University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Based in the busy West End of London, we have a lively and vibrant working atmosphere, with quick and easy transport links to all our sites. Our size and resources enable us to offer a range of attractive benefits as well as unparalleled education and development opportunities for staff at all levels. UCLH prides itself on its investment in staff both in terms of developing career skills but also its commitment to staff health and wellbeing.
We have four critical care units on three sites and three pathways: University College Hospital (UCH) is a general unit with 35 beds (funded to 23) taking patients from our busy emergency department, following emergency surgery and from the wards, as well as tertiary referrals from across the UK and abroad. We have two elective surgical PACUs, on T06 at UCH (10 beds) and at Westmoreland Street which has 9 beds and takes mostly high risk, complex surgical patients. We also have Grafton Way building Critical Care Unit, which is a state-of-the-art cancer facility and has 10 beds primarily taking haematology patients.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an exceptional nurse leader to join our ambitious, motivated, and dynamic team. You must be an experienced critical care nurse with demonstrable leadership skills and experience who always puts patients and staff at the centre of all you do.
You will be part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team, including the country's leading critical care research and development team, the authors of Europe's best-selling critical care nursing textbook, experts in quality improvement and human factors, and a department which excels in critical care nursing education. We are also award winners internally and externally, this year we won the Nursing Times award for our continued ambition to be a truly inclusive department.
The post holder will also contribute to the promotion of UCLH as a centre of excellence for nursing practice and research, fostering a culture that values staff, recognises achievement and enables career progression and succession planning.
We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, a subsidised social club including gym, free independent and confidential well-being support for all staff, large retail discounts, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
* First level registered nurse
* Educated to master's level or equivalent
* Leadership Qualification
* Teaching qualification
* Extensive knowledge acquired through post graduate specialist training in Critical Care Nursing
Experience
* Broad clinical experience in an acute hospital setting
* Significant experience of operational management of a complex range of services within an acute setting.
* Significant experience in a nursing leadership role at senior level (matron or equivalent) in a large and complex organisation.
* Experience of effectively leading and implementing transformational change and delivering projects in a complex organisation.
* Experience of teaching, training and development and implementing evidence based Practice / nursing research in practice.
* Demonstrates experience of negotiating and presenting cohesive arguments.
* Required to participate in Trust Silver on call rota.
Skills and Abilities
* Organisational skills.
* Able to manage time effectively.
* Able to prioritise objectives and workload.
Health, Safety and Security
* Monitors and maintains health, safety and security of self and others.
* Promotes, monitors, and maintains best practice in health, safety, and security.
* Clinical risk management techniques and skills.
* Clinical Governance and Risk Management
Service Improvement
* Business planning skills.
Information Processing
* Able to utilise ICT to full potential.
* Data collection and interpretation as required.
* Budgetary management skills
Personal and People Development
* Highly professional role model
* Managing a range of staff groups
* Managing organisational change
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
* Demonstrate and champion compassionate leadership that is diversified and inclusive
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary: £82,462 to £93,773 a year inclusive of HCAS
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