At Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, we are on a mission to grow our Children Hospital and make it the best Neuro-musculoskeletal provider for Children and Young People.
Are you excited with service development and improvement? Are you ready to take your nursing leadership career to the next level with demanding yet rewarding responsibility? Are you ready to lead and champion a team where Children and young people's needs are at the heart of everything they do? Do you thrive in a busy yet effective clinical environment? Do you maintain active continuous personal and professional development plans and ability to develop others? These sound like you? Then it's an exciting time to join our dynamic and innovative team as Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.
Our team includes senior clinical and management staff, Neuro-musculoskeletal and orthopaedic Surgeons, Paediatricians, clinical educators and therapists. We share collective responsibility for delivering high quality, safe and effective care to Children, Young people and their families in a 27 bedded ward. Our specialties include spinal deformity, spinal injury rehabilitation, sarcoma, metabolic bone diseases, and upper and lower limb reconstruction.
You will have opportunities to develop and further improve your leadership skills and knowledge through formal and informal education, networking, coaching and mentoring.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of successful candidate include:
Provide clinical leadership and serve as a positive role model to the team, creating and maintaining a positive work environment. Act as an expert practitioner in the nursing care of neuro-musculoskeletal conditions to ensure the provision of high-quality nursing care to children, young people, and families. Ensure responsiveness to care and maintain a positive experience for children, young people, and families. Maintain safe, effective, and efficient management of the department within allocated resources. Promote a can-do attitude for continual improvement of care through Quality improvement initiatives, research, and evidence-based practice. Undertake delegated responsibility for the department in the absence of Matron and Associate Chief Nurse for Children and young people. Familiarize, adopt, and lead the team with the principles of the NHS Chief Nursing Officers vision for Compassion in Practice (NHS Commissioning Board Dec 2012).
About us
This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH's journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.
Our team consists of multidisciplinary professionals including clinical and management nurses, Neuro-musculoskeletal and orthopaedic Surgeons, Paediatricians, operational and service management, other clinical specialists, and therapists.
We share collective responsibility for delivering high quality, safe, and effective care to Children, Young people, and their families in a 27 bedded ward. Our specialties include surgery for spinal deformity, spinal injury rehabilitation, sarcoma, metabolic bone diseases, upper and lower limb reconstruction.
The successful candidate will be supported by the Matron for Children and young people and other senior nursing leaders. They will have access to internal and external opportunities to develop and further improve their leadership skills and knowledge through formal and informal education, networking, coaching, and mentoring.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and Person specification for more information on the Job responsibilities and Role requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
RSCN/RN Child registered with active NMC registration. Educated to first Degree or working toward it. Post registration training that is relevant to area of practice. Preparation for Mentorship course or equivalent. EPLS/HDU/Care of Critically ill Children or working towards it. Evidence of continued professional development plan.
Desirable
Leadership course/development programme. APLS. Working towards PG dip or Masters Programme.
Experience
Essential
Significant clinical experience of the specialty. Team leadership and supervision. People and performance management. Change management. Clinical IT systems. Implementing clinical guidelines, policies, and procedures including safeguarding children processes.
Desirable
Working with PAS. Children's high Dependency Nursing experience. Audit and research. Leading quality improvement project.
Knowledge
Essential
Knowledge of quality, standard setting, and audit. Awareness of Trust's and NHS initiatives. Awareness of and application of relevant legislation, policies, procedures, and professional issues. NMC Code of Professional Conduct. Equality, diversity, and inclusion practice. Knowledge of Clinical Governance and Commitment to clinical supervision. Knowledge of the individuals' responsibility towards health and safety. Awareness of the structure and organisation of the wider Customer care and complaints handling. Awareness of research methods.
Desirable
NHS organisation and its service developments. Application of the NHS Plan in practice.
Employer details
Employer name
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Brockley Hill
Stanmore
HA7 4LP
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
392-RNOH-1142 #J-18808-Ljbffr
Are you excited with service development and improvement? Are you ready to take your nursing leadership career to the next level with demanding yet rewarding responsibility? Are you ready to lead and champion a team where Children and young people's needs are at the heart of everything they do? Do you thrive in a busy yet effective clinical environment? Do you maintain active continuous personal and professional development plans and ability to develop others? These sound like you? Then it's an exciting time to join our dynamic and innovative team as Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.
Our team includes senior clinical and management staff, Neuro-musculoskeletal and orthopaedic Surgeons, Paediatricians, clinical educators and therapists. We share collective responsibility for delivering high quality, safe and effective care to Children, Young people and their families in a 27 bedded ward. Our specialties include spinal deformity, spinal injury rehabilitation, sarcoma, metabolic bone diseases, and upper and lower limb reconstruction.
You will have opportunities to develop and further improve your leadership skills and knowledge through formal and informal education, networking, coaching and mentoring.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of successful candidate include:
Provide clinical leadership and serve as a positive role model to the team, creating and maintaining a positive work environment. Act as an expert practitioner in the nursing care of neuro-musculoskeletal conditions to ensure the provision of high-quality nursing care to children, young people, and families. Ensure responsiveness to care and maintain a positive experience for children, young people, and families. Maintain safe, effective, and efficient management of the department within allocated resources. Promote a can-do attitude for continual improvement of care through Quality improvement initiatives, research, and evidence-based practice. Undertake delegated responsibility for the department in the absence of Matron and Associate Chief Nurse for Children and young people. Familiarize, adopt, and lead the team with the principles of the NHS Chief Nursing Officers vision for Compassion in Practice (NHS Commissioning Board Dec 2012).
About us
This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH's journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.
Our team consists of multidisciplinary professionals including clinical and management nurses, Neuro-musculoskeletal and orthopaedic Surgeons, Paediatricians, operational and service management, other clinical specialists, and therapists.
We share collective responsibility for delivering high quality, safe, and effective care to Children, Young people, and their families in a 27 bedded ward. Our specialties include surgery for spinal deformity, spinal injury rehabilitation, sarcoma, metabolic bone diseases, upper and lower limb reconstruction.
The successful candidate will be supported by the Matron for Children and young people and other senior nursing leaders. They will have access to internal and external opportunities to develop and further improve their leadership skills and knowledge through formal and informal education, networking, coaching, and mentoring.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and Person specification for more information on the Job responsibilities and Role requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
RSCN/RN Child registered with active NMC registration. Educated to first Degree or working toward it. Post registration training that is relevant to area of practice. Preparation for Mentorship course or equivalent. EPLS/HDU/Care of Critically ill Children or working towards it. Evidence of continued professional development plan.
Desirable
Leadership course/development programme. APLS. Working towards PG dip or Masters Programme.
Experience
Essential
Significant clinical experience of the specialty. Team leadership and supervision. People and performance management. Change management. Clinical IT systems. Implementing clinical guidelines, policies, and procedures including safeguarding children processes.
Desirable
Working with PAS. Children's high Dependency Nursing experience. Audit and research. Leading quality improvement project.
Knowledge
Essential
Knowledge of quality, standard setting, and audit. Awareness of Trust's and NHS initiatives. Awareness of and application of relevant legislation, policies, procedures, and professional issues. NMC Code of Professional Conduct. Equality, diversity, and inclusion practice. Knowledge of Clinical Governance and Commitment to clinical supervision. Knowledge of the individuals' responsibility towards health and safety. Awareness of the structure and organisation of the wider Customer care and complaints handling. Awareness of research methods.
Desirable
NHS organisation and its service developments. Application of the NHS Plan in practice.
Employer details
Employer name
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Brockley Hill
Stanmore
HA7 4LP
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
392-RNOH-1142 #J-18808-Ljbffr
