Address Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse (Adelaide Ward - Oncology/Haematology)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and conscientious senior nurse to join our inpatient unit.
We would be looking for a senior nurse to act as a role model in accordance with the trust behavior framework and values, exhibiting excellence through practice and collaborating on a daily basis with the MDT team for best outcomes for our patient group.
The role includes coordinating, this requires experience being able to lead a shift, managing flow and facilitating with discharge planning, supporting the junior team clinically and supporting the ward in trust initiatives as well as ward level management of junior staff and quality improvement projects.
We offer great opportunities for further development in your career. We have in-house training sessions and we also offer further development by offering level 6&7 courses linked to local universities alongside Trust leadership courses.
We also have opportunities for link roles if you have a passion in a certain area of nursing and can offer training in that area to improve your role.
1/ Demonstrate good leadership and professional behaviors and act as a role model.
2/ Demonstrate specialist knowledge and high standards of clinical practice and provide support where necessary.
3/ Co-ordinating shifts, managing ward flow and problem solving in a fast paced environment.
4/ Managing and facilitating chemotherapy and scheduling patients.
5/ Managing and monitoring workload, patient acuity and ensuring safe standards on a daily basis.
6/ Supporting junior members of the team, providing excellent leadership, support and guidance through monitoring and planning and evaluation of individualized care, ensuring appraisals are up to date and engaging with staff retention.
7/ Supporting ward sister in ward level management and trust initiatives.
8/ You should be a positive team player who has empathy and compassion, that has an ability to work effectively within a MDT team, with the skills to work under pressure, delegate well and interest in promoting a clean, safe, environment for our patients and their families.
9/ Ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of all patients and their families, ensuring good communication between health care professionals for the patient's individual needs.
10/ Work in accordance with our Trust values - Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful and Excellent.
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our values: C ompassionate, A spirational, R esourceful, E xcellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
The post holder works as a skilled practitioner and is responsible for the delivery of patient -focused programmes of care, which address the complex and changing health and wellbeing needs of the client group in their clinical area.
The post holder ensures the smooth running of the ward / department in the absence of the Ward Sister/ Charge Nurse, and provides clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and support staff.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.
