Charge Nurse-General Outpatients

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

The shift pattern for this position is Monday to Friday.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative, experienced, highly motivated nurse to undertake the role of Charge Nurse and join our team within Gartnavel General Hospital, Outpatient Department.

The role requires a 1st level registered nurse, holding current UK NMC registration, with substantial post registration experience at Band 5 within a relevant setting that demonstrates the breadth of knowledge required to lead safely, effectively and efficiently / previous Band 6 experience.

The candidate should:

• Have a strong team work ethic,
• Leadership skills
• Ability to work autonomously, utilising your own initiative and clinical judgement to enable the day to day management of service delivery.  
• Flexible, forward thinking and able to work effectively within a changing and dynamic environment. 
• Demonstrate excellent leadership and confident verbal and written communication skills. 
• Effective organisational and interpersonal skills are essential. 
• Effective time management skills and the ability to plan and prioritise workload efficiently in a busy environment are also necessary. 
• Able to demonstration a high level of IT skills. 

This busy department specialises in the outpatient care of patients including Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, General surgery, ENT and Urology.  As Charge Nurse, you must possess the ability to work across professional boundaries and collaboratively with the nursing and medical teams, implementing & evaluating nursing care and service delivery. On a daily basis you will:

• Be responsible for ensuring that you motivate others and help lead the team promoting & providing high standards of quality care and supervise qualified & unqualified staff and students.
• Ensure appropriate learning opportunities are met for all staff, encouraging best practice to deliver high quality of patient care at all times.
• Evidence continuous professional development
• Be expected with a willingness to contribute to education and audit within the department.
• Be supported by our Clinical Nurse Educator.

Requirements:

• A highly motivated, organised individual with excellent communication and decision making skills with a desire to develop your leadership and managerial skills.
• A good understanding and knowledge of policy, procedures and national targets will be required to support the team.   

You will be responsible to the Senior Charge Nurse (SCN) for clinical guidance & professional management and will deputise for the SCN providing clear leadership to junior staff and cover in the absence of the senior charge nurse where required.

If you feel you have the required skills and motivation to successfully fulfil this position, we welcome you to apply.

This is a full time post with various hours currently worked over Monday to Friday. 

For informal enquiries please contact: Anne Marie Brown, SCN on .

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We support applications from across the Armed Forces Community, recognising military skills, experience and qualifications during the recruitment and selection process.

NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.

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