Job Description

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital is on a mission to grow their Children Hospital and make it the best Neuro-musculoskeletal provider for Children and Young People.

Are you excited with service development and improvement? Are you ready to take your nursing career to the next level with demanding yet rewarding responsibility? Are you ready to be part of team where Children and young people's needs are at heart of everything they do? Do you thrive in a busy yet effective clinical environment? Do you maintain active continuous personal and professional development plans and action? These sound like you? Then it's an exciting time to join our dynamic and innovative team as sister or charge nurse.

Our team include senior clinical and management staff, Neuro-musculoskeletal and orthopaedic Surgeons, Paediatricians, clinical educator and therapists. We share collective responsibility of delivering high quality, safe and effective care to Children, Young people and their families in a 27 bedded ward. Our specialities include spinal deformity, spinal injury rehabilitation, sarcoma, metabolic bone diseases, and upper and lower limb reconstruction.

You will have opportunities to develop and improve your team leadership skills and knowledge through formal and informal education.



Main Duties and Responsibilities



The Sister/ Charge Nurse will be responsible for delivering high quality care to CYP ensuring the smooth running of the ward. They will be expected to work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to coordinate family centred and effective care for CYP and their families. They are expected to work closely with and also delegate for the Ward Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in order to maintain high standards in their absence. Your responsibilities will include managing the training and development of both registered and non-registered nursing staff within the team.



RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link:



Clinical responsibilities



Act at all times to ensure high standard of care is delivered to CYP and families.



Act to ensure safety of care and environment are maintained at all times.



Provides direct nursing care to CYP and supports colleagues with their workloads.



Maintains and develops high standards of care for all CYP within the unit.



Ensures nursing care on the ward is delivered in a holistic manner using an individualised and family centred approach.



Supports senior management in the development of Nursing Policies relevant to the ward and the Trust.



Serves as a preceptor for new employees, students and staff members who are unfamiliar with the ward.



Acts as a resource and role model for junior staff



Participates and facilitates in the promotion of nursing and CYP educations and health promotion



Promote welcoming, open and friendly working environment.



Act as an advocate for the CYP and their families



Undertake CYP assessment and problem identification including goal setting



Plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of CYP care from admission to discharge, working in partnership with the multidisciplinary team.



Ensure care needs of both the CYP and families and carers attending the department are met.



Participate in quality nursing audits and other relevant audit plans within the ward and across the Trust as requested.

Educational Responsibilities:

Maintains own professional development through further study



Support other staff education, participate in clinical teaching and supervision as appropriate.



Support and participate in the implementation of research findings and disseminates information as appropriate to enhance current trend and evidence based nursing care



Participates/collaborates in the audit, setting and evaluating standards of care.



Support Quality Improvement work and be a positive change agent, collaborates in the development of innovative practices.



Provides support in the orientation and induction of new staff including temporary staff



Participates/collaborates in the assessment of staff education needs.



Ensure compliance with own yearly appraisal.



Conduct staff appraisal as delegated and appropriate following training and supervision

Management Responsibilities:

Lead clinical shifts and also support colleagues to develop the skills of Nurse in charge



Co-ordinating CYP care and ward routine, making daily management decisions, supporting the team with clinical workload, wellbeing as appropriate



Report and escalate any safety concern. Investigate incidents and produce report to senior sister/charge nurse and appropriate member of the team as requested.



Responsible for ensuring staffing levels and skill mix of shifts are appropriate



Support the ward senior sister/charge nurse in planning for safe nursing



Promotes effective multi-professional collaboration and practice throughout the unit.



Assists the senior sister/charge nurse in the recruitment and selection process



Report any potential complaints or untoward incidents to the ward manager and participate in the trusts risk management process as appropriate.



Assists in the management of budgets and ensures available resources are used efficiently.



Assists staff as needed with stress reduction techniques and or direct to appropriate help.



Maintain CYPF and staff confidentiality at all times.



Be flexible with working hours to facilitate safe nursing care.



Support the senior sister/charge nurse in staff compliance with educational and training requirements

Professional Responsibilities:

To practice within the scope of the NMC guidelines and unit policies and procedures



To ensure that all documentation are accurate and legal



Ensures staff sickness is appropriately documented, support senior sister/charge nurse with sickness management of staff



Ensure good working relationships with the multi-professional team and to attend multi-professional meetings as appropriate.



Act as a professional and positive role models.



Promote welcoming and friendly working environment



To comply with mandatory educational and training requirements