Senior Sister - Northbrook Ward
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Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
Child Health at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) is pleased to offer the opportunity to join as a Band 7 Senior sister for Northbrook Ward. The delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate care is crucial within the organisation.
Northbrook Ward is an 18 bedded acute inpatient unit that provides care for children with a range of medical and surgical care needs, including those with high dependency care needs.. This role is incredibly varied. It requires an individual who can role model the delivery of high quality clinical care to their own group of patients and support a team of nurses and health care support workers .
Main duties of the job
- Facilitating the assessment and delivery of care to children and young people with a range of care needs within a 24/7 service
- Delivering line management to a team of band 6, 5 and 3 nurses and healthcare support workers
- Oversight of running of ward including environmental standards and adherence to policies
- Supporting band 6 team in delivery of performance and sickness management processes
- Oversight of rostering and effective use of ward budget
- Developing or maintaining enhanced clinical skills such as paediatric venepuncture and cannulation
- Confident in delivering and supporting others to care for young people with complex mental health and/ or safeguarding concerns
- Acting as representative for Northbrook ward within the trust
- Support for child health matrons
• Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or contactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
All additional details may be found within the detailed job description and person specification attached
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered children's nurse with UK professional registration
- Degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent study or work experience
Desirable criteria
- Project management learning and/or development.
- Level 3 Certificate/Diploma in Management and Leadership, or equivalent
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile
- Evidence of significant post registration clinical work on a variety of clinical areas
- Experience of staff supervision and mentorship including, employee relations, performance and conduct
Desirable criteria
- Experience of project management for policy development or large-scale projects
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
- Customer Service experience i.e. dealing with complaints and to manage any barriers to information
- Understanding of effective clinical governance including implications, quality and audit
- Clinical Skills appropriate to Child Health
Desirable criteria
- Highly specialised clinical skills relevant to the speciality e.g. trained in non-invasive ventilation
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
- HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
- All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
- In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
- This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Senior Sister Northbrook JD (PDF, 514.4KB)
- HHFT Employee Rewards & Benefits (PDF, 723.8KB)
- Tackling Climate Change at Hampshire Hospitals (PDF, 4.9MB)