Band 7 senior sister / charge nurse

• To act as a role model and to provide leadership in the clinical area.
• Continuous responsibility for professional, clinical and managerial issues of a ward area
• Ensure that practice is evidence based, of the highest standard and is patient and family focused.
• Responsible for ensuring adequate 24-hour skill mix and staffing
• Act as line manager for all ward staff.
  
  

Responsible for ensuring adequate nursing skill mix for the 24-hour period.

Responsible for organising staff meetings, to cascade information and new policies and guidelines for staff in the clinical area

Lead in reviewing and auditing practice within the clinical area.

Utilise available resources to ensure safe and effective patient care, e.g. cover of the duty rota and equipment management.

Manage staff sickness and absence in accordance with the Trust policy and with the support of the HR personnel.

Participate in the recruitment, selection and the induction of all new staff; ensure that each new member of staff has a preceptor who supports the work-based competencies as per Trust policy.

Be responsible for management and professional development of staff within the clinical area, including appraisals and performance planning, study leave, induction, mandatory training and keeping records of training.

Ensure that all staff are compliant with policies and guidelines and that they are trained to the agreed competencies for specific procedures.

Liaise with the lecturers at universities to facilitate and support all students’ learning needs.

Contribute to the training needs analysis and the negotiation of appropriate courses.

Responsible for ensuring that there is an appraisal system available for all staff.

Report/discuss performance difficulties of staff with the Matron.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other form

al employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Adesegun Oremule Job title: Lead Nurse Email address: adesegun.oremule@nhs.net Telephone number: 02072885530

Ade Oremule (Matron) on 020 7288 5530 or email adesegun.oremule@nhs.net