Job summary
We are pleased to invite applications for the role of Lead Nurse for Site Integrity at Good Hope Hospital.
Good Hope Hospital is a large district general hospital with circa 500 inpatient beds, operating a busy Emergency Department which treats up to 350 patients per day, in addition to providing direct access assessment areas for Medicine, Surgery and Gynaecology. There is also a thriving scheduled care programme providing inpatient & day case elective services to specialties such as Colo-rectal, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology.
The Lead Nurse for Site Integrity is a key strategic and operational role for ensuring site integrity is maintained in relation to both capacity/patient flow and clinical safety. The successful candidate will be responsible for the Hospital's 24/7 Clinical Site Management Team who provide day to day management of site integrity, inclusive of patient flow and capacity, discharge facilitation, staffing co-ordination, incident management and clinical safety. The post holder will work closely with the Hospital Leadership Teams and directly influence the achievement of key Urgent and Emergency Care KPI's, such as ED 4-hour performance and Ambulance Turnaround Times. The successful candidate will be our clinical expert regarding hospital flow and capacity and develop a detailed understanding of associated pathways, processes and performance to drive improvement.
Main duties of the job
- Direct Management of the Hospital 24/7 Clinical Site Management Team
- Contribute to and lead the formulation, implementation and evaluation of a wide range of national and local initiatives related to patient flow.
- responsibility for ensuring that polices and processes associated with patient flow meet the needs of patients and will work in conjunction with hospital management teams to ensure patient placement, flow and admission and discharge is led and managed in a consistent manner.
- Lead on quality and patient experience change programmes associated with capacity and flow working collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders
- Day to Day Oversight and Monitoring of Site Integrity; particularly UEC and Elective Performance, Patient Flow and Discharge Performance.
Applications are welcomed from highly motivated and dynamic senior nurses with significant management experience within an acute multidisciplinary environment who can demonstrate extensive experience in leading and delivering complex change; in addition to demonstrating an extensive knowledge of secondary care provision, including professional standards, quality assurance and key performance indicators. As part of the Senior Nursing Team, the post holder will also support with designated projects and quality improvement initiatives relating to care quality and clinical safety.
Informal discussions from applicants are welcomed, please contact Tom Farmah (ADN) at tom.farmah@uhb.nhs.uk
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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 Adult or Child Nurse
- *Degree in Nursing or Health Related Subject
- *Masters in a Health Related Subject or equivalent demonstrable experience supplements by specialist training , experience or short courses to doctorate level or equivalent
- *Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to post
Desirable
- *Post graduate Leadership training/ development course
Experience
Essential
- *Extensive knowledge of preventing harm agenda , quality assurance and professional standards and improvement agenda associated with secondary care provision, acquired through post - graduate qualification or equivalent experience or training
- *Experience in developing and implementing governance / safety frameworks to support service and quality delivery, improvement and sustainability including learning from incidents or quality assurance audits/ patient and carer feedback and National policy
- *Significant senior nursing management experience within a multidisciplinary environment across healthcare sectors including local service / community and health and social care partners who are associated the speciality
- *Experience in use of data for continuous quality improvement and outcome monitoring and assurance
- *Experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex NHS environment
- *Experienced and successful project manager who can demonstrate sustainable service or quality improvement achievement's in current or previous roles relative to the post applied for
- *Experience in setting objectives/ KPl's
- *Experience in leading and implementing safety / quality and experience initiatives and sustainable service Improvement
- *Experience in writing reports /presenting information Internally / externally in a timely manner to a range of Senior Manager's including Directors / Executive Directors
- *Experience resource manager with experience in staff /
- *performance & management and financial control mechanisms
- *Extensive knowledge of the speciality portfolio service provision across service areas and information management systems.
- *Able to demonstrate an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this
- *Demonstrable appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- *Clear understanding of the concept and working arrangements of diverse clinical areas, health and social care partners and local councils, including those within Primary, Secondary and Tertiary care, or charitable / voluntary services & community leaders.
- *Can demonstrate a working knowledge of Health & Safety legislation, the concept of Clinical Governance, Quality Improvement and evidence-based practice associate with the portfolio.
- *Can demonstrate working knowledge of relevant literature, research and legislation relating to quality and safety of patient care.
- *Clear understanding and knowledge of national direction/initiatives, e.g. NHS England, CQC , NHSi , HEE
- *, STP, National Service standards associated with End of Life, Bereavement and Chaplaincy services
- *Able to think strategically and translate vision for local service into delivery by collaboration and partnership.
- *Track record of success in the management of significant changes and innovation with demonstrable results.
Desirable
- *Experience in contract management /negotiation associated with the speciality
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Able to demonstrate effective leadership style, able to build confidence / motivate staff including the ability to encourage self-initiative, good practice and completion of projects within team environments
- *Advanced decision-making skills with the ability to think, plan and deliver strategically
- *Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary actions and make recommendations in order to follow these through
- *Ability to write reports in short, changing timescales whilst subject to frequent interruptions requiring immediate responses.
- *Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- *Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary form more senior management when appropriate.
- *Possess excellent written and oral presentation and organisational skills
- *Ability to influence, motivate and lead teams of staff in an open and transparent management style.
- *Ability to remain focussed and demonstrates vision and direction utilising highly developed communication, listening and questioning skills.
- *Skilled in investigator of clinical and non-clinical incidents / care omissions and disciplinary investigations utilising root cause analysis techniques
- *Possess confident leadership, management and communication & presentation skills.
- *Possess resilience and determination is flexible and adaptable.
- *Possess excellent time-management skills and ability to work on own initiative and where required as part of a senior team.
- *Reliable, committed, approachable and able to demonstrate diplomacy at all times.
- *Be result-driven and innovative with high level of personal integrity.
- *Ability to work flexibly and where necessary outside of core working hours.
- *Willingness to travel/ work across all Trust sites/ services associated with the Trust and travel outside of the Trust as a representative of the organisation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *NMC Registered Adult or Child Nurse
- *Degree in Nursing or Health Related Subject
- *Masters in a Health Related Subject or equivalent demonstrable experience supplements by specialist training , experience or short courses to doctorate level or equivalent
- *Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to post
Desirable
- *Post graduate Leadership training/ development course
Experience
Essential
- *Extensive knowledge of preventing harm agenda , quality assurance and professional standards and improvement agenda associated with secondary care provision, acquired through post - graduate qualification or equivalent experience or training
- *Experience in developing and implementing governance / safety frameworks to support service and quality delivery, improvement and sustainability including learning from incidents or quality assurance audits/ patient and carer feedback and National policy
- *Significant senior nursing management experience within a multidisciplinary environment across healthcare sectors including local service / community and health and social care partners who are associated the speciality
- *Experience in use of data for continuous quality improvement and outcome monitoring and assurance
- *Experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex NHS environment
- *Experienced and successful project manager who can demonstrate sustainable service or quality improvement achievement's in current or previous roles relative to the post applied for
- *Experience in setting objectives/ KPl's
- *Experience in leading and implementing safety / quality and experience initiatives and sustainable service Improvement
- *Experience in writing reports /presenting information Internally / externally in a timely manner to a range of Senior Manager's including Directors / Executive Directors
- *Experience resource manager with experience in staff /
- *performance & management and financial control mechanisms
- *Extensive knowledge of the speciality portfolio service provision across service areas and information management systems.
- *Able to demonstrate an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this
- *Demonstrable appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- *Clear understanding of the concept and working arrangements of diverse clinical areas, health and social care partners and local councils, including those within Primary, Secondary and Tertiary care, or charitable / voluntary services & community leaders.
- *Can demonstrate a working knowledge of Health & Safety legislation, the concept of Clinical Governance, Quality Improvement and evidence-based practice associate with the portfolio.
- *Can demonstrate working knowledge of relevant literature, research and legislation relating to quality and safety of patient care.
- *Clear understanding and knowledge of national direction/initiatives, e.g. NHS England, CQC , NHSi , HEE
- *, STP, National Service standards associated with End of Life, Bereavement and Chaplaincy services
- *Able to think strategically and translate vision for local service into delivery by collaboration and partnership.
- *Track record of success in the management of significant changes and innovation with demonstrable results.
Desirable
- *Experience in contract management /negotiation associated with the speciality
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Able to demonstrate effective leadership style, able to build confidence / motivate staff including the ability to encourage self-initiative, good practice and completion of projects within team environments
- *Advanced decision-making skills with the ability to think, plan and deliver strategically
- *Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary actions and make recommendations in order to follow these through
- *Ability to write reports in short, changing timescales whilst subject to frequent interruptions requiring immediate responses.
- *Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- *Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary form more senior management when appropriate.
- *Possess excellent written and oral presentation and organisational skills
- *Ability to influence, motivate and lead teams of staff in an open and transparent management style.
- *Ability to remain focussed and demonstrates vision and direction utilising highly developed communication, listening and questioning skills.
- *Skilled in investigator of clinical and non-clinical incidents / care omissions and disciplinary investigations utilising root cause analysis techniques
- *Possess confident leadership, management and communication & presentation skills.
- *Possess resilience and determination is flexible and adaptable.
- *Possess excellent time-management skills and ability to work on own initiative and where required as part of a senior team.
- *Reliable, committed, approachable and able to demonstrate diplomacy at all times.
- *Be result-driven and innovative with high level of personal integrity.
- *Ability to work flexibly and where necessary outside of core working hours.
- *Willingness to travel/ work across all Trust sites/ services associated with the Trust and travel outside of the Trust as a representative of the organisation
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).
