Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Are you looking for your next career step in the Emergency Department? Are you currently a senior charge nurse, or perhaps looking to develop into your first band 7 role within emergency care? Then we want to hear from you! We have expanded our department and are seeking passionate, dedicated, and caring experienced emergency care nurses to join our team, who share our vision for excellence. Experience of shift leading and managing patient flow will be essential, as is the ability to dynamically stream patients to the appropriate caregiver. You must be forward-thinking, committed to the ever-evolving needs of the department, and proactive in improving the experience of the general public who access our emergency services daily. We are a diverse team who strive for further improvement and will be able to support you to develop and enhance your knowledge in both emergency medicine and leadership and management skills. You will be responsible for the care and development of both junior colleagues and student nurses, creating an atmosphere conducive to learning and practice development, whilst also planning, providing, and maintaining a high standard of effective nursing care to our patients and their relatives. If you are looking for a new exciting and challenging role that will be rewarding, we would very much like to hear from you. Main duties of the job
As a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse within the Emergency Department, you will be responsible for ensuring that safe, effective, and high-quality care is provided round-the-clock, taking the lead in the management of all clinical duties, exploring safe provision of the service through skill-mix review and allocation to workload, working in partnership with your associate director of nursing, head of nursing, matrons, clinical service groups, other wards across the healthcare group and wider trust, as well as additional services provided across the healthcare community. You will also support the development of all staff, creating an atmosphere conducive to learning and practice development and continuously develop and enhance your own knowledge and skills, which will directly influence consistent standards of clinical practice. The Emergency Department at the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is one of the busiest emergency departments in the country (relative to size). Each year, the adult and paediatric departments assess, treat, admit, and/or discharge in excess of 100,000 patients per year. Within the department, there is a resuscitation, majors, further assessment, rapid assessment and treatment, streaming, and respiratory areas. The department is supported by a large Urgent Treatment Centre, consisting of a GP stream and Minor Injury Unit. About us
Our Organisation The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient, and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping. We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford, and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt, and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. Our Values The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients is identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences: Patient at heart
- Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts. Everyday excellence
- Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both. Creative collaboration
- Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills, and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care. The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence, and in return, we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level. Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for full vacancy details; this is available to download at any time. Person Specification
Qualifications
NMC Registration Leadership course Completion of Practice Assessor Course Evidence of CPD Experience
Experience of applying quality governance processes Strong abilities to triage patients safely and effectively 18 months experience as a Band 6 in an Emergency Department Prior experience in other Acute care areas Prior experience of supporting junior staff with learning and development Research and Audit Experience 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. The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum plus 5% high-cost area supplement
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The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Are you looking for your next career step in the Emergency Department? Are you currently a senior charge nurse, or perhaps looking to develop into your first band 7 role within emergency care? Then we want to hear from you! We have expanded our department and are seeking passionate, dedicated, and caring experienced emergency care nurses to join our team, who share our vision for excellence. Experience of shift leading and managing patient flow will be essential, as is the ability to dynamically stream patients to the appropriate caregiver. You must be forward-thinking, committed to the ever-evolving needs of the department, and proactive in improving the experience of the general public who access our emergency services daily. We are a diverse team who strive for further improvement and will be able to support you to develop and enhance your knowledge in both emergency medicine and leadership and management skills. You will be responsible for the care and development of both junior colleagues and student nurses, creating an atmosphere conducive to learning and practice development, whilst also planning, providing, and maintaining a high standard of effective nursing care to our patients and their relatives. If you are looking for a new exciting and challenging role that will be rewarding, we would very much like to hear from you. Main duties of the job
As a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse within the Emergency Department, you will be responsible for ensuring that safe, effective, and high-quality care is provided round-the-clock, taking the lead in the management of all clinical duties, exploring safe provision of the service through skill-mix review and allocation to workload, working in partnership with your associate director of nursing, head of nursing, matrons, clinical service groups, other wards across the healthcare group and wider trust, as well as additional services provided across the healthcare community. You will also support the development of all staff, creating an atmosphere conducive to learning and practice development and continuously develop and enhance your own knowledge and skills, which will directly influence consistent standards of clinical practice. The Emergency Department at the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is one of the busiest emergency departments in the country (relative to size). Each year, the adult and paediatric departments assess, treat, admit, and/or discharge in excess of 100,000 patients per year. Within the department, there is a resuscitation, majors, further assessment, rapid assessment and treatment, streaming, and respiratory areas. The department is supported by a large Urgent Treatment Centre, consisting of a GP stream and Minor Injury Unit. About us
Our Organisation The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient, and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping. We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford, and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt, and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. Our Values The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients is identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences: Patient at heart
- Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts. Everyday excellence
- Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both. Creative collaboration
- Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills, and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care. The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence, and in return, we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level. Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for full vacancy details; this is available to download at any time. Person Specification
Qualifications
NMC Registration Leadership course Completion of Practice Assessor Course Evidence of CPD Experience
Experience of applying quality governance processes Strong abilities to triage patients safely and effectively 18 months experience as a Band 6 in an Emergency Department Prior experience in other Acute care areas Prior experience of supporting junior staff with learning and development Research and Audit Experience 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. The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum plus 5% high-cost area supplement
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