Sister/Charge Nurse - Cardiology

Job overview

In this role, you’ll work closely with the Unit Manager to maintain and build upon the high standards of care and patient safety that our team is proud to deliver. Your leadership and clinical expertise will be key in ensuring that every patient receives safe, timely, and compassionate care.

You will be warmly welcomed and well supported by a fantastic team who are passionate and aspire to provide excellent care

In addition, you’ll support the Unit Manager with a range of leadership and management responsibilities, helping to foster a positive team culture, coordinate service delivery, and ensure the smooth running of the unit. Your contribution will help drive excellence across both clinical and operational aspects of the service

Main duties of the job

• Work closely with ward managers to maintain and improve high standards of care and patient safety.
• Lead from the front as a Band 6, providing leadership during shifts.
• Coordinate the shift, ensuring smooth operations and patient flow.
• Attend ward rounds and actively participate in patient care discussions.
• Liaise with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure collaborative care.
• Support staff wellbeing and development, offering guidance and mentorship.
• Assist the ward manager with leadership and management responsibilities, including: Fostering a positive team culture. Coordinating service delivery. Ensuring the smooth running of the unit.
• Fostering a positive team culture.
• Coordinating service delivery.
• Ensuring the smooth running of the unit.
• Drive excellence in clinical and operational aspects of the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Support the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse or  Matron in ensuring the provision of excellent  care with compassion for the patients,  relatives and visitors who are cared for  within or by the ward, department, service or  team.

Ensure a high standard of nursing is  delivered by self and others based on  assessment, planning, implementation and  evaluation of care to meet patients’ needs in  accordance with agreed local and National  standards and evidence based guidelines.

Assist and support the Ward Manager in the  safe, effective management of the area  including management of personnel, facilities  and the associated systems and processes.

Act as a role model, presenting a positive image  of self, team and the organisation.

Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care, through appropriate  professional practice, delegation and  supervision of duties carried out by junior staff.

Set, monitor and maintain standards of care to  improve the patient experience and outcome of  care.

Proactively manage risk and maintain patient  safety, conforming to health, safety and security  legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.

Promote equality in care and practice by  recognising, respecting and meeting the needs  and choices of individuals.

Ensures environment of care is safe, well  equipped and compliant with standards for  hygiene and cleanliness.

Where there are difficult to fill roles solutions  are found to ensure the department has  sustainable staffing structures at substantive  spend, which may be achieved through  different marketing solutions or different  structural arrangement.

To participate in education and training of junior  staff.

Maintain and develop own professional  competence and seek to extend the scope of  personal knowledge and skills within scope of  role and professional practice.