Acute Medicine Practice Development Senior Sister​/Charge Nurse

Job Overview

Band 7 - Practice Development Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

Wexham Park Hospital

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic nurse to join the Senior Nursing Team within the Acute Medical Unit (AMU Blue, AMU Green, and Medical Same Day Emergency Care – SDEC) at Wexham Park Hospital. This Band 7 role specialises in Practice Development and will involve working closely alongside the Lead Practice Development Nurse.

The Senior Nursing Team comprises a Clinical Matron, two Ward Managers, one SDEC Manager, and two Practice Development Nurses who collectively support and oversee the above clinical areas.

We are seeking applications from nurses with a strong passion for clinical education and practice development, and a clear commitment to ensuring that high-quality, safe, and compassionate care is consistently delivered to patients. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting, developing, and enhancing clinical practice across the units.

Applicants must have relevant post-registration experience and have worked in a recent acute clinical role.

This is a 12-month maternity leave cover post, offered as either a fixed‑term contract or a second‑ment opportunity
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• To facilitate clinical staff in the specialty, in identifying opportunities for maintaining and improving standards of patient care.
• To support and facilitate innovation in care provision in a structured and systematic way.
• To offer professional guidance and support to clinical staff.
• To develop guidelines and implement developments in practice, and ensure these are audited.
• To co‑ordinate education and training provision.
• To assist with Quality Improvement projects across Acute Medicine.
• To support the Clinical Matron and Ward Managers to deliver safe and timely care.
• To work collaboratively with other specialities within the Emergency Assessment Centre.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Essential criteria

• Current NMC registrant
• ENB 997/998, mentor preparation, PA or equivalent
• BSc/BA/B Adult Nursing Degree

Desirable criteria

• Teaching Qualification (e.g. PG Cert)
• MSc or working towards
• Experience of working in a clinical education role

Essential criteria

• Previous experience in a variety of clinical areas
• Experience of change management
• Experience of teaching / leading study days

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in an acute clinical care setting
• Experience of Clinical Audit

Essential criteria

• Able to motivate team to ensure high quality care
• Teaching training and assessment skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to prepare, deliver and evaluate presentations.
• Excellent Time Management

Desirable criteria

• Excellent I.T. skills with knowledge of PowerPoint, Word and Excel
• Policy development
• Counselling skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to travel between sites when necessary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and…