An experienced and competent health care professional with significant decision-making autonomy, responsibility and accountability, who ensures that optimum quality of care and clinical excellence is achieved and maintained within the Division of Medicine and Emergency Care by working collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical teams, patients, patient representatives, relatives and carers. The post holder will provide strong clinical leadership on the quality of care provided cleanliness of the environment, on patient and public involvement and take an active part in the achievement of objectives, targets and strategic plans of the Trust.
1. Provide advice and guidance for clinical teams on effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care according to changing health care needs, ensuring that patients, relatives/carers are involved in all aspects of care
2. Initiate and monitor changes and improvements to practice in terms of patient flow, admission and discharge arrangements according to service plans and objectives, including ensuring that the requirements of new guidelines e.g. NSF’s are implemented
3. Perform advanced clinical skills in assessment, and treatment, working collaboratively and co-operatively with multidisciplinary team/agencies to ensure that patient needs are met, especially in relation to on-going care needs and discharge arrangements
4. Provide advice and support for patients, carers and relatives, by being visible and accessible, acting as the first point of call for information and concerns referred on from the ward, liaising with other staff, clinical teams, patient services and external agencies as required
5. Provide advice and guidance on preparation of the clinical environment for safe practice, ensuring that the appropriate level of cleanliness is maintained, taking action to address issues and solve problems
6. Collect, collate, analyse and report information, ensuring that accurate patient records/documentation are maintained, taking action to address issues and solve problems
MCHFT provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff. An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.
With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
1. Provide leadership on making changes and improvements in quality of care and development of clinical teams, ensuring that plans are implemented by monitoring and reporting on the impact of change
2. Provide advice and guidance on plans to encourage patient and public involvement activities in clinical areas, monitoring activity, and making recommendations for improvements
3. Act as a role model by demonstrating leadership and expertise, and by maintaining credibility within the Division, the wider health care community and external agencies, ensuring a positive image of the Trust is maintained.
4. Develop and maintain systems and processes to ensure that work is appropriately prioritised and allocated, and that effective supervision is in place to support work delegated to staff.
5. In conjunction with the Divisional Lead Nurse, develop and maintain systems and processes to ensure that staff appraisal is in place for all staff in the service.
6. Support the Divisional Lead Nurse by ensuring that recruitment, staff induction and orientation, and mandatory training take place according to Trust policy.
7. Support the Division by the effective use of resources, e.g. staff, budget, premises, equipment, supplies and materials.
This advert closes on Thursday 27 Feb 2025