Job overview

We are looking for a full time time Junior Sister/Junior Charge Nurse  or Deputy Team Leader (ODP) to join our friendly  team.  The Podiatric Surgery Department is based at our Belmont site on the outskirts of the city, and delivers both an outpatient and theatre service.

As a Junior Sister/Junior Charge Nurse or deputy Team Leader within the department you must have excellent communication skills, organisational skills and be able to lead a team. You will be expected to work in all areas of the department. 

We are looking for a highly motivated leader to work within our team whilst ensuring high standards of care, demonstrating Wye Valley NHS Trusts values and professionalism. 

This is an ideal opportunity to further your career increasing your knowledge professionally and managerially, and the opportunity to work closely with a multidisciplinary team within a positive environment.  

Main duties of the job

• To demonstrate effectiveness as a role model and clinical supervisor.
• To demonstrate specialists knowledge within sphere of practice and act as a resource for the Trust.
• To demonstrate expertise within sphere of practice.
  To ensure complaints within the sphere of responsibility are managed in a timely manner. In the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse report actions taken to minimise risks.
• To ensure clinical incidents / near misses within the sphere of responsibility are managed in a timely manner. In the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse report actions taken to minimise risks.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.