Job summary
- Main area
- Urgent and Emergency Care
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 426-736-25MG
- Employer
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Town
- Kings Lynn
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Frailty SDEC
Band 6
Job overview
Exciting opportunity arise for a Junior Sister/Charge nurse in Frailty Same day Emergency Care Department (SDEC), unit within Urgent and Emergency care .This is a newly created post after successful pilot project.
We provide support with CPD and revalidation as well as in house training specific to the speciality.
Our Consultants ,Matron, Senior Sister and the rest of the multidisciplinary team will support your development and will invest their own expertise and time with you to ensure your career and the service continues to develop.
Main duties of the job
This is a great opportunity for you to join a highly skilled, dynamic and friendly multidisciplinary team whose goals are to constantly improving our skills and inspiring others to improve patients’ journey.
You will be someone who can offer strong clinical leadership and organisational skills and will also have a gift for inspiring multi-disciplinary teams to continually improve clinical quality and patient satisfaction.
If this role fits your profile we would love you to be part of our team.
Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information about the job role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN Degree/Diploma in nursing
- Evidence of Post registration Educational Continuing development
Desirable criteria
- Recognised NMC Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent, or willingness to undertake, or in progress.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience
- Evidence of innovation and achievements in clinical practice
- Can demonstrate their experience of collaborative working
- Can demonstrate the use of appropriate criteria to prioritise patient case load
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of working as part of a multi- disciplinary working experience
- Demonstrates experience of clinical risk management
- Community experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Proven compassionate care experience
- Demonstrates understanding of efficient and effective use of resources where the workload can be unpredictable
- Demonstrates the ability to prioritise and implement and use new ways of working.
- Ability to prioritise
- Demonstrates a high level of clinical expertise
- Understands specific needs of patients complex cases
- Can demonstrate knowledge of current discharge to assess processes.
- Knowledge of NHS plan and national nursing strategy
- Demonstrate knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and its implications for practice
Desirable criteria
- Successful change management
- Audit experience / research skills
- Experience of Patient and Public Involvement in Service Delivery
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Arathy Nair
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01553613613
- Additional information
Ext 2120
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