Senior Charge Nurse/Team Leader - General Acute Nursing

The Role

• To provide clinical leadership and expert advice to all nursing staff in the delivery of care within their area of responsibility including recruitment, supervision, development and deployment of unit staff.
• The post holder will have continual 24 hour responsibility for the management of the ward/department.
• The post holder will undertake regular rotational cover of the Directorate or Hospital to provide leadership, deal with clinical issues, immediate management issues and deploy staff as appropriate.
• To be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development of programmes of care, and/or the implementation and evaluation of these programmes ensuring the delivery of high quality care to patients.
• Duties may vary with the type of ward/department and the degree of patient dependency.
  
  

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

It would be great if you also have

• Post registration experience.
• Band 6 experience
• Expert knowledge of treatment of clinical condition relevant to specialty.
• Excellent team working / team working skills with ability to work on own initiative.
• Effectively manage resources within ward / department.
• Evidence of personal contribution to service planning and redesign projects
• Have expanded practice in a range of clinical skills relevant to specialty.
  
  

Contract type

• Permanent
• Full Time
• 37 Hours
  
  

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Ward 5 & 7 General Acute Nursing within University Hospital Wishaw

The working pattern for this role will be Various.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Leanne Fowler, Senior Nurse Medicine on leanne.fowler@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Heather Lamont, Recruitment Administrator on heather.lamont@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some Of NHS Lanarkshire’s Benefits Include

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Occupational health services
• Employee counselling services
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures
  
  

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.