Deputy Sister / Deputy Charge Nurse - RSSC

The Respiratory Support & Sleep Centre (4N) is a specialist 15-bedded ward dedicated to the care and management of patients with sleep and respiratory disorders. The ward includes 3 high dependency beds supporting patients requiring weaning from invasive ventilation. We also provide ongoing follow-up care within our 10-bedded day case ward.

We are proud to be one of the largest units in the UK providing non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for patients with lung disease and neuromuscular disorders. Our service currently supports more than 1,500 patients on long-term home ventilation.

At the heart of everything we do are our patients, their comfort, and the quality of care we provide. We are continually striving to innovate and enhance the services we deliver., As Deputy Sister/Deputy Charge Nurse, you will:

Provide clinical leadership and support the delivery of high-quality nursing care

Act as a role model and expert clinical practitioner

Support the day-to-day management of the ward

Undertake delegated responsibility for the unit

Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives

We are seeking a highly motivated and forward-thinking Deputy Sister/Deputy Charge Nurse to join our dedicated team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced respiratory nurse to develop leadership and ward management skills within a specialist and supportive environment., The successful candidate will:

Be a registered nurse with post-registration experience in respiratory nursing

Have experience managing patients requiring invasive and non-invasive ventilation

Demonstrate excellent communication, leadership, and clinical skills

Be flexible, adaptable, and committed to delivering outstanding patient care

Ideally have experience in home NIV therapy

This role is ideal for an enthusiastic nurse looking to further develop their leadership capability within a highly specialised respiratory service.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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