Job Description

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a band 6 Sister/charge nurse to come and join Amber A team . The wards speciality base is trauma and orthopaedics Queens hospital is a centralised trauma centre with a reginal neuro unit, so it is a busy hospital and you will gain a lot of experience.



We are looking for highly motivated candidate to come and join our specialised team. Amber A are part of the surgical care group, and we believe in empowering our workforce and ensuring that your opinion is valued. We are looking for a candidate who have the patients' best interests at the heart of their daily care and are looking to join a successful muti-disciplinary team.



We have a great focus on personal growth and development and have a dedicated practice development nurse to provide support for you.. They will provide educational and clinical support including group sessions, training, one to one development and simulation training.

Amber A has recently achieved silver in the ward accreditation programme.



We welcome informal visits or informal virtual conversations with our Band 7 ward manager. If you would like to arrange these please contact::"



To provide a focused leadership role and manage the staff and activities of the ward or clinical area as a ward based leader.



To act as a role model, provide leadership and co-ordinate the ward team in the clinical area. To demonstrate advanced clinical specialist skills in order to provide the highest standard of individualised evidence based patient centred care while supervising the work of others (in line with local and national standards). To be responsible for the ward/clinical area



We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.



We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the 35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.



Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.



These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.



The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.



We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.



For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed and Person Specification.



The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.



Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.



All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.



Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Adeyemi Kaka, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5162. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.