Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nursing
- Grade
- AFC Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-7002208-RB-SK-C
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sutton
- Town
- Sutton
- Salary
- £51,883 - £58,544 pro rata, pa.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
AFC Band 7
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an experienced Band 7 Senior Nurse to work within our PCN District Nursing teams. This is an exciting opportunity to support and develop a team of community nurses, working closely with specialist teams, GP's and social services to ensure the best possible care is provided to patients. This is a challenging and varied role which will require excellent organisational and communication skills
Sutton Health and Care is a pioneering partnership made up of the GP federation in Sutton, the London Borough of Sutton, South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust and Epsom and St Helier hospitals. Working together, we provide community services in Sutton, caring for adults in their own homes across the borough, providing children’s community health services, and sexual health services. The pioneering partnership of Sutton Health and Care is truly exciting, and together, we can achieve more for the people we care for.
Previous applicants need not to reapply.
Main duties of the job
Provide strong leadership to a team of community nurses.
Demonstrate clinical expertise and work as a professional role model to all staff.
Provide support and an appropriate learning environment for both pre and post registration students as required.
Responsible for planning to ensure an appropriate skills mix to cover workload and to proactively identify any resolve workforce issues.
Have the ability to negotiate and work effectively across all agencies for the maximum effectiveness of care.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the role , kindly contact: Trish Thompson -Clinical Operational Manager Sutton Health & Care
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 1st Level registration educated to Level 3
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development with course relevant to Community Nursing
- Specialist Practice District Nurse registration
- Evidence of experience of Team management
Desirable criteria
- Leadership and Management Qualification/or willingness to work towards
- Non-Medical prescribing
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum one year nurse leader and team management experience
- Previous experience of Multidisciplinary working
Skills
Essential criteria
- Exceptional Clinical skills- Including but not limited to IV Management, NPWT, Syringe Pump Management, Complex wound care
- Resource Management
- Ability to Prioritise
- Ability to Problem solve
Desirable criteria
- Project Management skills
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Trish Thompson
- Job title
- Clinical operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917553568
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