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PCCU B6 Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse

On-site in Oxford·Part-time·Added yesterday (last checked 20 Oct)

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Overview

Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 a year
About £2,690 - £3,180 a month after tax.
Work mode: On-site, Oxford
Contract: Permanent contract, part-time hours
Closing date: Apply by Monday 2 November

Skills

The role

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse to join our Paediatric Critical Care team.

Band 6 Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse posts provide the opportunity to include rostered shifts across PCCU, Outreach and Retrieval services as negotiated between the post holder/Senior Nursing Team, and on completion of appropriate competencies.

Post holders will be expected to work a minimum of 23hrs per week across days, nights and weekend shifts.

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Main duties of the job

To provide clinical leadership ensuring a high standard of individualised nursing and family centred care is delivered to critically ill children.
To work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, communicating effectively with all levels of medical and nursing staff.
To uphold PCCU's Nursing Philosophy of Care.
To effectively manage PCCU on a day-to-day basis, in the absence of a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.

Senior Nurses within PCCU at Band 6 and above have the opportunity to work across the retrieval and outreach services in addition to PCCU on a roster basis on completion of appropriate competencies.

Working for our organisation

Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) at OUH includes 17 co-located Level 2 and 3 critical care beds, delivering a wide range of specialist services to patients from Oxfordshire and the wider Thames Valley and Wessex Paediatric Critical Care Operational Delivery Network (TVW PCC ODN). We are a leading Neurosurgical and Major Trauma Centre and have a vast number of medical and surgical specialities. The unit is undergoing an exciting period of estate and workforce development and investment, with a move into newly built unit within the next 5 years.

SORT Retrieval Service OUH PCC Services include the SORT (Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team) service, delivered in collaboration with Southampton across TVW PCC ODN. It is staffed by doctors, ACPs and nurses from both Oxford and Southampton, with Oxford providing a retrieval team 24/7.

Critical Care Outreach Service is a team of experienced nurses who support all healthcare professionals in the assessment and management of unwell children across the children's hospital, emergency department, and neonatal unit, following up and supporting children and families following discharge.

Education, Development and Training is provided through a structured competency-based development programme, and we are piloting an inhouse PCC L3 specialist course for nursing staff. Clinical and leadership career development pathways are available. We have a growing team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners who work across PCCU and SORT services at OUH.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

RSCN (Child)/RN (Adult) NMC Registered
Recognised UK Paediatric Critical Care Course (e.g. PCCS or HEI accredited)
Degree level study or working towards a degree

Desirable criteria

Evidence of commitment to teaching staff and students.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of the multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable criteria

Demonstrates awareness of the qualities required of staff working in Critical Care.
Insight into managerial issues in relation to people and resources.

Experience

Essential criteria

Relevant Critical Care nursing experience

Desirable criteria

Demonstrates knowledge of value & use of research findings.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

Evidence of clinical knowledge in area of speciality, and excellence in practice.
Experience of leading and supporting a team in clinical area.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge/experience of: - audit in practice - implementation of quality improvement measures - risk management

Other

Essential criteria

Evidence of continuing professional development.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.