University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
About
Welcome to University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust. We are rated Outstanding for Caring… and that includes caring for our staff.
When you join our #1BigTeam of more than 10,000 staff and volunteers, we are committed to helping you develop your career and enjoy a great life.
At University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP), we are the region’s Major Trauma Centre and we are responsible for providing care across the widest of spectrums: from within people’s homes and working with our voluntary sector partners in local communities to offering the most specialist hospital care available in our regional centre, such as immunology, cardiothoracic surgery, and kidney and bone marrow transplants. We care for 475,000 in our secondary care catchment population, with a wider peninsula population of almost 2,000,000 people who can access our specialist services.
Delivering our services through a number of key sites across Plymouth and the surrounding area:
1. Mount Gould Hospital - We have 30 beds for general rehabilitation plus 15 beds for stroke rehabilitation patients and a discharge assessment unit with 10 beds available and a further 30 to follow.
2. South Hams Community Hospital - We have 15 beds here and began managing the site in 2021.
3. Tavistock Hospital - We have 13 beds here and began managing the site in 2021. Urgent Treatment Centre and Minor Injuries Units are run at the Cumberland Centre in Devonport, central Plymouth, and minor injury units in Tavistock and Kingsbridge.
4. Child Development Centre - Developmental services for young children are provided at the Child Development Centre, Scott Business Park.
5. The Plymouth Dialysis Unit - Patients needing treatment for renal failure are cared for in state-of-the-art, purpose-built facilities in Estover.
6. Radiology Academy - The Plymouth Radiology Academy is the only purpose-built Radiology Academy in the world and provides an inspirational environment in which to learn radiology.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Plymouth and working with Plymouth Marjon University. As host to the Joint Hospital Group South West (JHG(SW)) in a city with a strong military tradition, we have a tri-service staff of nearly 200 military doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals who are fully integrated within our facilities.
We know the importance of civility and saying thank you and actively encourage patients, their families, and our colleagues to send thank you messages through a number of channels. By capturing episodes of excellence, we can learn from these events, improve practice and safety, and spread the good practice throughout the Trust. Last year over 1,800 nominations were received.
UHP were chosen as one of seven Trusts to take part in the national NHS Improvement Programme, to create a culture of continuous improvement by empowering staff to develop their own ideas for improvement and lead their own projects.
Key details
Location
Site: University Hospitals Plymouth
Town: Plymouth
Postcode: PL68DH
Major / Minor Region: Devon
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full time)
Salary
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
Main area: Neonatal
Job overview
The opportunity to apply for the substantive role of Ward Manager of the tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a large teaching hospital. Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.
Advert
As a key member of the Clinical Management Team, you will be working under the professional direction of the Matron for Neonatal and Transitional Care services, Head of Women's and Children’s Nursing, and the Director of Nursing for W&C. Associate Chief Nursing Officer.
You will provide senior leadership, clinical expertise, support, and advice to assure high-quality care provision for infants and families accessing Neonatal Intensive Care Services.
Responsible for managing nursing and support worker teams, clinical leadership, infection prevention and control, and standards of patient care, you will act as a positive role model through the provision of effective professional leadership and demonstration of competent, accountable clinical practice and modeling of Trust values.
You will be responsible for the performance management of key individuals within the neonatal service and will, through appropriate staff training and updating, ensure that neonatal care is evidence-based and delivered by competent and confident practitioners according to Trust policies and procedures.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Demonstrate an advanced level of knowledge and clinical nursing practice by delivering evidenced based care.
2. Lead, co-ordinate and manage the tertiary service workload using expert clinical judgement and decision-making skills, in collaboration where required with the service consultant whilst maintaining safe standards of care.
3. Competent in the use of medical devices and responsible for the correct use of specialist equipment by the multidisciplinary team.
4. Promote a positive and professional working environment.
5. Provide clinical supervision to staff.
6. Lead emergency situations within the clinical practice areas where appropriate.
7. Liaise with and report to the multidisciplinary team in the provision of family centred care.
8. Identify, manage and refer appropriately infants requiring Safeguarding assessment.
9. Co-ordinate and manage infants discharge/ transfer to other care services.
10. Encourage parents and carers to be actively involved in the planning and delivery of care to their infant.
11. Responsible for the development, implementation and compliance with local policies and guidelines.
12. Promote health education within the clinical area for families.
13. Act as a role model in practicing evidence based nursing care.
For further details please see the attached JD & PS.
Applicant requirements
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* First Level Qualification – RGN, RSCN, RN Child Branch.
* Current Registration with NMC.
* Recognised Qualified in Speciality course.
Desirable criteria
* Degree in Nursing.
* Working towards degree/MSc.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
* Demonstrable experience within a similar role.
* Management and leadership skills.
* Demonstrable experience in recruitment, selection and personnel management.
Desirable criteria
* Proven knowledge of HR processes.
* Proven knowledge and demonstrable experience of hospital budgets/funds.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
* Incorporates customer care in the clinical setting.
* Competent in numeracy and literacy.
Desirable criteria
* Participation in research and audit projects.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Sarah Underwood
Job title: Interim Matron Neonatal and Transitional Care
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01752 437698
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