Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse who is experienced and passionate to join the Community Stroke Rehabilitation Team (CSRT).

CSRT is an integral part of the Portsmouth Hospitals Stroke pathway, providing an ESD and CRT combined service across Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport and South East Hampshire. We continue to build on our reputation for innovation and excellence, consistently delivering outstanding performance, whilst developing the skills and abilities of our staff.

Key Responsibilities

Your main role will be providing clinical leadership to the other nurses and HCSW within the team. You will manage sickness, provide supervision and support with learning and development. You will also carry out nursing assessments and write activity plans to support patient needs and rehabilitation. This will include advice and education on secondary prevention, including diabetes. alcohol, smoking, medication and much more, as well as support for carers and families. The patient caseload is varied and challenging to support patients navigating life after stroke. This post is part of a large interdisciplinary team, as well as needing to liaise with other health professionals such as GPs, social services and mental health teams.

You must be competent and a confident driver as CSRT cover a large geographical area. CSRT covers seven days a week from 8am to 9pm. A mix of working patterns is available, including long days.

Essential

• Current RN +/-, registration with NMC and any other relevant post registration qualifications
• BSc Degree in relevant field
• Post Reg. qualifications for specialty area
• Leadership development programme
• Teaching qualification/experience and accredited NMC before mentorship course

Desirable

• Masters degree or evidence of working towards

Experience

Essential

• Significant demonstrable experience within specialty with evidence of professional development
• Evidence of team leadership and change management with relevant management/leadership course
• Managing resources and contributing to departmental budget
• Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources

Skills and Knowledge

• Clinically competent
• Clinical decision making skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Effective leadership and team building skills
• Organisational skills and forward planning
• Flexibility
• Able to support development of others
• Coaching and mentoring skills
• Critical appraisal skills
• Strong customer service skills
• IT literate
• Understanding of the principles and application of effective budgetary management
• Understanding of the principles and application of effective staff/HR management
• Understanding of the theory and application of Clinical Governance
• Demonstrable experience of effective management and supervision of staff and taking charge of ward/unit

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.