Supervisory Night Sister

To provide senior leadership, advice, and pastoral support overnight whilst maintaining an overview of division A&B. Work closely with the wider members of the hospital overnight, identifying staff challenges, and risks. Promote and support quality and safety over both divisions. As an experienced leader you will be expected to problem solve, navigate challenges. Using your critical thinking and problem-solving abilities to ensure staff and patients have the best experience and outcomes.

Support Clinical Site Managers to ensure patients are transferred to their designated ward within a specific time frame to maintain flow across Divisions A & B. To use highly developed clinical knowledge and skills to provide high standards of evidence- based, patient centered care respecting dignity and privacy.

Provide clinical support across all division A &B to include venipuncture, cannulation, blood cultures, blood gases, 12 lead ecg, male & female catheterisation, blood transfusions, administration of medications, intermediate life support and verification of death.

To challenge appropriately and confidently where standards of care, behaviour and attitudes fall below our trust standards and NMC guidelines. To lead by example.

Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.

Please contact us at dch.recruitment@nhs.net if you are unable to view or download the attachment.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate's individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

Education, Qualifications & Training

Knowledge & Experience

Desirable: - Experience of being directly/indirectly involved with national initiatives

Skills & Abilities

Desirable: - Evidence of an area of special interest