ward. You will need excellent communication, listening and problem-solving skills. You will work closely with our medical teams and liaise with other departments across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible and act as a professional role model and mentor for your junior colleagues and be involved in appraisals, absence management and rostering. You will work closely with the Ward Manager and Matron.

As part of the band 6 team you will attend ward meetings and ensure that information is shared with the wider team.

You will have link roles which will give you the opportunity to develop practice. You will be involved in completing regular audits as required by the Trust.

Working for our organisation

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?