Junior Sister - Merrow Ward

Job overview

Are you passionate about Cardiology and the delivery of high quality, safe and compassionate care?

Do you possess strong clinical skills and love developing and supporting a team?

Is making a difference to your patients and being inspirational to your team fundamental to you?

If your answer to these questions is yes, the Ward Sisters / Charge Nurse role may be right for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit the Ward Sister’s / Charge Nurse post on Merrow Ward at the RSCH.  Merrow Ward is a 24 bedded ward that specialises in Cardiology.  Supported by the senior sister, you will be responsible for the delivery of care working closely with the Consultants and the multi-disciplinary team.

This post offers a tremendous opportunity for service development and for the post holder to be in a position to make a real difference to patient care as well as learning advanced ward management skills.

There are opportunities to develop your confidence and your clinical skills in a supportive environment, to build managerial and clinical knowledge. Day and night shifts.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the management of the unit on a day to day basis by appropriate deployment, delegation and supervision of all grades of staff.  To act as a team leader on shift. To facilitate an improvement in the quality of healthcare for patients. To help provide a conducive working and learning environment. To support the senior sister to promote evidence based nursing practice within the ward.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will deliver patient care on a daily basis. They should be expert in all areas of nursing care from patient’s admission to discharge, which facilitates clinical practice development. As nurse in charge they have overall responsibility for day-to-day management of their clinical area and for ensuring all care is delivered according to Trust policies and procedures maintaining associated records. They will manage, support and lead a team of nurses in the delivery of evidence based patient centred care, which is of a high standard. They will assist the senior sister in the management of staff including appraisal, rota’s, recruitment and selection and the supervision of learners. They will provide advice and support to patients, relatives and members of the multi-disciplinary team. Utilising clinical audit, research, supervision of practice and teaching, they will monitor and improve standards of care by efficient and effective use of resources and liaise with the senior sister at all times. The will provide leadership on the Trusts values and behaviours.