Employer: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation TrustEmployer type: NHSSite: Ipswich HospitalTown: IpswichSalary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata, per annum + unsocial hours as applicableSalary period: YearlyClosing: 13/02/2025 23:59NHS AfC: Band 6We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education, and training.Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; it forms part of ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures, and Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we are keen to hear from you.Job overviewDo you have an interest in respiratory nursing? Are you looking for a new challenge to expand your knowledge and skills in a new specialty or expand your existing knowledge?We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible, and well-motivated Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse to join our amazing team on Shotley Ward. You will work as a senior member of the multi-professional team, undertaking patient assessment to determine clinical need, planning and implementing patient care, and discharging with the sole aim of meeting the needs of both the patient and their family.You will have the opportunity to have a positive impact on the standard of care that our patients receive. In addition to this, you will help to develop and influence the careers of others within the team. You will possess excellent communication skills, show patience and understanding, and be able to demonstrate recent professional development.If you would like to join a strongly motivated team who are passionate about their patients, have an interest in progressing your leadership skills, and are keen to embrace service development and innovation, then we would welcome your application.Main duties of the jobTo be responsible, with the guidance of the Ward Sister, for providing leadership and teaching within the Unit environment.Through knowledge, good example, and education, enable unit staff to deliver high-quality, individualised care.To provide support and supervision of nursing staff, and effectively coordinate and deploy resources within the Unit.Working for our organisationOne of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata), and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesFor full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.Person specificationExperienceProven experience in medical nursingExperience of delivering evidence-based practiceInvolved in change managementQualificationRNEvidence of ongoing professional developmentKnowledgeAwareness of current issues within Medical nursingGood knowledge of infection controlUnderstanding of deprivation of Liberty Safeguards & Mental Capacity ActILS/ALSPlease note that where response levels are exceptional we may close the post before the specified date; therefore, early application is recommended.Please make sure that you read the Job Description and Person Specification attached and that your statement in support reflects this, as your application will be judged against these criteria.The Trust is committed to its staff and their development and to equal opportunities and diversity. Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community.You must have appropriate UK professional registration.This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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