Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Nurse to join our team on Ward 5 as a Band 6 as a full time on a 3 months fixed term/secondment basis. Ward 5 is a 26-bed ward located at Moseley Hall Hospital, providing sub-acute rehabilitation care.

As a Band 6 Nurse on the ward, you will be responsible for leading safe shifts, offering guidance and support to Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates, Trainee nursing associates , Student Nurses and Healthcare Assistants in providing care to their patients. You will work closely with other disciplines within our integrated multidisciplinary team (MDT). In addition, you will manage a team, ensuring that appraisals (PDRs), mandatory training, and sickness management are up to date. You will also be responsible for improving compliance and results in clinical audits.

As part of the role, you will take turns holding the hospital bleep during day or night shifts, so flexibility with shift patterns is essential.

If you are interested in joining our team or would like more information, please contact:

Wendy Cotton – Senior Ward Sister on 075++042752 or

Email: wendy.cotton2@nhs.net

Or

Rumbi Marira – Matron on 0751 472 3565 or

Email: rumbidzai.marira@nhs.net

We look forward in hearing from you.

As a band 6 Nurse on the ward, you will be responsible for leading a safe shift offering the Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates and Healthcare Assistants advice and support to care for their patients, you will be doing this alongside the other disciplines within our integrated MDT. You will also be required to manage a team and ensure their PDRs, Mandatory training and Sickness Management is kept up to date. You will also be responsible for improving results and compliance in clinical audits. As part of the role, you will also participate in holding the hospital bleep during either the day or the night shift so flexibility towards shift patterns is essential.

Key objectives of the post are to ensure patient safety, support the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in developments to improve quality, cleanliness and clinical effectiveness and actively participate in the clinical development and management of staff.

If you possess excellent communication skills, you are dedicated to professional practice and development, you have the ability to teach, motivate and influence your team, and you wish to develop your Managerial and Leadership skills as a Band 6 Sister/ Charge Nurse, we would like to hear from you.

Please refer to the JD for more details.

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

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