Job summary
Are you an outstanding clinical nurse leader with patients and staff at the center of everything you do? We are looking for an exceptional clinical leader to lead the nursing team on Kinnier Wilson HDU which is a 12 bed High Dependency Unit.
Applicants who are interested will have experience in either ITU, CCU or HDU caring for level 2 or 3 patients for a minimum of 18 months.
You will be someone who is ready to lead a team to continue to grow and develop excellent evidence based Neuroscience nursing and exceptional patient experience.
You will be working in full partnership with the other ward leader to develop and enhance practice. Your role is supported by5 junior charge nurses, a CPF, PDN and a team ofqualified and unqualified nurses.
We are looking for a clinical leader with passion for neuroscience, drive to improve quality of care and skills at managing a team focused on delivering the right care and the development of staff.
The Unit cares for emergency neurosurgery patients from all over the South East and Londonfor neurovascular and neurosurgery, tracheostomies, extra ventricular and lumbar drains and trauma.
If you want to join the neuroscience revolution in south east London and join a trauma center this is the place to be.
In return for your skills we will ensure you have the support and education to develop as a leader, to innovate as a clinical expert and achieve the high standards you aspire to.
Main duties of the job
The Unit cares for emergency neurosurgery patients from all over the South East and Londonfor neurovascular and neurosurgery, tracheostomies, extra ventricular and lumbar drains and trauma.
If you want to join the neuroscience revolution in south east London and join a trauma center this is the place to be.
In return for your skills we will ensure you have the support and education to develop as a leader, to innovate as a clinical expert and achieve the high standards you aspire to.
About us
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reachis our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
- To be responsible for the day-to-day management of the nursing service in a specified ward or department.
- Ensuring the nursing care delivered is of a high standard.
- Appropriate and effective utilization of human and physical resources.
- The demonstration of effective leadership and motivation of staff.
- To be an effective role model.
Particular emphasis is put at Kings on the need to ensure that all staff recognise their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient focused manner maintaining patient confidentiality at all times.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Clinical Practice
- To have advanced holistic patient assessment skills (ie: history taking and physical examination skills) so that clinical decision-making leads to prompt and appropriate action in the best interests of the patients wellbeing.
- Good verbal and written communication skills so that professional advice or care guidance and instructions are well understood by patients, their relatives and/or carers, and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ensures continuity of patient care through effective staff deployment.
- Ensures good discharge planning so that individual patients needs are met with an appropriate plan of action and involving the multi-professional team as required.
- Regularly checks patient care documentation to see that all aspects of care have been considered, individual patients needs identified and that an appropriate care plan exists in relation to meeting the identified needs.
- To work in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, and Trust Policies and Procedures.
- Communicates effectively with patients, their relatives and carers, colleagues and students.
- Works effectively as part of the multi-professional, inter-disciplinary team.
- Is clinically and professionally up-to-date with current trends and developments in the clinical specialty.
- Functions as an effective role model in the clinical setting in demonstrating the application of breadth and depth of nursing knowledge and skills, and in advising and supporting members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Helps facilitate the professional development of other nurses.
- To facilitate the cascade of information ensuring awareness of Fare Group, Trust and NHS initiatives, supporting staff discussion and responding to feedback.
- To ensure compliance with the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy, supporting the delivery of the Trusts Race Equality Scheme and the Trust's duty to positively promote race equality and equality of opportunity for disabled people ensuring services are responsive to the needs of equality groups.
- To have full knowledge of the Trust Major Incident Plan and your role within it.
- Education and Research
- Works collaboratively with the Practice Development Nurse so that staff receive appropriate education and staff development.
- Manages the ward/departments allocated education and staff training budget (PTDs and PTDs Elsewhere) in accordance with the Trusts corporate need and the Care Groups business objectives.
- Ensures the development and provision of a good quality clinical learning environment that supports pre-registration nursing students and continuing professional development.
- Participates in trust approved research studies, keeping the Assistant Director of Nursing (Education and Research) informed of the progress of these if the fieldwork is being undertaken within the ward/department.
- Management
- Facilitates and supports nurses in working collaboratively with all other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Adopts an appropriate management style in accordance with changing circumstances
- Deploys nursing staff and physical resources appropriately. Reviews the duty rota, and negotiates skill mix levels ensuring that they most appropriately meet service needs.
- Works with the Human Resources Manager on the resolution of complex HR issues.
- Keeps the Matron/Head of Nursing informed of any untoward incidents and complaints.
- Discusses with the Matron and Head of Nursing any plans in relation to service development, service improvement, and the resolution of any on-going problems.
- Undertakes certain grades of nursing staffs annual appraisal and to ensure they have a Personal Development Plan, and to assist with the appraisal of other staff in liaison with the Matron and Head of Nursing.
- Provides effective leadership and acts as a positive role model. Delegates appropriately, and encourages staff to develop and advance their skills.
- Communicates well with staff, holding regular ward meetings.
- Plays an active role in the recruitment and retention of staff.
- Ensures safe storage of the patients records at ward/departmental level so that confidentiality is maintained.
Participates in benchmark and quality audits, and observations of care.
Ensures that staff receive feedback on the results of audits, and that where necessary action is taken to improve standards.
Manages the allocated ward budget effectively, maximizing the use of resources and reducing any wastage in accordance with Trust and Care Group objectives.
- Acts up, and also across suitable roles, as required by management for service need, or as part of an agreed personal development plan.
- Is pro-active in the management of change and can support staff through times of change.
- Investigates complaints and adverse incidents as required by Matron and the Head of Nursing, Taking appropriate action in dealing with any situations that could result in the need for a disciplinary procedure.
- Ensures Health and Safety regulations are complied with.
- Ensures that staff are aware of the Trust Policy on Adverse Incident reporting and that the Adverse Incident Forms are completed correctly.
- Ensure that staff are aware of the Trusts policies and procedures and the need to comply with these.
- Personal Professional Development
- Has an annual appraisal and produces agreed performance objectives and a Personal Development Plan.
- Is an active member of the Ward Managers Forum.
- Reflects on own practice and keeps a personal learning portfolio.
- Works in accordance with the Trusts documented standards on nursing skills and required competences.
- Works towards achieving and then maintaining the Trusts Level 1 Competency in oral drug administration. Undertakes the university-accredited intravenous drug administration training programme and achieves and maintains the associated practical competences
- Undertakes other in-house training as required.
In carrying out the duties of the post, the employee is required to work in accordance with the policies and procedures of Kings College Hospital, including Health and Safety, confidentiality, data protection and equal opportunities. Kings College Hospital operates a no smoking policy.
This role specification is for guidance only and will change over time and according to circumstances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
- To be responsible for the day-to-day management of the nursing service in a specified ward or department.
- Ensuring the nursing care delivered is of a high standard.
- Appropriate and effective utilization of human and physical resources.
- The demonstration of effective leadership and motivation of staff.
- To be an effective role model.
Particular emphasis is put at Kings on the need to ensure that all staff recognise their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient focused manner maintaining patient confidentiality at all times.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Clinical Practice
- To have advanced holistic patient assessment skills (ie: history taking and physical examination skills) so that clinical decision-making leads to prompt and appropriate action in the best interests of the patients wellbeing.
- Good verbal and written communication skills so that professional advice or care guidance and instructions are well understood by patients, their relatives and/or carers, and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ensures continuity of patient care through effective staff deployment.
- Ensures good discharge planning so that individual patients needs are met with an appropriate plan of action and involving the multi-professional team as required.
- Regularly checks patient care documentation to see that all aspects of care have been considered, individual patients needs identified and that an appropriate care plan exists in relation to meeting the identified needs.
- To work in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, and Trust Policies and Procedures.
- Communicates effectively with patients, their relatives and carers, colleagues and students.
- Works effectively as part of the multi-professional, inter-disciplinary team.
- Is clinically and professionally up-to-date with current trends and developments in the clinical specialty.
- Functions as an effective role model in the clinical setting in demonstrating the application of breadth and depth of nursing knowledge and skills, and in advising and supporting members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Helps facilitate the professional development of other nurses.
- To facilitate the cascade of information ensuring awareness of Fare Group, Trust and NHS initiatives, supporting staff discussion and responding to feedback.
- To ensure compliance with the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy, supporting the delivery of the Trusts Race Equality Scheme and the Trust's duty to positively promote race equality and equality of opportunity for disabled people ensuring services are responsive to the needs of equality groups.
- To have full knowledge of the Trust Major Incident Plan and your role within it.
- Education and Research
- Works collaboratively with the Practice Development Nurse so that staff receive appropriate education and staff development.
- Manages the ward/departments allocated education and staff training budget (PTDs and PTDs Elsewhere) in accordance with the Trusts corporate need and the Care Groups business objectives.
- Ensures the development and provision of a good quality clinical learning environment that supports pre-registration nursing students and continuing professional development.
- Participates in trust approved research studies, keeping the Assistant Director of Nursing (Education and Research) informed of the progress of these if the fieldwork is being undertaken within the ward/department.
- Management
- Facilitates and supports nurses in working collaboratively with all other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Adopts an appropriate management style in accordance with changing circumstances
- Deploys nursing staff and physical resources appropriately. Reviews the duty rota, and negotiates skill mix levels ensuring that they most appropriately meet service needs.
- Works with the Human Resources Manager on the resolution of complex HR issues.
- Keeps the Matron/Head of Nursing informed of any untoward incidents and complaints.
- Discusses with the Matron and Head of Nursing any plans in relation to service development, service improvement, and the resolution of any on-going problems.
- Undertakes certain grades of nursing staffs annual appraisal and to ensure they have a Personal Development Plan, and to assist with the appraisal of other staff in liaison with the Matron and Head of Nursing.
- Provides effective leadership and acts as a positive role model. Delegates appropriately, and encourages staff to develop and advance their skills.
- Communicates well with staff, holding regular ward meetings.
- Plays an active role in the recruitment and retention of staff.
- Ensures safe storage of the patients records at ward/departmental level so that confidentiality is maintained.
Participates in benchmark and quality audits, and observations of care.
Ensures that staff receive feedback on the results of audits, and that where necessary action is taken to improve standards.
Manages the allocated ward budget effectively, maximizing the use of resources and reducing any wastage in accordance with Trust and Care Group objectives.
- Acts up, and also across suitable roles, as required by management for service need, or as part of an agreed personal development plan.
- Is pro-active in the management of change and can support staff through times of change.
- Investigates complaints and adverse incidents as required by Matron and the Head of Nursing, Taking appropriate action in dealing with any situations that could result in the need for a disciplinary procedure.
- Ensures Health and Safety regulations are complied with.
- Ensures that staff are aware of the Trust Policy on Adverse Incident reporting and that the Adverse Incident Forms are completed correctly.
- Ensure that staff are aware of the Trusts policies and procedures and the need to comply with these.
- Personal Professional Development
- Has an annual appraisal and produces agreed performance objectives and a Personal Development Plan.
- Is an active member of the Ward Managers Forum.
- Reflects on own practice and keeps a personal learning portfolio.
- Works in accordance with the Trusts documented standards on nursing skills and required competences.
- Works towards achieving and then maintaining the Trusts Level 1 Competency in oral drug administration. Undertakes the university-accredited intravenous drug administration training programme and achieves and maintains the associated practical competences
- Undertakes other in-house training as required.
In carrying out the duties of the post, the employee is required to work in accordance with the policies and procedures of Kings College Hospital, including Health and Safety, confidentiality, data protection and equal opportunities. Kings College Hospital operates a no smoking policy.
This role specification is for guidance only and will change over time and according to circumstances.
Person Specification
Education/Experience/Skills
Essential
- RGN Level 1 or Level 15 depending on whether working with adults or children.
- A Diploma in Nursing and other appropriate post basic qualifications and experience
- Able to demonstrate continuing professional development
- Can analyse and interpret information in an effective manner and exercises sound judgment as a consequence
- Significant and proven clinical and management skills. At least 4 - 5 years experience, 2 of which must be at F Grade level within a relevant clinical field
- Advanced breadth and depth clinical skills.
- Ability to utilise evidence-based practice.
- Evidence of effective multi-disciplinary working.
- Has demonstrated leadership skills in a supervisory/team leader context
- Evidence of good team working.
- Demonstrates evidence of developing innovative practice and of being proactive in the management of change.
- Demonstrates commitment to high standards of patient care and service delivery
- Demonstrates empathy and skills in the management of personal and team relationships
- Can motivate others
- Has the ability to adapt to changing situations
- An open and supportive management style, which is culturally sensitive
- Appropriate assertiveness skills.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Awareness of current developments in own clinical specialty.
- Has helped other members of a team to understand the practical meaning of Professional Accountability in their day-to-day work.
Desirable
- A management qualification or training, or the willingness to undertake this
- Basic IT and computer skills or the willingness to acquire this.
- Experience of audit.
- Previous involvement in quality initiatives.
- Experience in budgetary management and control, or the willingness to acquire this.
- Evidence of having actually developed a team.
- Experience of having turned a negative situation into a positive one or active involvement in the resolution of a complex or sensitive issue.
- Willingness to be helped to acquire any required but currently outstanding skills in order to fulfil the role.
- Has presented the management case in an internal disciplinary proceeding.
Person Specification
Education/Experience/Skills
Essential
- RGN Level 1 or Level 15 depending on whether working with adults or children.
- A Diploma in Nursing and other appropriate post basic qualifications and experience
- Able to demonstrate continuing professional development
- Can analyse and interpret information in an effective manner and exercises sound judgment as a consequence
- Significant and proven clinical and management skills. At least 4 - 5 years experience, 2 of which must be at F Grade level within a relevant clinical field
- Advanced breadth and depth clinical skills.
- Ability to utilise evidence-based practice.
- Evidence of effective multi-disciplinary working.
- Has demonstrated leadership skills in a supervisory/team leader context
- Evidence of good team working.
- Demonstrates evidence of developing innovative practice and of being proactive in the management of change.
- Demonstrates commitment to high standards of patient care and service delivery
- Demonstrates empathy and skills in the management of personal and team relationships
- Can motivate others
- Has the ability to adapt to changing situations
- An open and supportive management style, which is culturally sensitive
- Appropriate assertiveness skills.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Awareness of current developments in own clinical specialty.
- Has helped other members of a team to understand the practical meaning of Professional Accountability in their day-to-day work.
Desirable
- A management qualification or training, or the willingness to undertake this
- Basic IT and computer skills or the willingness to acquire this.
- Experience of audit.
- Previous involvement in quality initiatives.
- Experience in budgetary management and control, or the willingness to acquire this.
- Evidence of having actually developed a team.
- Experience of having turned a negative situation into a positive one or active involvement in the resolution of a complex or sensitive issue.
- Willingness to be helped to acquire any required but currently outstanding skills in order to fulfil the role.
- Has presented the management case in an internal disciplinary proceeding.
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).
