Lead Nurse

Job description

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.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Qualifications and Experience
• 1st Level Registered Nurse on relevant part of the NMC register.
• First Degree or equivalent
• ANP/ENP/Equivalent Paramedic qualification.
• Recognised Management and/or Leadership qualification.
• Evidence of Continual Professional development.
• Experience
• Significant post-registration experience 5 years plus.
• Extensive experience of working in an UC setting.
• Extensive experience in the acute healthcare setting in clinical leadership/clinical management position.
• Staff and resource management experience.
• Experience of introducing change to clinical environment
• Report writing skills and experience.
• Aptitudes and Skills
• Excellent high level leadership skills
• Articulate with highly developed communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels, including interpersonal skills, liaison, and negotiation skills. Writing and presentation skills
• Advising and influencing
• IT skills and ability to develop these skills further.
• Ability to prioritise work and adapt to changing deadlines.
• Able to develop and implement policy, guidelines and projects from initiation to completion.
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Hurley Group

Address

Queen Marys Hospital

Frognal Avenue

Sidcup

Kent

DA14 6LT

Employer's website

http://hurleygroup.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)