Sister / Charge Nurse

As a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse on UHDB Neonatal Units the successful candidate will be expected to support the Senior Management Team with the day to day general running of either unit. At the Royal Derby Hospital (RDH) we have a 26 bedded Local Neonatal Unit alongside a 10 cot Neonatal Transitional Care Unit and at Queens Hospital Burton (QHB) we have an 8 bedded Special Care Baby Unit alongside a 4 cot Neonatal Transitional Care Unit to ensure the safe delivery of family integrated care. You will be expected to act in a professional manner at all times, ensuring that the service is clinically effective in line with local and national development plans, Trust policies and procedures. You would be required to support junior staff and students and provide specific clinical knowledge and advice to a multi-professional team. Your role would include day and night shifts, including weekends and there would be an expectation to work across both the Royal Derby Hospital and Queens Hospital Burton sites., To support the Senior leadership team, along with assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating family centred care in a safe and caring environment.

You must possess a working neonatal clinical knowledge and have demonstrable experience in Neonatal Intensive care with the relative qualifications. Demonstrable experience as a Shift Coordinator on a Neonatal Unit would be desirable. This post is based cross site, covering both Derby and Burton to fully meet the needs of the Neonatal service. You should have excellent organisational skills and be able to utilise these effectively. You should be professional and a role model leading by example and displaying exemplary standards of behaviour at all times. You should be open and eager to learn new skills whilst also being able to provide guidance and support to Junior members of staff and students.

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.