| Job Title | Senior Charge Nurse |
| Location | Aberdeen |
| Job Type | Permanent |
| Speciality | Senior Charge Nurse |
| Rates | £42,900 - £48,000 |
Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Charge nurse to join our Hospital. Duties & Responsibilities:
- As clinical leader, promote and develop teamwork within a multi professional environment demonstrating critical analysis and decision-making skills, leading the delivery of a clinically excellent, high-quality service influencing and facilitating change within the clinic.
- Act as a change agent, developing clinically effective practice through the effective utilisation and integration of evidence; setting, implementing, and monitoring evidence-based policies, procedures and protocols
- Act as a role model, creating a supportive ethos to empower staff to contribute to the delivery of high-quality person-centred care
- Ensure and support the learning and development of all staff, create a learning environment that ensures effective learning opportunities for all staff, including appropriate orientation and induction programmes, a range of clinical support strategies (mentoring, coaching, clinical supervision, and action learning) and planning and ensure attendance at ongoing mandatory training and relevant education/development opportunities.
- Support the career pathway of individual team members by ensuring all staff have a knowledge and skills framework.
- Individual performance review and personal development plans and that they maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current clinical
and professional issues and legalities. - Arrange teaching/coaching sessions as required to staff at all grades within the team.
- Manage the practice setting, ensuring effective use of resources and work force planning by monitoring workload and, through efficient rostering, maintain appropriate staffing levels taking account of role and competence of staff when delegating work.
- Manage the nursing team by ensuring compliance by self and other with professional standards, legislation, national and organisational policies, leading recruitment and selection, attendance management, ensuring grievance and disciplinary matters within own department are identified, actioned, and
reported to the appropriate Manager.
