PCCU B6 Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse

Job overviewAn exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse to join our Paediatric Critical Care team.Band Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse posts provide the opportunity to include rostered shifts across PCCU, Outreach, and Retrieval services as negotiated between the post holder/Senior Nursing Team, and on completion of appropriate competencies.Post holders will be expected to work a minimum of hrs per week across days, nights, and weekend shifts.Main duties of the jobTo provide clinical leadership ensuring a high standard of individualised nursing and family-centred care is delivered to critically ill children.To work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, communicating effectively with all levels of medical and nursing staff.To uphold PCCU’s Nursing Philosophy of Care.To effectively manage PCCU on a day-to-day basis, in the absence of a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.Senior Nurses within PCCU

at Band and above have the opportunity to work across retrieval and outreach services in addition to PCCU on a roster basis upon completion of appropriate competencies.Working for our organisationPaediatric Critical Care (PCC) at OUH includes co-located Level and critical care beds, delivering a wide range of specialist services to patients from Oxfordshire and the wider Thames Valley and Wessex Paediatric Critical Care Operational Delivery Network (TVW PCC ODN). We are a leading Neurosurgical and Major Trauma Centre with numerous medical and surgical specialties. The unit is undergoing an exciting period of estate and workforce development, including a move into a newly built unit within the next few years.SORT Retrieval ServiceOUH PCC Services include the SORT (Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team) service, delivered in collaboration with Southampton across TVW PCC ODN. It is staffed by doctors, ACPs, and nurses from both Oxford and Southampton, with Oxford providing a retrieval team.Critical Care Outreach ServiceThis team of experienced nurses supports all healthcare professionals in the assessment and management of unwell children across the children’s hospital, emergency department, and neonatal unit, following up and supporting children and families after discharge.Education, Development, and TrainingWe provide structured competency-based development programmes and are piloting an in-house PCC specialist course for nursing staff. Clinical and leadership career development pathways are available. We also have a growing team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners working across PCCU and SORT services at ..... full job details .....