Senior Sister / Charge Nurse

Unit Senior Sister/Charge Nurse for a 36 bedded Critical Care Unit working as Unit Co-ordinator and Unit management responsibilities, The Unit Senior Sister/Charge Nurse will facilitate innovative and evidence-based nursing/midwifery practice through professional leadership and supporting the clinical team.

The Unit Senior Sister/Charge Nurse will act as a credible and professional role model and encourage and empower other staff to develop both personally and professionally and achieve their maximum potential.

The Unit Senior Sister/Charge Nurse will liaise with all members of the multidisciplinary team and facilitate a collaborativeapproach to patient care. The Unit Sister/Charge Nurse will report directly to the Matron.

The Unit Senior Sister/Charge Nurse will have Unit managerial responsibilities.

There is a requirement to exchange verbal and written information with patients, staff and carers requiring tact and diplomacy. The post holder needs to ensure that all barriers to understanding are overcome by using differing strategies to meet individual need.

The postholder will demonstrate the skills for assessing and interpreting specialist acute and other patient conditions, initiating actions as appropriate. Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints and serious untoward incidents and other significant events, completing required root cause analysis on time and ensuring resulting action plans are implemented and evaluated.

Ensure appropriate systems are in place for the safe and timely admission and discharge of patients.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.