Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
About
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning NHS Foundation Trust which provides hospital and community health services in North Tyneside, and hospital, community health and adult social care services in Northumberland.
Key details
Location
Site: Berwick Infirmary
Address: Infirmary Square
Town: Berwick Upon Tweed
Postcode: TD151LT
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 30 hours per week
* Part time
* Flexible working
Salary
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Pro rata, per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 6)
Specialty
Main area: OPD and Medical Day Case
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you
* Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
* Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
* A range of flexible working opportunities
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
* Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
* On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
* Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England.
Job overview
We are looking for a department leader to join our dual purpose outpatient and medical day case unit at Berwick Infirmary. Our medical day case unit provides treatment locally for patients requiring drug infusions, venesection and blood transfusion etc. This is a unique post as staff cover both OPD and medical day case areas with a huge variety of treatments and development of a unique skill set.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
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* Manage the treatment and care of patients who attend our nurse led medical day case unit, liaising with speciality teams to provide safe and efficient care.
* Responsible for the daily running of the outpatient department, ensuring safe staffing levels and supporting staff on a daily basis.
* Working closely with multiple teams, providing education and support to the local team.
* Provide highest standards of clinical practice and act as a role model to others.
* Adapting to the changing environment and supporting the team via QI projects and service development.
* Control workload and manage duties by identifying networks of support for yourself and other employees.
* Delegate to members of the team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To assume responsibility for the devolved management of a ward/department, including the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based programme of care in the absence of the Ward Manager.
* To supervise, support and educate junior members of the team.
* To provide senior nurse site management cover.
* To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
* To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
* To act as team leader and co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary care of a group of patients.
* To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
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 / Professional Registration
Essential criteria
* First level live NMC Registered Nurse or Registered Mental Nurse.
* PP126/127 or AC631 or D32/33 or A1 or equivalent.
* Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Desirable criteria
* Leadership course.
* Management course.
* Diploma or degree in nursing.
* Qualification in specialty.
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
* Previous post registration experience.
* Experience of relevant speciality.
* Evidence of change management in ward/department area.
* Evidence of practice development.
* Experience of co-ordinating a team.
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of innovation in practice.
* Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
* Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Dawn Matthews
Job title: Department manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07814641334
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