Job overview

We are seeking an ambitious and dedicated Senior Nurse with strong leadership skills and relevant experience to join our Trauma and Orthopaedic ward.

Ward F3 is a 34 bedded high performing trauma and orthopaedic ward caring for patients with musculoskeletal injuries. Our busy Trauma and Orthopaedic ward contributes to our consistent excellent performance across KPI’s from the National Hip Fracture Database.

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the management of our high-performing Trauma and Orthopaedic ward. The successful candidate will offer support and assurance to the senior nursing team, whilst providing effective leadership and guidance to a team comprising Registered Nurses and Healthcare Support Workers. This role will ensure that the care delivered to patients adheres to the recognised standards established by clinical governance, as well as the high patient care standards championed by West Suffolk Hospital.

If you want to join and lead our forward thinking, dedicated nursing team we want to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

Main duties:

• Lead on the day-to-day running of the ward, acting as a professional role model providing sound clinical leadership, maintaining morale and promoting effective team work
• Promote a positive culture that values and supports staff to reach their full potential
• Lead on recruitment, selection and induction process
• Ensure ongoing performance review for ward team
• Maintain  clinical skills by working as part of the ward team
• Encourage and promote continuous quality improvement
• Take overall responsibility of timely completion of duty rotas
• Maintain accurate sickness records and performance related issues
• Lead on timely investigation of clinical incidents and provide feedback to the team
• Participate in the staffing bleep rota, co-ordinating staff and providing senior clinical support
• Participate in service development projects

Working for our organisation

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.