Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Sister, Robin Smith Ward - Band 7
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Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Senior Sister to lead Robin Smith Ward, a busy and dynamic emergency and elective surgical ward.
We are looking for an inspiring clinical leader with a passion for delivering high-quality patient care, supporting staff development, and driving continuous improvement. As Senior Sister, you will play a key role in leading a dedicated multidisciplinary team, managing operational performance, and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care to our surgical patients.
If you are a forward-thinking nurse with excellent leadership skills and a commitment to excellence, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Lead and manage the day-to-day running of the surgical ward.
- Ensure safe, high-quality patient care and positive patient experience.
- Manage staffing, rostering, recruitment, performance and staff development.
- Lead on patient safety, clinical governance, risk and quality improvement.
- Support effective patient flow, bed management and timely discharges.
- Investigate incidents and complaints and implement learning.
- Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to achieve excellent patient outcomes.
- Ensure compliance with Trust policies, professional standards and regulatory requirements.
- Manage ward resources efficiently and contribute to service improvement initiatives.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the day-to-day running of the surgical ward.
- Ensure safe, high-quality patient care and positive patient experience.
- Manage staffing, rostering, recruitment, performance and staff development.
- Lead on patient safety, clinical governance, risk and quality improvement.
- Support effective patient flow, bed management and timely discharges.
- Investigate incidents and complaints and implement learning.
- Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to achieve excellent patient outcomes.
- Ensure compliance with Trust policies, professional standards and regulatory requirements.
- Manage ward resources efficiently and contribute to service improvement initiatives.
Person specification
Leadership
Essential criteria
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Leadership experience/ Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
Significant post registration experience within an acute surgical setting
Workforce
Essential criteria
Experience of workforce management including rostering, sickness and performance management
Communication
Essential criteria
Excellent communication, organisational and decision making skills
Experience
Essential criteria
Significant band 6 experience within a clinical setting
Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK
Applicant requirements
- You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
- This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. We strongly encourage you to complete and submit your application in good time to ensure it can be considered.
Documents to download
- Band 7 JD (PDF, 438.1KB)
- Join the RUH (PDF, 1.3MB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name: Katie Lear
- Job title: Matron for Robin Smith
- Email address: katie.lear1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01225824429
Informal visits are strongly encouraged. Please contact Katie Lear to arrange this.
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