Band 6 senior night nurse - Nights Out of HoursNHS

Job summary

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

The post holder will be expected to work multi professionally, support other team member's roles and contribute to the future development of the service. post holder will respond to calls throughout Birmingham meeting UCR targets.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior nurse you will be able to demonstrate good leadership skills, the ability to manage change in clinical practice and processes. You will also be able to demonstrate the ability to independently make sound clinical and leadership judgments and regularly supervise the workload of junior colleagues.

We are looking for people who are innovative, forward thinking, flexible and have strong leadership qualities. The candidate will have both clinical and operational responsibilities and an element of the role will be triaging and co-coordinating the shift. You must be able to confidently triage and priorities referrals and delegate to junior members of staff.

Qualifications/ Experience required:Registered General Nurse with extensive community experience and be fully competent with end of life care/ stat doses and syringe driver care. Also be fully competent in catheterisation of both male and female catherisation.

Job description

We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated nurses to join our teams; we provide integrated care to patients throughout Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust so the ideal candidate must be highly mobile and are able to travel throughout the Citys Boundaries.

The ideal candidates must be a good communicator, team player and have sound clinical knowledge being able to work independently and as part of a team. You must be flexible and a good problem solver as you will be responding to urgent calls overnight. Car driver is essential.

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