Senior Nurse

Job overview

Are you ready to lead the very well-established nursing teams in orthopaedic-, plastic surgery and trauma at the Royal London Hospital; one of Europe’s largest major trauma centres? The successful candidate will benefit from being part of a dynamic and supportive leadership team. For the benefit of any prospective applicants, in my capacity of the Associate Director of Nursing for Emergency Care and Trauma, I would like to add that I am incredibly proud of the safety and team culture in our nursing teams, and their ability to attract and retain staff.

The well-being and development of our nursing staff is mission critical to our ambition to be seen as an employer of choice.

By being part of the Bart’s Health Trust and through our strong partnership with PLACE and ICB, GPs and other stakeholders, you will be able to develop further and lead on the delivery of excellent care on our orthopaedic and plastic surgery wards (10F and 12C) as well as trauma ward 12D and the fracture clinic. You will also benefit from being part of the integrated service that spans across physical, mental, social care and additional support services.

The post holder will play a significant nursing leadership role in supporting the multi-disciplinary team to provide excellent patient care. The post holder will need to demonstrate a strong interest and experience in orthopaedic/plastic surgery and/or trauma as well as an up-to-date knowledge of challenges and opportunities for delivering timely, safe, effective and compassionate care. Management skills, experiences of leading on quality improvement projects, excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, including experience with change management.

The post holder provides forward-thinking clinical and professional leadership to nursing staff at all levels within their service group, ensuring that nursing care is delivered to a high standard and that the nursing resource is managed effectively. She/he contributes to the on-going implementation of the nursing and midwifery strategy, ensuring achievement of its objectives and proactively modernising nursing roles in accordance with the needs of patients.

The prospective post holder must possess expertise in clinical management, risk evaluation, change management and service improvement.

She/he will also undertake the key functions of the Senior Nurse role ensuring the patient experience in wards/departments is always of the highest possible standard with particular emphasis on dignity and compassion, and the delivery of the quality improvement objectives.

The post holder will have overall accountability for the day-to-day management of the nursing service across their area. They will also work as a highly specialised member of the inter-professional team to ensure that the needs of the patient are met at all times and that staffing is at an appropriate level to meet all of our patients’ needs.

The post holder will take ultimate responsibility for the standard of the environment within service area, ensuring that patients comfort and nutritional needs are met and also that staff maintain cleanliness as defined by national standards. Outstanding standards of nursing care will be delivered and overseen by the successful candidate. The post holder will be accessible and visible to staff, patients and visitors, ensuring that patients are treated with respect and dignity by nursing staff who are clinically competent to undertake their role.

The post holder will work in partnership with the Service Clinical Director and Service General Manager in developing the service’s strategic direction and policy framework, ensuring that the service contributes significantly to the achievement of corporate objectives and that effective governance arrangements are implemented and maintained.

You will be required to network with other parts of the healthcare system at the RLH and influence change, where required, to ensure the safety and quality standards for the ward areas are met. This might also require you to work collaboratively and effectively with other disciplines, external organisations…