Are you an experienced Senior Nurse looking for your next leadership role?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly specialised, autonomous practitioner and influential leader to join our organisation as the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) Clinical Lead.
As the UTC Clinical Lead you will manage the nursing team within the UTC and play a full role in the overall UTC management team. You will be a strong visible clinical leader enhancing the nurses’ skills, knowledge, and work in partnership within a multi-disciplinary team.
You will contribute to meeting the identified key performance indicators within the timeframes identified. You will assist the General Manager, Service manager, UTC Lead GP and the UTC management team in the planning, developing and delivery of the UTC service and will initiate and implement change effectively in response to clinical or organisational demands.
This role will be based across our UTC's in Colchester, Clacton and Harwich.
Please note interviews will be taking placed week commencing 10th March 2025.
• You will provide leadership for staff working in the Clinical Specialty.
• You will provide professional and managerial leadership for all nursing and support roles and be accountable for the safe, efficient delivery of patient care in line with current research/evidence, ensuring a framework of safe, effective practice.
• Working closely with Ward Sister will, as a key member of the Clinical Specialty Senior Team, be responsible and accountable for facilitating the development, implementation and evaluation of the Trust and NHS commissioning requirements through clinical service delivery.
• You will undertake assessment and treatment of patients in the UTC who may present with complex and/or chronic illnesses and/or injury; to determine a clinical diagnosis, treatment and appropriate discharge as indicated as well as maintaining patient records.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Sunday 2 Mar 2025