Job summary
We are thrilled to announce the opening for a Unit Manager in our Emergency Department. This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced nurse with a background as a Sister/Charge Nurse in acute/emergency medicine. The role is crucial, as it involves overseeing a dynamic and essential service that caters to the urgent needs of the community. You will play a pivotal role in maintaining high standards of care, fostering a collaborative environment, and driving continuous improvement in patient outcomes. You will be partnered with the Matron, Clinical Service Lead, and Operational team to ensure high-quality, patient-centred care.
As the Unit Manager, you will: Provide strategic leadership and direction to our established ED. Utilise various techniques to set and monitor clinical standards through audits, research, and education. Maintain a strong understanding of rota management, sickness absence, staff welfare, and incident management.
About You: Substantial experience in acute medicine and/or emergency medicine. Ideally educated to degree level with a robust understanding of nursing practices. Competent with key trust systems. Excellent communication/interpersonal skills. A compassionate leader and role model.
We Offer: A chance to make a significant impact in the lives of patients and the community. A supportive and innovative team environment. Opportunities for professional growth and development. Join us in making a difference every day.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be professionally accountable for the maintenance of standards and professional practice as set by the NMC Code of Professional Standards of practice and behaviour and relevant professional guidelines / HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics.
To carry overall responsibility for the organisation and management of the unit including the supervision of students/ trainees and temporary workers /staff.
To provide a clear focus for clinical leadership and to be responsible for ensuring the provision of a high standard of holistic, patient-centred care
Ensure safe and effective clinical practice, with monitoring. Enhance patient experience.
To support colleagues to lead, manage and develop team performance, promote professionalism and trust.
Ensure efficient and effective use of resources, managing a devolved budget.
Ensure effective capacity management, including effective internal and external transfers of care to different practice settings.
Ensure effective succession planning within all roles associated with the unit.
Clinical leadership and team working
As a visible, clinical leader, promote teamwork within a multi-professional environment. Leading and ensuring planning and delivery of care is aligned to the professional values of care, compassion and respect. Influencing and facilitating change within the department.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *NMC Registered Nurse / HCPC Operating Department Practitioner
- *Specialist knowledge of clinical practice acquired though degree or diploma plus experience and further post registration study / experience or management qualification in a related field ie : emergency care
Desirable
- Health care /management / leadership qualification -at Degree or Masters Level
Experience
Essential
- *Relevant and recent clinical experience within an Emergency Department setting as Band 7 Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse / ODP or above / equivalent role that includes the management , supervision , deployment and education of junior staff
- *Can demonstrate depth and breadth of experience of working in emergency department care settings
- *Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
- *Evidence of effective multi-professional working with reference to decisions on issues arising from operational management , professional leadership and coordinating actions
- *Experience of being a manager , mentor, assessor and supervisor of students and junior staff
- *Evidence of the ability to confidently lead / coordinate a shift / area of the department and can understand the actions needed to coordinate care across a number of units which may or may not be co-located/ on different sites
- *Evidence of the ability to organise others and forward plan and review/ adjust staff rotas
- *Experience of supporting the implementation of new procedures/ process's
- *Demonstration of recent involvement / significant contribution to innovative practice or change management
- *Experience in interviewing and selecting staff
- *Experience in learning from incidents / complaints and supporting changes in practice
- *Wide knowledge of a range of critical care service requirements associated with physical and human resources , ability to allocate tasks / duties to a range of staff and to lead and direct large teams in a consistent manner
- *Can demonstrate understanding associated with human and physical resource management and application across a team working in a multidisciplinary environment
- *Can demonstrate an understanding of human resource management associated with codes of practice / professional and Trust guidelines
- *Can demonstrate understanding of delegated financial authority associated with being a budget holder
- *Can demonstrate understanding / experience in staff appraisal / performance review and talent management / succession planning)
- *Can demonstrate understanding of clinical governance/ patient safety and risk management in relation to the practice setting
- *Can demonstrate understanding of HR policy application in relation to staff /management
- *Can demonstrate knowledge in relation to clinical , financial and workforce governance associated with the role
- *Can demonstrate knowledge in relation to workforce planning , development and staff deployment
- *Demonstrates current NHS Policy / Political awareness in relation to the role
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Well-developed leadership and organisational skills
- *Ability to demonstrate passion for staff development
- *Ability to demonstrate integrity and ownership
- *Skilled motivator / negotiator
- *Able to consistently manage complex / contentious situations with staff / multidisciplinary colleagues to address and solve complex situations /problems
- *Flexible, reliable and adaptive approach to role -- showing commitment to role development and the development of others
- *Flexible approach to shift patterns and service needs which may involve working in different areas or cross site working in different practice settings
- *Ability to travel across all Trust sites/ services to attend meetings
- *Ability to travel to meetings outside of the organisation as a representative of the service / Trust
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *NMC Registered Nurse / HCPC Operating Department Practitioner
- *Specialist knowledge of clinical practice acquired though degree or diploma plus experience and further post registration study / experience or management qualification in a related field ie : emergency care
Desirable
- Health care /management / leadership qualification -at Degree or Masters Level
Experience
Essential
- *Relevant and recent clinical experience within an Emergency Department setting as Band 7 Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse / ODP or above / equivalent role that includes the management , supervision , deployment and education of junior staff
- *Can demonstrate depth and breadth of experience of working in emergency department care settings
- *Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
- *Evidence of effective multi-professional working with reference to decisions on issues arising from operational management , professional leadership and coordinating actions
- *Experience of being a manager , mentor, assessor and supervisor of students and junior staff
- *Evidence of the ability to confidently lead / coordinate a shift / area of the department and can understand the actions needed to coordinate care across a number of units which may or may not be co-located/ on different sites
- *Evidence of the ability to organise others and forward plan and review/ adjust staff rotas
- *Experience of supporting the implementation of new procedures/ process's
- *Demonstration of recent involvement / significant contribution to innovative practice or change management
- *Experience in interviewing and selecting staff
- *Experience in learning from incidents / complaints and supporting changes in practice
- *Wide knowledge of a range of critical care service requirements associated with physical and human resources , ability to allocate tasks / duties to a range of staff and to lead and direct large teams in a consistent manner
- *Can demonstrate understanding associated with human and physical resource management and application across a team working in a multidisciplinary environment
- *Can demonstrate an understanding of human resource management associated with codes of practice / professional and Trust guidelines
- *Can demonstrate understanding of delegated financial authority associated with being a budget holder
- *Can demonstrate understanding / experience in staff appraisal / performance review and talent management / succession planning)
- *Can demonstrate understanding of clinical governance/ patient safety and risk management in relation to the practice setting
- *Can demonstrate understanding of HR policy application in relation to staff /management
- *Can demonstrate knowledge in relation to clinical , financial and workforce governance associated with the role
- *Can demonstrate knowledge in relation to workforce planning , development and staff deployment
- *Demonstrates current NHS Policy / Political awareness in relation to the role
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Well-developed leadership and organisational skills
- *Ability to demonstrate passion for staff development
- *Ability to demonstrate integrity and ownership
- *Skilled motivator / negotiator
- *Able to consistently manage complex / contentious situations with staff / multidisciplinary colleagues to address and solve complex situations /problems
- *Flexible, reliable and adaptive approach to role -- showing commitment to role development and the development of others
- *Flexible approach to shift patterns and service needs which may involve working in different areas or cross site working in different practice settings
- *Ability to travel across all Trust sites/ services to attend meetings
- *Ability to travel to meetings outside of the organisation as a representative of the service / Trust
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
