Job summary
Please note this is an INTERNAL VACANCY ONLY therefore only current employees of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust will be considered for the post.

*12 Month Secondment for Maternity Cover*

An excellent opportunity has become available, within Trauma, for an individual that is enthusiastic, self-motivated and a dynamic nurse leader. If that's you then we would welcome you to join our team on F18 and the Frailty Admission and Discharge unit.

A nurse that can demonstrate motivation towards delivering the highest standard of nursing care and the ability to work as part of a proactive and forward thinking multidisciplinary team.

We are looking to recruit a ward sister/charge nurse who will provide excellent care and gets the basics right, someone who loves to develop others to become excellent at what they do and wants to make a difference.

This is a great opportunity to develop your Leadership and Managerial skills with the support of the wider managerial team. We are committed to flexible working and improving the lives of our staff through active staff involvement.

Main duties of the job
You will be self-driven, innovative with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will also be highly motivated with a desire to provide the highest standards of care, whilst demonstrating clear leadership. You will provide support and supervision of nursing and non-nursing staff; assist in maintaining and monitoring of standards through Nursing Metrics Dashboard, Essence of Care Benchmarks and Trust Infection Control Audits and standards.

We have a management team that is both innovative and proactive in ensuring that high quality care is delivered to our patients. We are keen to encourage developments in line with Trust policy and working in new ways. We recognise responsibility to ensure that staff are developed and stimulated within their environment in order to achieve vision and deliver care that reflects the values and behaviours of the Trust. We offer excellent opportunities for career progression, training and development.

About us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation. Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We have a management team that is both innovative and proactive in ensuring that high quality care is delivered to our patients. We are keen to encourage developments in line with Trust policy and working in new ways. We recognise responsibility to ensure that staff are developed and stimulated within their environment in order to achieve vision and deliver care that reflects the values and behaviours of the Trust. We offer excellent opportunities for career progression, training and development.

Job responsibilities
Have 24-hour responsibility for managing staff and budgets. Ensuring that the standards and quality of care given are maintained to a high standard, to include hotel service provision and the environment in which care is delivered.

Have responsibility in ensuring that patients and users are involved in their care.

Providing visible evidence that their feedback is used to maintain standards or implement improvements that have an effect on their care.

Be an effective leader and role model, providing regular direct clinical care, in addition to ensuring effective use of non-clinical time to support the implementation of both clinical and non-clinical governance, facilitating the modernisation of patient services.

In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Work clinically as a member of the team administering treatments ensuring standards are being maintained, evaluated and where necessary improved

Undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required.

The post holder is required to hold a valid 1st level registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential

• Current level one NMC registration
• Degree in health / nursing related Studies
• Relevant post-basic study relevant to specialty
• Have a suitable Teaching & Assessing / Mentoring Qualification
• Formal leadership and management training

Desirable

• Research training/experience
• Completion of all local competency packages.
• Continuing professional development/ reflective profile

Experience
Essential

• post registration experience to include management/leadership experience
• Supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students
• Evidence of ability to mentor
• Ability to lead change and lead new ways of working

Desirable

• Experience of audit/research.
• Formal teaching of groups of staff
• Clinical experience within the speciality

Communication and relationship skills
Essential

• Able to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team
• Demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills
• Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with conflict
• Team player who can initiate, delegate and complete projects
• Demonstrate self-awareness and understanding of personal accountability
• Ability to support colleagues, patients and relatives/carers in distressing circumstances.

Desirable

• Demonstrate evidence of providing formal teaching sessions
• Demonstrate leadership for the management of change

Planning and organisation skills
Essential

• Can formulate short and long term objectives
• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations .
• Demonstrate the personal development of members within a team.

Desirable

• ability to effectively lead a team
• effective time management skills

Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential

• Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are put in place.

Desirable

• Ability in the use of appraisal, personal development review and training needs analysis

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Address: NUH NHS Trust Queens Campus, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Matron
Joanne Draper-Moore
joanne.drapermoore@nhs.net
07595284817