Sister/Charge Nurse Jobs

Job Summary

You will lead and motivate a team of Healthcare Assistants and Donor Care Supervisor(s) to provide and deliver a high standard of personal care. You will use your clinical judgement to make decisions about donor suitability to meet our regulatory and governance requirements.

Main duties of the job

• Being accountable for the safe running of a blood donation session
• Maintaining your professional development to help us deliver improvements to our practice
• Maintaining the competency and skills of your team and yourself
• Taking responsibility for ensuring an excellent donor experience
• Taking clinical responsibility for ensuring the safe assessment and blood donation of our donors
• Being able to adapt communication styles for difficult conversations

About You

Experience and Knowledge

• Have experience of supporting the professional development of others
• Have experience of working with Information Technology such as hand-held devices and Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Demonstrate leadership qualities and understand the principles of best practice to deliver high quality care
• Have experience of supporting improvements and change in practice
• Have an understanding of clinical audit and research
• Have an awareness of patient safety initiatives and risk management

Qualifications And Training

• Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration (which must be maintained) as Registered Nurse – Adult
• Have a valid driving licence and access to a car (or lease car if applicable)

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.

About Us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, we’re incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers.

It’s an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality.

Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on 24 September 2023

Interviews are anticipated to be held on w/c 11 October 2023 – subject to confirmation

For informal enquiries please contact Jennifer O’Brien on 0772 111 4269

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed and Person Specification.

Please also view the benefits information sheet which details the benefits of working for NHSBT and the hours of work, salary, leave entitlement etc. for this role.