Employer: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Bradford Royal Infirmary
Town: Bradford
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/03/2025 23:59
Senior Sister / Senior Charge Nurse
Job Overview
Closing Date: 02.03.25 (this may change dependent on response)
Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 03.03.25
Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 10.03.25
Following a recently CQC rating of Outstanding highlighting that the unit is "Well Led", a rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated and experienced NICU nurses to join our leadership team.
We are a well-established service with 40 cots split between our NICU and TCU. As a level 3 NICU we care for some of the sickest/earliest born babies and strive constantly to provide a gold standard of care that our staff can be proud of.
Both the NICU and TCU are based at the Bradford Royal Infirmary Maternity Building which has ample onsite parking immediately outside. The hospital is served well by numerous bus services in addition.
As a Senior Nursing leader you will be responsible for the management of a small team and in addition to providing them with support you will ensure the smooth and consistent co-ordination of our services.
To come and join our team you will need to have a sound knowledge of NICU care and practice. You will require advanced communication and counselling skills, be able to work autonomously and take on new challenges. The Neonatal Qualification in Specialty is an essential and mandatory requirement of this posting.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will be expected to work with the minimum of supervision and co-ordinate his / her activities in order to ensure that an efficient and safe service is consistently provided.
The key dimensions of the role will be:
* Direct and indirect clinical care.
* Leadership.
* Management of a defined team of staff.
* Providing education and support to colleagues and families.
* Quality improvement work.
* Communicating across a complex and extended MDT.
Working for Our Organisation
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
* We are one team.
We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
* Work closely with the Matron and ADN to lead on elements of developing the neonatal service, in order to comply with the local, regional and national Neonatal care agenda.
* Provide a credible and dependable role model to the neonatal nursing team by delivering high quality family centred care to babies requiring all levels of care on the neonatal unit.
* Provide leadership to the nursing team and motivate.
* Delegate duties as safe and appropriate and empower staff to develop own nursing, management and leadership skills.
* Line manage a defined nursing team ensuring timely constructive and worthwhile appraisal for all team members including recruitment, performance management and workforce planning.
* Supervise staff rostering, ensuring adequate skill mix and effective use of clinical hours available.
* Monitor and ensure the effective use of bank and agency staff.
* Promote the development of nurses and support staff as considered appropriate.
* Implement, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of care for babies.
* Promote evidence based practice.
* Maintain a safe working environment for patients, staff and visitors.
* Ensure the effective management of clinical services and efficient redeployment of staff according to children’s service needs.
* Supervise and maintain accurate written and electronic records using the Trust’s documentation systems and standards.
* Ensure the safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies.
* Polices high quality infection control practices, liaises with experts in the IPCC team and challenges poor practice in an appropriate, constructive and educational way.
* To maintain clinical competence and credibility, acting as a role model for best practice nursing ensuring that nursing care is provided to a high standard and is responsive to a changing service.
* Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events in a timely manner.
* Ensure directives given to colleagues are clear and unambiguous.
* Provide emotional and professional support to staff following critical incidents.
* Participate in the development and implementation of departmental policies, procedures and guidelines in order to establish goals and standards, ensuring these are met.
* Follow Trust policies and protocols and ensure junior colleague compliance.
* Participate in the education of junior colleagues and actively encourage access to ESR e-learning.
* Ensure the unit adheres to strict Information Governance and Confidentiality procedures.
* Work with the Matron/Ward manager to deliver clinical and non-clinical performance standards.
* Be involved in, and an advocate for, the auditing of standards of care in order to foster an ever present drive on the unit to be the best NICU providing the best care.
* Ensure effective management of human and material resources.
* Identify cost improvement ideas that do not compromise the quality of care.
* Manage performance, sickness absence and staff grievances with support from Human Resources and Matron as required. Excellent record keeping essential.
* Ensure all nursing targets and key performance indicators that relate to the area of responsibility are delivered.
* Timely appraisal for self and team, and ensure mandatory training requirements for your defined team are up to date/complete.
Governance
* Take note of clinical risk incidents and actively share the learning appropriately with all team members.
* Support the implementation of bench-marking against National guidance i.e. NHS England peer review process, NICE guidance etc.
* Work with Infection Control/COSHH to monitor the environment to maintain and raise standards and maintain safety for all.
Education, Research and Audit
* Actively promote an effective learning environment and ensure the delivery of education and mentorship of student nurses, medical colleagues and other health professionals.
* Act as a professional resource for the neonatal service assisting with the development and provision of training programmes for staff to maintain competencies in all aspects of neonatal care.
* Work with research colleagues in contributing to wider practice evidence base through support of unit research activities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RSCN/RN (Child)/ RM / RN (Adult)
* Post registration qualification – Neonatal Qualified in speciality
* Teaching and assessing qualification e.g. ENB (998) /SLIP or equivalent*
* Degree or equivalent level of education or equivalent experience*
Experience
* Significant post-registration experience in Neonatal Care
* Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment
* Experience of assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients/service-users/staff demonstrating knowledge of specific needs
* Experience of involvement in quality improvement
* Experience of developing innovative practice
* Experience of working in an MDT and across organisational and professional boundaries
* Experience in managing a team and individuals to achieve positive outcomes
* Experience of involvement in policy development
Skills
* Ability to create and carry out presentations
* Clinical credibility in neonatal care
* Ability to work as part of a team and provide leadership
* Competent in the use of standard IT packages and the aptitude to learn how to use new IT systems
Knowledge
* Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
* Knowledge of change management processes
* In-depth knowledge and understanding of the needs of the specific patient group
* Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
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.
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