The post-holders are responsible for the overall management of the Paediatric Assessment Unit both clinically and operationally 24 hours a day.
Working collaboratively with the ward manager band 7 and other senior nurses along with multidisciplinary practitioners within the Trust ensuring that available resources are optimised to achieve strategic changes and improvements in services and operational systems within existing constraints.
The post holders will provide strong clinical leadership within the clinical setting, empowering others in the team to ensure patient care delivery is evidence-based, family centred and compliant with the quality standards determined locally and by the Trust.
Main duties of the job
You will be working with a well established team and encouraged to bring your knowledge and skills in to this role, making your mark and driving us to achieve the high standards of nursing care we strive to deliver.
You will have experience in guiding a team to deliver excellent care, have a broad understanding of nursing children in hospital and ability to communicate with staff across all skill sets and levels.
Job responsibilities
* Initiate and implement strategies for delivering effective specialist care within a changing environment that improve quality of care and health outcomes in paediatric care.
* Maintain and develop a high standard of clinical care for our diverse population. Ensure good knowledge of High dependency care and acute general medical and surgical paediatric care.
* Monitor and control the use of departmental resources by ensuring that costs are contained within allocated budgets whilst achieving maximum value for money on all expenditures.
* Initiate and implement change and improvement in services and operational systems to meet service strategies and contracts.
* Benchmark paediatric services against published best practices, whilst ensuring that they meet statutory standards and professional guidelines.
* Identify and contribute to the Trust Management team innovative service development ideas and proposals in line with evidence-based practice and the principles of clinical governance.
* Analyse Healthroster data relating to utilisation of resources, identifying work flow patterns and making recommendations to effect changes to meet service demands within existing constraints.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Children's nurse
* Evidence of continuing Education
Desirable
* Working towards masters
* Leadership course
Specific Competencies
Essential
* Experience General paediatric Medical Ward
* Relevant Band 6 Level Experience
* Evidence of Strong Leadership skills
Desirable
* APLS
Experience
Essential
* Able to manage difficult situations effectively and to work under pressure
* Act as an advocate for children, young people, their families
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road
Frimley
GU167UJ
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