Senior Sister - Band 7

Are you a dynamic and motivated registered nurse with at least 2 years of acute ward experience at a band 6 level, who has a passion for delivering exceptional care and is ready to take the next step in your professional development?

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Bramshott Ward for an enthusiastic and dedicated nurse with a minimum of 1 year's recent experience in Trauma and Orthopaedics, to join our forward thinking and supportive team as ward manager. This role offers the chance to make a real impact on patient care and service delivery whilst developing your leadership and management skills.

In this dynamic role, you will lead, motivate, and support the nursing team to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate care in the acute ward setting, whilst being a champion to the delivery of excellent patient experience. You will manage both planned elective cases and emergency trauma admissions, ensuring high quality pre-operative and post-operative care.

Main duties of the job

You will be supported in this post by the Surgical Matron and the Associate Director of Nursing for surgery to help you succeed in your role. And you will have access to excellent learning and developmental opportunities to support your professional growth.

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. 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 manage unit staff including appraisal, rota planning, recruitment and selection and the supervision of learners. They will provide specialist advice to patients, relatives and members of the multi-disciplinary team. Utilizing clinical audit, research, supervision of practice and teaching, they will monitor and improve standards of care by efficient and effective use of resources. They will lead the ward through the achieving excellence programme and be a pivotal role model within their specialty upholding the trust’s values and behaviours at all times.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job description & person Specification.

You will play a key part in supporting the team’s growth, problem‑solving, implementing change, and being a role model for your colleagues. You will be expected to build strong links with the multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care and support effective collaboration, whilst displaying excellent interpersonal skills and upholding the trust’s values and high standards of professionalism.

To lead the nursing team in the provision of high quality, research based, nursing care that is patient and family focused.

To act as a role model and expert practitioner.

To manage the ward effectively and efficiently within allocated resources.

To manage and facilitate the development of staff creating an effective team.

To foster a multidisciplinary approach to patient care in line with Clinical Governance.

Main duties and responsibilities

Clinical

• 1.1 To ensure high quality, research based, individualised patient care is maintained at all times.
• 1.2 To provide a problem solving approach to patient care.
• 1.3 To ensure effective collaboration and discharge planning with all members of the multidisciplinary team and interested agencies.
• 1.4 To act as a role model and expert practitioner at all times.
• 1.5 To work with Infection Control to monitor the ward environment to maintain and raise standards.
• 1.6 To work with the Matron to ensure that clinical governance processes at ward level encompass measures to ensure the quality of the fundamental and essential aspects of care including use of Essence of Care Benchmarking.

Teaching, Training and Research

• 2.1 To ensure the ward provides a positive learning environment for students, staff, patients and their families.
• 2.2 To ensure positive and appropriate links with the University of Surrey, particularly in regard to clinical placements and other continuous development opportunities.
• 2.3 To manage study leave in accordance with trust policy, ensuring equity of opportunity, promoting professional development, which is responsive to service need. Co‑ordinate and maintain records and register of study undertaken by staff.
• 2.4 Ensure staff are trained to use equipment within the ward area and that equipment training records are maintained.
• To actively seek to improve practice through the application of research and participate in the clinical audit activities within the unit and the Trust.

Professional

• 3.1 To maintain and develop one’s own professional knowledge and expertise to meet PREP and the job’s requirements.
• 3.2 To actively share knowledge and expertise and contribute to the Trust as a whole.
• 3.3 To delegate appropriate responsibilities to enhance individual’s level of practice and professional development.
• 3.4 To reflect as a practitioner, learning from experience and to promote reflective practices within the ward.
• 3.5 To participate within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct at all times.
• 3.6 To contribute to the development of the profession within the Trust, participating in projects, committees and meetings as agreed.

For further information about this role or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Katie Salmon, Matron on 01483 571122 extension 6940.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Part 1 or 12
• Recent post qualification or equivalent experience in acute setting
• Demonstrates professional updating of knowledge in past one/two years
• Teaching qualification ENB998 or City & Guilds 730 or equivalent
• First degree or working towards
• D32/33 (A1) Award

Knowledge

• Significant experience at Band 6 or above within acute hospital setting
• Evidence of advanced skills in practice i.e. IV additives
• Knowledge of clinical governance issues such as complaints handling, clinical risk management
• Knowledge of current NHS and Professional issues
• Evidence of achievements in practice development and quality improvement projects
• Evidence of research based practice
• Evidence of changing practice and project management
• Proven record of managing staff and resources
• Clinical audit
• Publication

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£51,657 to £58,785 a year (pro rata) including HCAS High Cost Area Supplement

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