Band 7 Senior Sister / Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

Band 7 Senior Sister / Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care with the multidisciplinary team and patients' families.

Main duties of the job

Barnet Emergency Department is looking for an innovative and enthusiastic Band 7 Emergency Department Nurse. The post holder will be responsible for the supervision of nursing and support staff on a shift basis, as well as being in charge of the department, ensuring quality and safety, high standards of patients care and ensuring patient flow throughout the department. You will also lead a team of nurses and take responsibility for quality and safety initiatives in ED. This post will be based in the Emergency Department Barnet hospital. The Urgent Care Division comprises of the Emergency Department (ED) Adult Assessment Unit (AAU) Children's Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre all co-located to ED. Our ED is a Trauma Unit with 8 resus bays including designated cubicles for children and trauma You will be supported by 2.5 Matrons and Team of 3 Practice facilitators who support training for all staff across the ED. We also employ children's and Adult ACPs and actively encourage staff development through ACP training for experienced ED staff. We have strong links to a number of educational establishments and run two University Accredited Emergency Nursing courses in the department with all junior nursing staff being placed on a course with in the first 6 to 9 months of starting in the Emergency Department. We have an active research profile as a department, led by our clinical Lead.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person Specification Royal Free World Class Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• A&E Specialist Course i.e. 998 or equivalent
• ALS/ATNC/APLS provider
• ENP course

Experience

• A&E experience at a band 6
• Evidence of management responsibility
• Evidence of quality improvment work
• Proven management and organizational skills
• Excellent communications skills
• Evidence of knowledge of safeguarding issues
• Ability to work as a team member including team leadership
• Able to mentor junior staff
• Awareness of NHS financial management

Personal Qualities

• A mature and professional attitude / enthusiastic and positive
• Displays compassion and understanding

Others

• Able to work internal rotation to night duty

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.

£53,751 to £60,651 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS