Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse

Job overview

Exciting opportunities have arisen for dynamic, motivated and experienced Paediatric Intensive Care Nurses to work within our expanding team of Nursing, Medical and other Health Care Professionals

We are a busy and leading tertiary unit providing expert care for critically ill children. Cardiac PICU (cPICU) is part of the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre (EMCHC) and cares for children within the East Midlands and nationwide who require surgical management of complex heart problems and is home to the first ECMO unit in the country and leads the way in providing excellent and innovative care to children requiring extra corporeal heart and lung support.

It's sister unit, The Children’s Intensive care Unit (CICU) provides excellent and innovative critical care for children with a wide range of serious and complex illnesses.

It is an exciting time as the CICU and cPICU will be co-locating together in a new unit as part of the Children’s Hospital reconfiguration which will coincide with the relocation of all of children’s services into a standalone Children’s Hospital.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of evidence-based nursing care to a group of patients.
• Leadership and supervision of others carrying out all aspects of the caring process.
• Deputise and take charge of the given area regularly in the absence of the Ward/Unit Manager who has 24 hour accountability and responsibility.
• Actively contribute to setting and maintaining high standards of quality nursing care.
• Participate in the effective clinical leadership and management of the ward team.
• Actively contribute to the improvement of services and the quality of care provision to meet the needs of patients, service users and their families.
• Act as a role model, mentoring, teaching, assessing and supporting students and learners on placement and participate in the education, development and mentorship of other staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of evidence-based care to a group of patients according to changing healthcare needs and varying levels of complexity.
• Responsible for the allocation of patients to nursing staff and the delegation of duties and care priorities to the multi-disciplinary team in the absence of the person with continuing responsibility.
• Provide advice, education, support and information to patients and their relatives/ carers as required and involve patients and relatives/carers in the planning and delivery of care.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and relatives/carers.
• Recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
• Receive reports from team members on the progress of own patients during and at the end of each shift and for all patients when in charge.
• Facilitate effective communication and liaison with other disciplines as necessary to meet the needs of patients especially relating to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
• Ensure that fully accurate, complete and contemporaneous nursing records are written and maintained for each patient in accordance with agreed policy.
• Actively participate in the development and implementation of new ways of working, implementing research-based practice in order to promote ongoing care improvement.