Children Sister/Charge Nurse - #145740

Countess of Chester Hospital


Date: 2 days ago
City: Chester
Contract type: Full time
Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week

We are recruiting for a Children Sister/Charge Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will need to be flexible, enthusiastic and passionate about emergency care and be committed to improving service delivery, and developing nursing practices for the children, young people and families who utilise our services.

Our values are Safe, Kind and Effective. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

If you are passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and developing your skills and knowledge in a supportive team, apply today!

To provide positive role modelling, clinical leadership and knowledge to facilitate, supervise and enable high, competent standards of safe, individualised, holistic, family centered care that is evidence based, in consultation and partnership with the child, their family/carers and other professionals that recognises the distinct needs of children and young people and ensures the provision of privacy and dignity.

Assist in the safe, effective, efficient operational management of the department and nursing team, within allocated resources.

Assist in the delivery and monitoring of robust infection control measures departmental level.

Assist in the delivery and monitoring of all quality indicators at departmental level, including patient experience indicators and observation audits.

Work alongside the paediatric division at COCH with opportunities to rotate into CAU

This post involves rotational duties over a 24-hour period.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

  • The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
  • Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
  • Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stephanie Pearson Job title: Unit manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01244 366453

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