Band 6 Junior Charge Nurse/Sister

An opportunity has arisen on the Respiratory wards for Band 6 Sister / Charge Nurse. The wards across site care for patients requiring NON Invasive ventilation and Tracheostomy care. We also care for a diverse selection of respiratory conditions including Asthma, ILD, COPD, TB. We work as part of the multidisciplinary team which includes TB Nurses, COPD Nurses, Sleep Apnoea Nurses, Asthma, ILD and Lung cancer patients.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, caring person to join our team. You will be well supported by senior nurses on the ward. The role will entail deputising for the ward manager, raisng and closing incidents reports and investigation SI's, roster management, ward management including health and safety and patient experience and supporting the daily running of the wards, working closely with the MDT.

To provide support to the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in effectively leading and managing the ward

Participate in all ward activities as an effective team member, supporting the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse taking the responsibility for the leadership of a team of staff.

To assess care needs, and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.

To teach and supervise qualified and unqualified staff, and act as a role model to junior staff, undertaking performance management is required.

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Joanne Blackman Job title: Ward Manager Email address: joanne.blackman@nhs.net Telephone number: 01708435000

Ext. 8105