Emergency Lead Nurse Manager
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Service Development & Leadership
Provide strong and visible leadership throughout the Care Group's clinical areas ensuring that the team understand the strategic direction within the Care Group and the overarching Trust objectives.
Demonstrate effective leadership by promoting and modelling leadership behaviours.
Supporting the Nurse Consultant, Head of Nursing and Lead Practitioner to take forward and implement the Trust nursing and midwifery vision and strategic plan across the Care Group and to deliver a clinically and financially viable service model maintaining a focus on the delivery of high quality patient care standards.
Working in partnership with the Care Group Leads, actively support and empower the nursing workforce to develop and utilise clinical leadership skills, ensuring they are invested in appropriate levels of authority to undertake their role effectively in an accountable manner.
Maintain an insight into the patient's journey by utilising regular clinical experience.
As a key member of the senior team, contribute to and promote a culture that values all staff recognising and acknowledging achievement/innovation and success whilst positively addressing poor performance, succession planning and talent management.
Lead the use of and monitor compliance against all nursing metrics such as Quality Care Rounds and the implementation of changes, through a culture of continuous improvement.
Enable a culture where all individuals are able to contribute equally by ensuring effective written and verbal communication systems, and the use of Information Technology is embedded within the Care Group.
Look for ways to incorporate nationally recognised best practice for patients you treat autonomously or where possible those attending the service.
Promote equality and diversity in line with legislation and policy both for client groups and employees.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Emergency Nursing qualification (199, BSC or MSc) or equivalent from other speciality
- Autonomous practice qualification (Level 6/7)
- Mentorship / Coaching qualification (or equivalent experience of supervising students)
- Level 1/2 RCN Emergency Nursing Competencies
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of standard setting, benchmarking & audit.
- Extensive knowledge of speciality and key priorities
- Proficient to expert knowledge of speciality
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience within speciality or other critical care experience
- Extensive knowledge of speciality and key priorities
- Proficient to expert knowledge of speciality
Skills
Essential criteria
- Organisation and management skills
- Teaching & facilitating others
- Articulate advanced written & oral communication skills
Please note that we do not accept applications via CV or recruitment agencies.
This post will close before the intended closing date should sufficient number of suitable applications be received. Therefore, if you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity.
Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow.
We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
All staff no matter where they work or which age group of patients they work with must be aware of their responsibility to act when they feel a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been or is at risk of abuse.
We are a fully non-smoking Trust. Smoking is completely prohibited in all Trust buildings, grounds and car parks for patients, visitors, staff and contractors.
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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.
Documents to download
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