Senior Nurse Emergency Care

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced senior nurse for Emergency Care at Whipps Cross Hospital, which includes the Acute Assessment Unit, our newly enhanced Same Day Emergency Care service (SDEC) and our Frailty service.

Bart's Health NHS Trust is a progressive and ambitious teaching and research organisation, providing a huge range of clinical services.

Our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for high quality care.

We are working to build an environment for exceptional healthcare. The individual leader will have integrity and a strong commitment to the Trust's values and bring energy and a dynamic approach to the role. They must be flexible in their approach, results orientated, and ready to make an impact across the service.

The Senior nurse will play a pivotal role in managing and being professionally accountable for all nursing staff across the service. They will work in partnership with the Clinical Director, General Manager, Divisional and Specialty Leads to ensure the delivery of excellent care, robust operational management and effective delivery of services.

The successful candidate will have a current breadth of experience in managing clinical services, knowledge of service development and change management must be demonstrated. The successful candidate will have up to date knowledge of the NHS and especially in developments relating to emergency care. They will have proven clinical skills and a working knowledge of leading a clinical service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder provides forward-thinking clinical and professional leadership to nursing staff at all levels within the service group, ensuring the nursing care is delivered to a high standard and that the nursing resource is managed effectively. He/she contributes to the ongoing implementation of the nursing strategy, ensuring achievement of its objectives and strive to develop nursing roles in accordance with patient and service needs.

The Senior Nurse will lead innovative improvement projects which supports the Trust Quality strategy, driving transformation through change models and prepare business cases where appropriate. He/she will ensure patient experience in wards /departments is of the highest possible standard and always reflecting Trust values with particular emphasis on patient safety, dignity and compassion.

The Senior Nurse will work in partnership with the Service Clinical Directors, General and Service Managers and other colleagues to continue to develop and implement a clinical, research and academic service strategy promoting multi professional research, audit and education that contributes to delivering the Hospitals and the Groups objectives. The Senior Nurse will work to ensure staff health and wellbeing is considered within the service objectives.

The post holder may be required to deputise for their line manager in his/her absence, overseeing the smooth running of the service as required.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Whipps Cross Hospital

London

E11 1NR

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Whipps Cross Hospital

London

E11 1NR

Employer's website

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

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