Job Overview
Junior Sister/Charge Nurse, Ward 9 (Wexham Park Hospital)
We are delighted to offer an exciting development opportunity for a motivated and experienced nurse to join our dedicated team on Ward 9.
Ward 9 is a dynamic and expanding unit that specialises in General Medical and Respiratory care. Over the past year, the department has grown significantly, and we are now looking for an enthusiastic nurse leader to help drive the next stage of our development.
As Junior Sister/Charge Nurse, you will work closely with senior multi-professional colleagues to support a flexible, high-dependency service that meets the needs of our patients and the wider trust. You will play a key role in ensuring that high standards of care are consistently delivered, in line with both local and national guidelines.
We Are Looking To Appoint a
Dynamic individual with strong interpersonal skills
Experienced Nurse In Respiratory And Acute Medicine
Professional with some managerial, team leader, or NIC experience
Compassionate clinician with enthusiasm for caring for acutely ill medical patients
This post offers an excellent opportunity to demonstrate and further develop your leadership skills, while supporting and inspiring the clinical nursing team. Your contribution will be pivotal in shaping the ongoing success and quality of care within our ward.
Are you ready for this exciting opportunity? Are you ready for a new challenge in your own development and career?
If so, apply now!
Main duties of the job
Clinical Leadership: Lead patient care planning, delivery, and evaluation on each shift, advising on acute patient needs.
Role Model: Promote patient-centred care, demonstrating advanced clinical skills and knowledge for critically ill patients.
Standards & Quality: Develop evidence-based care standards, conduct audits, and evaluate nursing practice.
Education & Development: Contribute to teaching and practice development, supporting nurses and healthcare professionals.
Infection Control: Apply and promote infection prevention standards.
Documentation: Maintain accurate, comprehensive records in line with Trust and NMC guidelines.
Problem-Solving: Support senior staff in managing incidents, complaints, and team issues, implementing preventative measures.
Policy Compliance: Act in line with Trust policies and procedures.
Professional Growth: Maintain own professional development profile.
Team Support: Provide leadership during complex or traumatic situations.
Unit Coordination: Act as Nurse in Charge, overseeing admissions, transfers, and workload management.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current NMC registration
- ENB 998 Teaching and assessing course or equivalent Mentorship preparation course
Desirable criteria
- Degree level registration
- ALS
Commited to Excellence
Essential criteria
- Experience in caring for patients within an acute care setting
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult / stressful situations effectively
- Able to prioritise workload (self and others) and meet deadlines
- Leadership and influencing skills
- Supervising, teaching and assessing staff
- Ability to adapt to change within the working environment
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexible shifts, weekends and bank holidays as required
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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