Main area: Urgent Care
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (will incorporate some evening and weekend working)
Job ref: 236-SCO-NM805-24-P
Employer: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Salford Royal Hospital
Town: Salford
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/11/2024 23:59
Quality Lead Nurse - Emergency Medicine
Band 8a
Job overview
This is an exciting time within the Division of Integrated Care as we continue to change and adapt to the needs of our patients and staff.
An opportunity has arisen within our senior nursing team for a Quality Lead Nurse.
The areas within our Emergency Village directorate include the Emergency Department, PANDA unit (Paediatric ED and short stay observation and assessment unit), Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU), Medical High Care unit, Respiratory Ward and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC).
While this Quality Lead Nurse role will at times oversee all of the above areas, the particular areas of focus for the successful candidate will be the Emergency Department (both Adult and Paediatric ED) and the SDEC unit.
We are seeking an experienced leader who will play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of high-quality patient care that meets identified National and local targets while continually improving the patient's journey and positively impacting care delivery.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Quality Lead Nurse will focus on six main areas within both their own directorate and across the organisation:
* Providing a clean environment.
* Improving clinical care standards.
* Treating patients with dignity and respect.
* Providing clinical areas with senior nurse leadership during both regular and unsocial hours.
* Ensuring all quality improvement work is implemented and sustained.
The Quality Lead Nurse will provide support and guidance to the wards and departments, ensuring that they work closely with the ward and department Managers. There will be a focus on supporting wards and departments to reach and maintain the required standards within the NCA Nursing and Accreditation Systems.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us, you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities, and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Person specification
Experience
* Evidence of effective communication/negotiation skills.
* Evidence of the ability to make operational judgements involving complex facts and situations.
* Understanding of Nursing Accreditation Assessments.
Experience
* Assessor/supervisor experience.
* Evidence of leading change successfully.
* Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care, protocols, and audit.
* Evidence of involvement with organisational/departmental Quality/Clinical Governance agenda.
* Significant ED/acute/urgent care experience in a senior position Band 7 or above.
* Degree in relevant subject.
* Leadership study/qualification.
Registration
* NMC Registration.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [emailprotected].
For posts advertised on a fixed-term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed-term contracts will only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.
In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Beverley Thompson
Job title: Assistant Director Of Nursing Urgent Care
Email address: [emailprotected]
Telephone number: 0161 206 8961
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