Job summary
- Main area
- Endoscopy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours over 4 days with out of hours on-call working)
- Job ref
- 423-6472661
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/08/2024
Employer heading
Junior Sister/ Charge Nurse (Band 6)
NHS AfC: Band 6
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 seeking an experienced nurse to apply for the post of Junior Sister / Charge Nurse position in the Endoscopy Unit at Airedale General Hospital.
You should have substantial years post registration experience, with appropriate experience within an endoscopy setting.
You should be dynamic, energetic and committed to the speciality. You will need to have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills to take on this role. You should also be able to demonstrate experience and proven project management skills, evidence of maintaining standards and leadership within the clinical setting. Providing excellent nursing care should be a priority ensuring that high standards are continually maintained and developed further as practice develops/changes.
This role is also about developing others so you should enjoy working with, motivating and encouraging junior members of the team, helping to develop new skills and confidence. You will be fully supported by the current team of nurses and healthcare assistants within the unit and the Unit Senior Sister.
This post will be a challenge, but for those who have the right strengths and motivators it's energising, rewarding and will be extremely enjoyable.
Main duties of the job
As a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse you will care for patients during your shift, co-ordinate the unit and support your junior colleagues, acting as a role model at all times.
You will co-ordinate the unit dealing with referrals as they come in and organise placement of acute patients. The day can pose many challenges but this helps make the post more rewarding as your problem solving comes into play.
You will support the Unit Senior Sister, working as a member of the senior team on the unit displaying excellent leadership skills and working in line with unit policies and pathways.
You will continuously monitor and ensure quality and safety for our patients and will be actively involved in answering any concerns, complaints, and complete investigation reports through incident reporting/review.
You will participate in the on call rota for Endoscopy providing an out of hours service for the hospital.
You will support nursing students while they are on placement in the unit.
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 further details of the main responsibilities of the job please see the attached job description and personal specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN with current registration
- Demonstrate professional post-registration development in clinically related subject
- Evidence of competency in teaching and assessing
Desirable criteria
- First level degree of working towards degree
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial band 5 experience within an endoscopy setting
- Evidence of leadership in practice
- Evidence of ongoing learning and development
Desirable criteria
- Can demonstrate the use of audit to improve quality
- Evidence of CPD relevant to speciality
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of endoscopy
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of quality, standard setting, for GRS and JAG
- Knowledge of risk management and clinical governance
Skills
Essential criteria
- Competent in performing clinical endoscopy skills and therapeutic procedures.
- Demonstrate an understanding of leadership skills and the provision of an environment which encourages empowerment.
- Demonstrate positive verbal and written communication skills with multidisciplinary team / client / relatives.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate the ability to manage and implement change
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Angharad Williams
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 292341
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