Job summary
Employer heading
Junior Sister / Charge Nurse - Acute frailty / Elderly (Band 6)
NHS AfC: Band 6
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
We are looking for a band 6 junior sister/charge nurse to join our fantastic team on ward 14.
We predominantly care for elderly, vulnerable adults where we can offer a safe, secure and dementia friendly environment. As a team, we believe that putting each patient at the heart of all our care, acting with integrity, respecting the individual and a comprehensive multi-disciplinary approach for all our patients.
OUR VISION
To provide high quality, safe, patient centred, holistic and compassionate care. To enhance a positive patient experience.
Main duties of the job
Your role as a band 6 sister/charge nurse will include providing exceptional safe effective care to our patients, liaising with the multi-disciplinary team and working closely with the patient and their family to assist them in the safe delivery of optimum care needs and safe discharge process.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and creative individual who is a role model to junior staff and lives the Trust’s right care values. We actively promote compassionate leadership within our nursing team. There is scope for a wide variety of work experience. Duties will include providing a high standard of care for our patients, coordinating shifts, whilst being an exemplary role model for junior staff and students.
The Junior Sister/Charge Nurse is someone whom is equally accountable for the day to day running of the ward and staff, acting as a positive role model at all times. We require a motivated individual with excellent communication skills to support the senior sister and other band 6 with the leadership and development of the ward and work effectively within a truly multi-disciplinary team.
The candidate should be able to demonstrate being a valued team worker with good communication skills, be conscientious, honest, caring and passionate about their nursing career.
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details in relation to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Registration
- Mentor Qualification or similar
- Post diploma/degree RGN
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant Post registration experience
- Recent Acute Clinical Experience
- Demonstrable clinical expertise, relevant to the area
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post basic continuing education.
Skills / Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Proven leadership and organisational skills.
- Ability to organise and manage day to day running of the ward and with an multidisciplinary team approach.
- Team building and working skills – able to lead a team to achieve results.
- Problem solving skills – able to respond to unexpected issues and provide first line response and to act as a deputy in the absence of the senior sister.
- Ability to facilitate a cohesive team spirit and good team working.
- Ability to deal competently with conflict and complaints.
- Demonstrates ability to effectively lead a team.
Desirable criteria
- Basic knowledge of IT
- Rising Stars Training
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
- Gintu Thomas
- Job title
- Senior Sister - Ward 14
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 292143
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