Outpatient Sister/Charge Nurse

Job OverviewLocation: King Edward Outpatients (Frimley North Outpatients – Multi-site)Contract: Full-time, 37. 5 hours/weekDuration: 24-month secondmentBand: 6We are seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic, and highly motivated Registered Nurse (RN) to join our busy and expanding Outpatients Department. This is a fantastic development opportunity for a Band 5 or Band 6 RN looking to advance their leadership and clinical skills within a supportive and progressive environment.

The Successful Candidate Will DemonstrateA broad range of clinical expertise Proven leadership and management capabilities A strong commitment to patient-centered care A proactive approach to service development and improvement You will act as a resource for patients, nursing, and medical colleagues, contributing to the delivery of high-quality care and supporting the development of outpatient services in alignment with the FHFT 2025–2030 Future Strategy.

Main duties of the jobYou will be expected to demonstrate high standards, displaying a variety of expert clinical competence, role modelling clear professional and organisational values inleading OPD areas, additionally managing service requirements and supporting the Senior team. In conjunction with Practice Development, you will assess and actively support the Registered Nurses and Care Support Workers to practice competently and develop within their roles to ensure a high standard of care and patient experience are maintained in line with the Frimley Health Strategy, vision and Values. Displaying clear professional and organisational values. ).

Working for our organisationFrimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialtiesDetailed Job Description And Main ResponsibilitiesTo lead and monitor the quality, performance and standards of care within the departments and nursing team. To ensure the implementation of the clinical governance agenda.

This includes, but is not limited to, maintaining and reviewing standards of care on a regular basis, implementing changes to improve the service and ensuring systems are in place to manage all risk and to regulate professional practice. Carry out appraisals for bands 5, 4 and 2. To work with practice development lead and senior OPD team in facilitating the review and updating of SOP's policies, risk assessments and guidelines. Support students. Where issues of clinical competence and capability are identified, work with the Practice Development Lead and department manager to develop an action plan to support and overcome these.

To lead, in conjunction with the senior sister, matron and practice development lead, the outpatient departmental meeting and educational half days, keeping up to date with the wider NHS and nursing agenda and initiativePro-actively respond to complaints, follow these through and cascade information and learning to the wider team. To lead on projects as appropriate. To work with in conjunction with the Senior and multi-disciplinary teams ensuring excellent and effective communication is maintained. To liaise with Matron and Senior Sister with regard to untoward incidents, complaints and staffing concerns, reporting these via the RL system.

To actively lead and embed local and national initiatives, models of working and service development into practice. To work with Practice Development Lead and Senior OPD team in facilitating the review and updating of SOP’s, policies and guidelines. To assist the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in: The recruitment and selection of nursing staff. The Induction of bank/agency and new staff to the clinical area. To ensure compliance with all FH and OPD policies and guidelines, e. g. (but not limited to) consent, chaperoning, WHO checklist, COSHH, Information Governance.

Person specificationQualificationsEssential criteriaRGN with current UK NMC registrationMaths and English to GCSE Grade 4/C or above or equivalentPractice Assessor Practice Supervisor or similar recognised qualificationDesirable criteriaEducated to Nursing Degree level or on degree pathwayLevel 6 leadership course5: 5 assessorExperienceEssential criteriaExperience in an acute healthcare Trust. .

Evidence of proven recent leadership experience within an acute healthcare settingDesirable criteriaEvidence of previous Band 6 experienceExperience within OutpatientsSkillsEssential criteriaExcellent communication skills (written and verbal)Ability to manage conflict/ difficult/ stressful situations, working calmly and effectively under pressureAble to prioritise workload and effectively manage a clinical areaEffective time management, organisation, prioritisation and delegationEffectively facilitate the supervision and assessment of learners and junior staff. Proven leadership skillsDynamic, pro-active, highly motivated individualFrimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement.

As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. Apply online now