Junior Sister/ Charge Nurse

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ,
Maidstone, Kent
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An exciting opportunity has become available to join the team on the Acute Medical Unit at Maidstone Hospital for a Junior Sister/ Charge Nurse. We welcome applicants that are motivated and dedicated to providing high standards of patient care. The Acute Medical Unit is a 22 bedded AMU admitting patients referred by their GP's and the Emergency Department. Here, patients are assessed with rapid access to the diagnostic services and plans of care quickly developed. Patients remain within the unit for a maximum of 48 hours and are admitted into specialty wards or discharged home. We maintain very close working relationships with all members of the multi-disciplinary team. The unit also has a well-established treatment suite for ambulatory care. This is a full time post working 37.5 hours per week and is open as a secondment opportunity for approximately 9 months. We welcome interested individuals to contact us to arrange an informal visit to the unit. Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at enhanced level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children) You will be expected to attend the Trust's Induction Programme for RNs, RMs and ODPs (which starts on the first day of employment). The programme is full-time (please contact the programme lead if this is problematic: nicola.henthorn@nhs.net), lasts for two weeks and will involve travelling to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area and classroom-based study days which run from 9am to 5pm. We are passionate in supporting our staff to develop and have great opportunities for career progression. We take equality and diversity seriously and seek to empower all diverse groups within our trust. We seek to develop a culture where diversity in all its forms is celebrated. We are committed to ensuring that women are empowered to work at all levels of management and that working patterns are as flexible as possible giving all members of staff opportunity to flourish in using their skills for our patients. We work across our trust to enable those who consider themselves to have a disability both visible and invisible to have access to all they need to thrive in their work environment. We work with Stonewall to embed an inclusive and accepting culture for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff. We have 78 nationalities working in our trust and we are proud of this. We are active in embracing the ethnic and cultural diversity in our trust. We work to empower people with any protected characteristic to have opportunities to work in an environment that helps them to contribute to the best of their ability, recognising and valuing the unique contributions each of us brings for best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to supporting the delivery of the Equality Act with zero tolerance for any discrimination, harassment or victimisation of applicants and staff with these protected characteristics Closing Date: Sunday 21st June 2020 Interviews: Tuesday 30th June 2020 For further details / informal visits contact: Laura Peters - 01622 228685 Employment Type: OTHER

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