Sister/Charge Nurse – Paediatric Planned Care

Job overview

Sister/Charge Nurse – Paediatric Planned Care

Department: Paediatric

Band: 6 £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum, pro rata if part time

Hours: Full time, 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated individual, who can work within a small friendly team within our Planned Care Services. We are looking for someone who is extremely passionate about Planned Care and is willing to work towards a changing service.

We run numerous consultant, therapies, nursing and phlebotomy clinics in our dedicated children's outpatient department. A variety of children's clinics run from both paediatricians and other specialties including clinics held by the Tertiary Centre's.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic and progressive Planned Care services, build on skills you already have and gain new skills.

Interview date: w/c 06 January 2024

Main duties of the job

As the Sister within Planned Care you will need to be able to facilitate the Outpatient nursing team to provide safe, effective, responsive and quality care in the Outpatient department across a range of specialities. To provide professional leadership including participation in standard setting and work alongside the Matron and senior management team in the delivery of quality care and future transformation of the Outpatient department.

You will need to provide high quality nursing care and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care needs for the patient group.

To deliver compassionate person-centred care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their carers with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family.

To provide relevant forms of care with minimal supervision and participate in the supervision and teaching and assessment of unregistered or junior staff and students.

The post holder must be organised, responsive and flexible in coordinating and leading outpatient clinics and supporting specialist Nursing teams.

To facilitate the Outpatient nursing team to provide safe, effective, responsive and quality care in the Outpatient department across a range of specialities

The post available is at the Paediatric Outpatient Department at Milton Keynes University Hospital and the post holder would be expected to work across all Paediatric areas when required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide the highest standard of evidence-based nursing care for both the children and their families in line with local and nationally agree standards and guidelines

To holistically assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of patients within their spere of responsibility

Please refer to attached Job description for further information.

We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity, and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.

MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.

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By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system.  Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.   This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.