Job summary
- Main area
- AAU
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-6745442
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Keighley
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
AAU Senior Sister (Band 7)
NHS AfC: Band 7
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced senior leader to join the Acute Assessment Unit. The post holder will be responsible for leading the nursing steam on a day to day basis, co-ordinating the delivery of holistic patient care within the clinical environment , whilst supporting flow in terms of admissions, transfers and discharges.
Through clinical leadership, adherence of the Trust right care behaviours and the utilisation of effective management skills, the Senior Sister will ensure the Unit team is informed, trained and developed to enable the highest standards of evidence based and compassionate care to be delivered to our patients, their carers and families. They will support a collaborative, open and trusting communication style to all groups that the unit communicates or interacts with from staff to the individuals we care for.
To actively participate in the development of the Acute Assessment Unit using innovation, challenge and evidence based practice/strategies to support forward growth, progression and value based care.
The post holder must understand the core concepts of safe and effective patient flow through the unit.
Main duties of the job
To see the main duties of the role, please see attached full job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of this vacancy, please see attached full job description and patient specification
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the NHS constitution and Understanding the New NHS
- Understanding of patient flow through a healthcare and the concepts of SAFER
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate positive, verbal, written and electronic communication kills with MDT, clients, relatives
- Demonstrate an understanding of leadership skills and the provision of an environment which encourages empowerment
Desirable criteria
- Teaching presentation skills
- IT skills
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse with current registration
- Participate in management development courses
- Recent experience in the care of acutely ill and their management plan
- Evidence of competency on teaching and assessing
Desirable criteria
- Recognised teaching/mentoring qualification
- Management qualification
- ILS
- 1st level degree or evidence working towards a degree
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience at Band 6 in acute medicine or Urgent Care environment for a minimum of 2 years or equivalent experience
- Demonstrates knowledge of how an Acute Assessment Unit runs - staffing models, patient pathways
- Evidence of continued professional development relevant to speciality
- Evidence of learning and development in line with NMC revalidation requirements
- Evidence of ward/departmental management demonstrating leadership and change management skills
Desirable criteria
- Audit
- Knowledge of risk management and clinical governance
- Experience in complaints management
- Recruitment and retention
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sr Liz Wilmot
- Job title
- Matron For AAU
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535292294
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