About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced Band 6 Clinical Sister to join our Cardiology team on a 12-month fixed-term contract at Warwick Hospital.
Our Cardiology Unit comprises a 9-bedded Coronary Care Unit (CCU), a 20-bedded cardiology ward (Malins Ward) and a Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory. This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your clinical and leadership skills within a supportive specialist environment.
Malins Ward cares for patients with a range of acute and chronic cardiac conditions, including arrhythmias, Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), chest pain and heart failure, supported by telemetry monitoring. Experience caring for cardiology patients and coordinating a busy ward environment is essential.
CCU is a 9-bedded Level 2 area providing enhanced cardiac care, including continuous monitoring, cardiac CPAP, blood pressure support and specialist interventions.
We are seeking a motivated registered nurse with strong leadership, clinical decision-making and communication skills. You will act as a positive role model, support the development of staff and students, and work closely with the Ward Manager to ensure high standards of patient care, quality and service delivery.
This full-time post includes rotation between day and night shifts and offers an excellent opportunity to develop specialist cardiology and management experience.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work primarily within CCU or Malins Ward, providing visible clinical leadership and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality patient care. Working closely with the Ward Manager, they will support the operational and clinical management of the service, maintaining standards of care, achieving performance objectives and ensuring effective use of resources.
The Clinical Sister will deputise for the Ward Manager in their absence, taking responsibility for the day-to-day management of the ward, including staff allocation, patient flow, bed management and coordination of clinical activity. They will support quality improvement initiatives, risk management, incident investigations, complaints management and compliance with Trust policies and governance requirements.
The post holder will contribute to staff management processes, including appraisal, supervision, recruitment, induction, attendance management and the development of registered and unregistered staff, apprentices and students. As a senior member of the team, they will act as a professional role model, providing support, guidance and clinical expertise.
Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, the Clinical Sister will promote continuous improvement, enhance patient experience and support the Ward Manager in achieving departmental and organisational objectives. Excellent leadership, communication and clinical decision-making skills are essential.
About us
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Job description Job responsibilities
Key Result Areas:
Clinical
To assist the Ward Manager in leading a team of nurses in the delivery of a high standard of care
To communicate complex sensitive and complex information to patients or careers.
To participate in the Cardiology nurse rota
To audit care against agreed standards
To identify any weaknesses that are evident in the delivery of care and
develop action plans to address weaknesses
To implement information strategies ensuring that patients and carers are given as much information relating to their investigations and their diagnosis as they need
To base own practice on current best evidence
To lead on any shift allocated the care for the unit
To lead in the evaluation of current research findings and if appropriate implement into practice on unit
To lead on identified clinical audit projects
To ensure data with DIGIT, LORENZO and SAFECARE are kept up to date through the shift.
To ensure PCI and other audits are completed for all patients across the unit.
Manage Services - Main Duties
To maintain services to meet contract and quality standards, take corrective action and inform the Unit Manager of unresolved problems.
To review the standard of care and documentation at regular intervals, benchmarking performance against NMC guidelines and other national and local targets.
To promote patient involvement in care. Implements communication system to keep patients and their relatives/families informed of treatment and progress. Undertake audits at required intervals to maintain standards of record keeping.
To investigate complaints and untoward incidents in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. Provide statements accurately, timely and professionally. Supports the Ward Manager in improving systems to prevent recurrence.
Manage Finance - Main Duties
To contribute to the planning, monitoring and control of unit resources, assisting the Ward Manager to keep expenditures within budgets.
To assist the Ward Manager to optimise nursing resources by even distribution of staff annual leave and matching skill mix to workload.
Manage People - Main Duties
To contribute to the recruitment and selection of quality staff for the unit, identifying future job requirements for profiling to complement team.
To contribute to the development of teams, individuals and self to enhance performance. Facilitate staff development to achieve ward objectives using the principles of IPR and PDP. Monitor staff performance and report progress to the Ward Manager at regular intervals
To contribute to the planning, organisation and evaluation of work, ensuring adequate induction of new staff including effective preceptorship for newly qualified nurses (and nurses new to specialty), monitoring of the practice of Band 5 and Band 2/3 staff and mentorship for student nurses on ward/ department placements. To ensure the ward is staff appropriately and within budget at all times.
To create, maintain and enhance productive working relationships within and outside the ward/department by minimising unproductive conflicts and promoting positive team working. Informs the Ward Manager of unresolved and potential problems.
To promote staff compliance of Trust policies and procedures. Undertake counselling as appropriate and report difficult cases to the Ward manager for further action.
Manage Information
To provide information and advice for action towards organisational objectives. Attends divisional and other meetings (on behalf of Ward Manager as necessary) in order to disseminate information up and down the Directorate line management structure.
To assist the Ward Manager to collect and organise information for incorporation into the Divisional service plans.
Professional
To keep abreast of new health care related developments, ensuring that nursing practice is up to date, evidence based and cost effective.
To be responsible for own personal and professional development and assist the Ward Manager in the development of junior staff as required.
To be responsible for own professional registration and assist the Unit
Manager in ensuring that all qualified nurses have valid NMC registration and practise in accordance with NMC code of professional conduct.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Degree in adult nursing (or equivalent). Teaching and assessing qualification leadership qualification
Desirable
Recognised cardiology qualification ALS qualified ECG interpretation
Experience Essential
3 years acute medicine experience
Desirable
experience in a cardiology setting
Skills Essential
Able initiate and deliver high quality nursing care Can plan, delegate and supervise others Able to manage clinical area effectively Demonstrates ability to initiate the implementation of evidence-based practice Able to lead in clinical audit Able to assist to manage resources within a budget Aware of current NHS issues and priorities
Desirable
experience in roster management
Personal Qualities Essential
Able to lead and develop an effective team Able to express self clearly and confidently - verbal and written within a multidisciplinary team Demonstrates commitment and ability to teach others Initiates change Able to achieve personal objectives
Other Job Requirements Essential
Flexible working and able to change duties at short notice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
Address Warwick Hospital
Lakin Road
Warwick
CV34 5BW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.swft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)