Lead Nurse

Job responsibilities

Lead Nurse Bexley Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC)

To provide clinical, professional, and managerial leadership across the Bexley UTCs.

To be the nursing/allied health professional lead, providing a strong clinical presence and developing nurses and allied health professional practice within the UTC, assuring the provision of a safe, effective, and evidence-based nursing service to patients.

To be a core member of the management team, supporting the Bexley UTCs and the Hurley Group in achieving its plans ensuring that Bexley UTCs can meet its agreed targets within the available resources

Actively support the team objectives by developing services and leading on projects to influence service redesign.

Lead and participate in projects and areas of work, which reflect clinical, professional, and corporate objectives including the productivity of all nursing and allied health professional staff. To work in partnership with the Service Manager, Nursing/AHP team, GPs and Deputy Medical Director and ensure accountability on quality performance indicators.

Experience

Essential

• 2.Scope to ActProven ability to work under own initiative, proactively identity potential challenges and opportunities and prepare actions plans to address them
• 3.Staff Management Proven people management skills with experience in staff appraisal and performance management.
• 4.Budgetary ResponsibilityExperience of managing staffing skill mix and rota to ensure service delivery within a set budget
• 5.Organisational Skills Experience of :
• managing staff rotas
• Preparing reports for senior management including activity reports to contract review meetings
• Identifying areas where changes in practice would achieve a more effective outcome.
• 6.Knowledge/Capability
• Leadership and management skills (motivating, using initiative, change management).
• Competent in nursing duties required for the post
• Specific nursing skills / qualifications
• Mentoring skills
• Excellent communication skills
• * knowledge of using eConsult
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office software
• 7.Role Complexity Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner with multi-disciplinary teams and providing management and coaching/advise to both junior and senior staff members
• 8.Service Development/
• Implementation Experience of identifying and pursuing future opportunities for the services
• Ability to write business cases to develop the practice in line with A current Clinical Governance policy and legislation surrounding advanced practice, including best practice; medicines management and clinical governance
• 9. Communication/Influencing Proven track record of effective leadership and communication skills in a range of settings, and ability to effectively negotiate with junior and senior staff members
• 10.Decision Making Able to demonstrate sound decisions making processes on day to day running of services which are in line with clinical guidelines and wider organisation polices and involve appropriate other staff as necessary

Qualifications

Essential

• 1.Skill/Qualification/Experience Level Registered General Nurse
• Recognised qualification to diploma level or above in nursing or management
• Up to date certificates in cervical screening, immunisation administration, relevant to chronic disease management, wound care, and other areas relevant to post
• A demonstrable commitment to professional development
• The post holder must maintain valid registration with the NMC.
• The post holder should have current membership of a professional nursing organisation e.g. RCN.
• Experience of working in accordance with the UKCC Code of Professional Conduct and The Scope of Professional Practice
• At least 5 years post registration experience (at least 2 years at F-grade/Band 6 or above) and a minimum of 3 years in practice nursing
• Experience of managing other nurses
• Experience of EMIS clinical system
• Experience of dealing with the public/patients
• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures

Desirable

• Evidence of project management experience
• Experience and/or teaching qualification.
• Mentoring/Coaching Qualification
• Coaching / mentoring experience/ skills
• Understanding of specialist area

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).