Job overview

***INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY***

Primrose ward is our short stay general surgical unit caring for both emergency and elective, general, colorectal, UGI, and urology patients. Working as a Ward Sister requires great leadership skills, encompassing communication, collaborative working, innovating ways of working to ensure staff and patient safety at all times.

This post involves providing day to day leadership to the Nursing team within the acute surgical ward, acting as a role model at all times, whilst ensuring patients are receiving high quality evidence-based care.

Acting as a  clinical expert, you will have a wide range of surgical skills and knowledge. You will adopt a highly visible and accessible approach for patients, their carers and relatives, and all staff within the MDT alike. You will lead by example and help to empower staff in their personal and professional development.

There is an expectation to work closely with the medical team and other agencies, to ensure patient care is given safely, promptly and appropriately, encouraging proactive discharge planning, and promoting maximum independence for patients

Main duties of the job

To work as part of a team demonstrating effective communication, and working collaboratively with colleagues inside and out of the ward, encompassing the CARE values.

To provide a service that is tailored to meet the needs of the individual and to understand what our patients need and be adaptable and responsive.

Support and develop Junior Staff, Role model and lead the way to excellent care

Be responsible for ensuring safer staffing levels on the ward

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.