Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see full job description and person spec attached.
* Exchanging verbal and written information with patients, staff and carers requiring tact and diplomacy. The post holder needs to ensure that all barriers to understanding are overcome by using differing strategies to meet individual need.
* Providing and receiving complex, sensitive information that then is communicated to patients/carers and staff. This involves ensuring that the information is delivered in a way and format that people understand and any barriers are overcome. Demonstrating empathy, equality, persuasion and reassurance.
* Demonstrating through a high degree of experience and maturity a level of clinical expertise and leadership qualities.
Person specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Registered Nurse on NMC Register
* Registered HCP on HCPC Register
* Diploma / degree in Nursing or AHP
* Evidence of degree and/or master's level study in health/nursing/AHP related studies
* ENB 998/ Mentorship module or have experience of teaching and assessing
* Ability to lead change and lead new ways of working
Desirable criteria
* On-going personal / professional development
* Formal leadership and management training Leadership certificate master's level study
Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of teaching in clinical areas or/and to groups or staff.
* Assessment skills and interpreting conditions when visiting a patient in an acute or community setting and initiating actions as appropriate.
* Skills and experience to have the dexterity and accuracy required for procedures such as venepuncture, cannulation and administration of intravenous drugs and is able to demonstrate clinical skills.
* Leading or as a key member in planning and conducting clinical audits that indicate quality assurance, compliance with quality standards, patient safety.
* Standard keyboard skills, use of presentation, projection/multimedia equipment and e-learning resources.
* Managing staff and conducting supervision, and staff appraisals.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
* Positive mindset in respect of - Supporting organisational change; learning, and continuous improvement.
* Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self-regulation.
* Takes responsibility and is accountable for delivering to their agreed objectives.
* Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach.
* Works with patients and people at the fore - operates to a customer service ethos.
* Acts to support and enable effective teamwork.
* Delivers work of consistent and predictable high quality.
* There is a frequent requirement for prolonged concentration when facilitating.
* Emotional effort; the post holder will at times be exposed to distressing and emotional circumstances.
* Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites.
Important information about your application
1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
5. New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
6. We work with 'trac.jobs' to support our recruitment process. If you have any queries regarding this please read this privacy notice.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
We will communicate with you regarding your job application via email. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of any emails sent/received via non-encrypted format.
If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.
At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!
If you obtained your qualifications overseas, you will be required to provide an official government translation through ECCTIS (formerly known as NARIC). Please note, this is in addition to any professional registration requirements and not a replacement for your qualifications.
If you are currently in the UK on a visa, you must have at least six months remaining on your visa at the time of application to ensure sufficient time for the recruitment and training process associated with the role. The requirement of at least six months remaining on your visa does not apply to a Skilled Worker Visa, as a new Skilled Worker Visa would be required for a new role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
* ACAH Clinical Lead Bd 7 (PDF, 672.2KB)
* Statement handling - updated from policy (PDF, 33.6KB)
* Policy ex-offenders (PDF, 36.1KB)
* Infection control statement (PDF, 107.5KB)
* DBS Code of practice (PDF, 54.9KB)
* Trust Policy on Managing Risk Associated with Safeguarding Children (PDF, 1.1MB)
* Family Relocation Information (PDF, 1.0MB)
* Speaking Up Policy (PDF, 523.6KB)
* Recruitment Reasonable Adjustments (PDF, 122.1KB)
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