NICU Sister/Charge Nurse

Job overview

Your role will to be responsible for promoting and implementing practice conducive to the development of high-quality patient care by providing professional, clinical and managerial leadership.

You will also take charge of the NICU shift and provide support and guidance to all staff;  as well as supporting the NICU Manager with duties to ensure seamless running of the NICU.

You will also have the ability to work and communicate well with the multi-disciplinary team.

Please note: This vacancy is for Registered Nurses with full NMC registration in the UK. If you are an internationally trained nurse that has not passed their OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) you will not be considered for this role and will be automatically rejected, so please do not apply.

Main duties of the job

Ensure practice is in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and work within limits of competence.

Ensure standards of nursing practice are maintained.

Carry out and advise/supervise junior staff in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluating of nursing care.

To take charge of the clinical area.

To ensure the patient administration systems e.g. PAS are up-dated to ensure real time data collection and confidentiality.

To ensure the effective use of information technology for the benefit of patient care in accordance with the Trust’s Code of Conduct.

To ensure the confidentiality of information (written, verbal, electronic) is maintained, whilst being aware of the Freedom for Information Act.

To co-ordinate and monitor the progress of patients within their plan of care and to promptly and effectively communicate relevant changes in patient status to the multi-disciplinary team.

Effectively communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information to the multi-disciplinary team gaining their co-operation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification