*Internal Only* Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Bevan Ward

Job overview

Ensure that nursing care within the ward is of a high standard and in accordance with Hospital policies and procedures.

Maintain individual patient care systems, evaluating and updating them as necessary to ensure that the patients’ physical, social and psychological needs are met Assist with the introduction and implementation of new ideas and methods of nursing care, including research methods.

Communicate with relatives as required and ensure a good public image at all times.

Ensure that ordering, storage administration and documentation of drugs are in accordance with Trust policy

Ensure that research based nursing care within the ward is of a high standard and in accordance with Hospital policies and procedures. By monitoring patient care, supervising juniors, and evaluating the care that is delivered.

Maintain individual patient care plans, evaluating and updating them as necessary to ensure that the patient’s physical, social and psychological needs are met.

Ensure that all patients nutritional and personal hygiene needs are met.

Have knowledge of and diagnose cardiac/respiratory arrest and initiate basic life support, if necessary. Escalate to appropriate senior nursing staff or medical personnel concerns regarding individual patients should their condition deteriorate.

Main duties of the job

Refer any complaints from patients/relatives in line with the Trust's Complaints policy.

To act as leader during the absence of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse and Sister.

To participate in all relevant team, staff, departmental and organisational meetings

Assist with clinical duties in other areas of the Trust when the need arises.

To plan, organise and deploy staff according to competencies and workload to meet patient needs.

Ensure continued development of leadership skills to enable the delegation of shift leadership.

To report incidents complete incident form, instigate initial investigation and inform Senior Sister

Uphold all trust policies and procedures, paying particular attention to the  sickness/absence policy number 45 and annual leave policy number 163.

To assist the Senior Sister in the recruitment and selection of nursing staff

To be fully conversant with the Trust policy on Child Protection issues and take appropriate action by referring to relevant agencies if cause for concern.

Educational Responsibilities  Support the Ward Manager to maintain and develop ward philosophy and objectives.

Assist with the induction programme for new staff to the ward.  To act as a mentor for learner nurses.

To participate in the teaching of nurses in training and Health Care Assistants, working closely with the training establishments.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.