Job summary

Sister's post/ charge nurse post on ward L7.

L7 is an acute medical ward, we are looking for a forward thinking dynamic nurse who has strong leadership skills to work within our team.

The successful applicant will need to have years post registration experience. They will need to be able to work calmly under pressure and lead a team and deputies' in the absence of the ward manager.

With this exciting opportunity we are looking for an energetic Nurse to rise to the challenge in this service.

We offer:

• Varied caseload / diagnosis
• Opportunities to supervise staff / students
• Utilise leadership skills
• Variety of settings to treat patients
• Effective team working
• Service development opportunities
• Quality Improvement projects

We are looking for:

• Experience in medicine, with relevant Acute experience
• Awareness of National Standards / Guidelines to the area
• Autonomous decision making
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Highly effective communication - with staff, patients, wider networks
• Good team worker
• Able to demonstrate initiative
• Strong MDT skills
• IT skills applicable to the role

Main duties of the job

L7 is an acute general medical ward at SRFT. We are a 24 bedded ward, specialising in acute general medicine, diabetes and endocrine disorders. The ward has patients with a variety of clinical presentations and conditions, ranging from respiratory, gastrointestinal, and cardiology conditions, with patients usually being admitted directly from our Emergency Assessment Unit.

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse that is ready for the next step in your career? If so we would like to hear from you.

We are looking for a Band 6 Nurse Practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary team. We have excellent support links from the Integrated Care Division management team

You must be able to motivate staff to achieve high standards of care, and possess excellent communication skills to ensure that the aims of the Trust are achieved.

If successful we can offer you support in developing your leadership and management skills to enable you to support the Ward manager and staff to deliver high quality care in line with the Trusts philosophy of Safe, Clean and Personal Care.

Applicants are welcome from all nursing specialities.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.