Job Description

This is an exciting and challenging time within the Lewisham Medicine and Community directorate with Lewisham and Greenwich Healthcare Trust.



An opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Senior Sister / Charge Nurse within the Emergency Department at Lewisham Hospital



We are seeking an experienced, passionate, dynamic and forward thinking individual to join our existing team.



The senior sister/ charge nurses' role is to ensure the quality and safety of all patients within the department and to ensure that a high standard of clinical care is delivered by the entire multidisciplinary team at all times.



The ED is very high paced and requires a leader with good time management skills. The successful candidate will need to be passionate about ensuring that the work force you lead delivers the highest standards of care to all patients and ensuring the patient experience is positive.



You will be required to demonstrate effective and sustainable leadership and management skills, whilst working and advising as the clinical expert.



Effective communication, a strong collaborative approach and the ability to engage the nursing workforce and multidisciplinary team within an ever changing, ever challenging environment is essential.



We offer a friendly supportive environment that values individuals in their personal and professional development.



To receive, assess and treat adult patients involved in an accident or having an acute illness, prior to hospital admission or discharge back into the community.



To provide a working environment where patients receive a high standard of care, and which is conducive to the education and development of nursing and medical staff, wishing to specialise or gain experience in ED care.



To accept patients referred by their General Practitioner to the on-call teams for urgent assessment and when appropriate, admission.



Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:



Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development



Widening access (anchor institution) and employability



Improving the experience of staff with disability



Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development



Making equalities mainstream



Actively participate in the clinical and operational management of the ED



Be able to assume the role of overall nurse in charge, clinical coordinator, rotate through all areas including triage, and resus.



Practise and promote nursing care to the highest standards, in accordance with the Trust's policies, procedures and national guidelines / professional code of conduct.



Maintain up to date knowledge of current research and practice and ensure that this is reflected in practise throughout the Directorate.



Take responsibility for own professional growth, development and motivation including participation in Clinical Supervision.



Take responsibility for a team of people providing support and carrying out PDR's.