The role is a band 6 in a busy medical assessment unit with an SDEC attached within the unit.
A shift/team leader, providing clinical leadership and management support, and developing and evaluating best practice within the department. The post-holder will deputise for the department manager as required.
Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
As a Band 6 you will require to uphold trust values and maintain excellent clinical standards and understand the role that an MAU supports with patient flow through the hospital. Your role will also include mentoring newly qualified staff.
1. Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies always.
2. Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to patients/carers and the multi-professional team including situations where difficulties in comprehension occur.
3. A skilled practitioner and clinical leader providing support to the management team, participating in service/policy development.
4. Responsible for clinical assessment of a group of patients and management of a team, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented, and evaluated/audited, involving patients and users.
5. Organisation of cross-departmental/organisational activities including HR resource, and bleep-holder responsibilities as appropriate.
6. Demonstrate highly technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including complex patient monitoring; equipment management and frequent administration of invasive tests/procedures.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do. Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award.
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
1. Develop and educate staff, participating in supervision, mentorship and appraisal as required.
2. Utilise and ensure others utilise IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce, and resource data available.
3. Manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need, referring to a senior member of staff where appropriate eg. in an unexpected event.
4. Support patients, carers and others during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, eg imparting bad news or following an unexpected event.
5. Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.
6. Maintain a clean, safe environment ensuring adherence to Trust standards of cleanliness, hygiene and infection control always.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Wednesday 26 Mar 2025.
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