Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse - Neurosurgery

Job summary

Are you a highly motivated and dynamic individual that drives for continuous service improvement? Are you caring, compassionate and committed to providing the best care for patients? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 407 for a Junior Sister/Charge nurse.

Ward 407 is a 36 bedded Neurosurgical ward where we care for patients with complex airway management and Neurosurgical devices as well as a dedicated 8 bedded higher acuity area.

The post holder will act as a role model for junior team members and students in the delivery of consistent high standard of nursing practice. You will work closely with the Senior Sister in leading the nursing team and support the leadership and management of the ward/department and deputise in the absence of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse which include understanding finances, the deployment, delegation, and supervision of all grades of staff and be visible and approachable for patients, staff, and visitors.

*We will provide the successful candidate with:

*Excellent clinical education team support from a Neuro specific education team

*Multiple online and face to face training packages

*Opportunity to undertake the Neurosciences care module and gain academic credits towards BSc or MSc

*An individualised Development pathway

Main duties of the job

As a visible, clinical nurse leader, promote teamwork within a multi-professional environment. Leading and ensuring planning and delivery of care is aligned to the professional values of care, compassion and respect. Demonstrating critical analysis and decision-making skills when undertaking, leading and or supervising the delivery of consistent high-quality evidence-based care. Ensures care is aligned to the professional values of care, compassion and respect. Influencing and facilitate change within the practice setting

Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical area(s) ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing care underpins all actions and interactions with patients.

Act as a change agent, developing clinically effective practice through effective use and integration of evidence base practice, setting implementing and monitoring evidence-based standards of care, policies, procedures and protocols through regular audit. Be accountable in ensuring all delegated clinical/ documentation/ activity and audits are completed and submitted in a timely manner, make changes to care delivery as required to sustain and improvement practice standards.

To achieve and maintain clinical skills and competencies specific to the post / department / role, facilitating the development and achievement of competence in others.

Job responsibilities

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.