# Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

**Company**: Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Chertsey
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £41,957 to £50,387 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Band 6 Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse to join our Emergency Department team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and managing a team of nurses in all areas of the Emergency Department, including Ambulatory Majors, Rapid Assessment Treatment area, and the Acute Zone.

The role involves taking charge of the Emergency Department in the absence of the Band 7 Sister/Charge Nurse, ensuring patient flow meets the four-hour target, and identifying any staff performance or capability issues.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading and managing a team of nurses in an allocated area of the Emergency Department

- Supervising, directing, and coordinating nursing and multidisciplinary care

- Advocating for patients, providing them with information, and directing them to relevant support services

- Addressing and escalating issues or risks identified by patients and staff

- Collaborating with carers, healthcare professionals, and other agencies for patient-focused care

- Ensuring prescribed treatments are carried out and informing the team of patient condition changes

- Maintaining patient confidentiality and professional boundaries

- Educating patients and their carers as needed

- Participating in staff appraisals and contributing to personal development planning

The Trust offers a range of benefits, including the full range of NHS benefits and discounts.

Salary: £41,957 to £50,387 per annum, inclusive of HCAS

## Skills

### Required
- Emergency Care Nursing
- Team Leadership
- Venepuncture
- Cannulation
- ILS
- TILS

### Nice to have
- Datix investigation
- Active link role
- Teaching
- ALS
- Level 2 trauma
- Teaching assessors course
- Masters or working towards
- Leadership course

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