Sister / Charge Nurse

The Medical Assessment Unit receives patients from the Emergency Department, GP surgeries and specialist clinics. Working on the Medical Assessment Unit you will see patients with a wide variety of conditions and will gain experience from many specialities.

Are you motivated with a passion for patient care? Are you ready to further your career in an environment which is transforming the patient pathway?, Applicants will need to be compassionate, dynamic, reliable and flexible with an ability to demonstrate strong leadership skills and demonstrable post registration experience in an acute hospital setting. Applicants will need to be able to adjust to readily to different conditions and be able to work the full range of shifts including long days and nights.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  We pride ourselves on developing our staff and you will be supported by our Departmental Education Team. Dedicated training support enables us to provide you with an excellent induction, support with revalidation and an ongoing training package.