Lead Nurse ED - Huntingdon

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description which gives full details of the role. Alternatively call to arrange an informal visit to meet the team.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse
• Post registration emergency nursing or applicable specialist course to degree or Masters' level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience
• Recognised leadership or management qualification
• Recent ALS / ATLS course certification

Desirable

• HMIMMS provider

Skills & Ability

Essential

• Competent in all related nursing clinical skills in the emergency setting
• In depth knowledge of the local and national urgent & emergency care agendas
• Ability to lead and effect a process or pathway change and associated service developments
• Demonstrates effective leadership skills
• Able to demonstrate effective team working and experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
• Evidence of being patients advocate
• Evidence of working within the clinical governance and risk framework
• Knowledge and ability to manage and demonstrate quality of care
• Experience of and ability to resolve conflict
• Evidence of continuing professional practice
• Professional & confident communication and interpersonal skills, verbal and written
• Organisational skills that demonstrate prioritisation, time management & attention to detail
• Ability to analyse complex problems and successfully implement workable solution
• IT skills i.e. Microsoft Word, Teams and Excel at basic level usage

Experience

Essential

• Recent experience in emergency nursing (within the last 2 years) sufficient to be able to demonstrate strong clinical skills and robust leadership qualities
• Experience at senior level including participation in recruitment & selection procedures, budgetary management, and management and development of staff
• Management of HealthRoster
• Awareness of current developments in healthcare and professional nursing related to UEC in past year/ 10 year plan

Desirable

• Awareness of role of audit and research
• Experience of guideline / Policy development

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hinchingbrooke

Hinchingbrooke

Huntingdon

PE29 6NT

Employer's website

https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)