Job summary
This role demand autonomous practice, strong communication skills, and a commitment to improving patient care and team performance, requiring significant clinical experience and specialist knowledge.
It represents a senior role with increased responsibility often acting as team leader, providing oversight of junior staff This role demands autonomous practice, strong communication skills, and a commitment to improving patient care and team performance, requiring significant clinical experience and specialist knowledge of practice and deputising for manager
Main duties of the job
Ward 6b is a 19 bed Surgical Specialities ward ,catering for Urology, Endocrine , Ophthalmology and Breast patients.. The main duties of the job are as follows:
- Leadership & Supervision: Leading teams, delegating tasks, and providing clinical supervision and mentorship to junior staff, including new staff and students.
- Expert Clinical Practice: Delivering high-quality,evidence-based care,acting as a role model for clinical expertise, and advising patients, families, and other professionals.
- Management & Coordination: Coordinating workload, overseeing clinical activities during their shift, and deputising for their manager when required.
- Service Improvement: Identifying opportunities to enhance care, contributing to the development and implementation of high-quality, evidence-based policies and procedures.
- Professional Accountability: Acting as an autonomous practitioner within their scope of competence, ensuring compliance with professional codes of conduct and taking responsibility for their own practice.
- Teamwork & Communication: Fostering a high-performing team through effective communication and by ensuring team members understand their roles and the service's objectives.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
- Co-ordination of the ward/department on a day to day basis including planning, allocation and evaluation of work carried out by teams or individuals and self.
- Provide specialist knowledge to all Nursing staff on the ward/ department
- Will promote a critical, analytical approach to the delivery of nursing care ensuring that the ward/ department environment is responsive to current issues.
- In support of the ward/ department manager will assist in the review and update of procedures and protocols relating to the care of patients
- Develop methods for identifying, maintaining and improving the quality of patient care through facilitation of best practice and clinical benchmarking.
- Ensure due regard is given to the customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients/clients.
- Explore and undertake expanded practice to optimise patient care as required within specialist area, in accordance with Trust policies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
- Co-ordination of the ward/department on a day to day basis including planning, allocation and evaluation of work carried out by teams or individuals and self.
- Provide specialist knowledge to all Nursing staff on the ward/ department
- Will promote a critical, analytical approach to the delivery of nursing care ensuring that the ward/ department environment is responsive to current issues.
- In support of the ward/ department manager will assist in the review and update of procedures and protocols relating to the care of patients
- Develop methods for identifying, maintaining and improving the quality of patient care through facilitation of best practice and clinical benchmarking.
- Ensure due regard is given to the customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients/clients.
- Explore and undertake expanded practice to optimise patient care as required within specialist area, in accordance with Trust policies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
- Post registration qualification in speciality
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
- 1st level degree
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of management experience
- Evidence of change management
- Application of evidence based practice
- Evidence of developing high standards of patient care
- Lead role in education of staff and patients
Knowledge
Essential
- Application of current nursing issues and healthcare governance
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work in changing environments
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
other
Essential
- Supportive of colleagues
- High level of personal and professional credibility
- Well motivated
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
- Post registration qualification in speciality
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
- 1st level degree
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of management experience
- Evidence of change management
- Application of evidence based practice
- Evidence of developing high standards of patient care
- Lead role in education of staff and patients
Knowledge
Essential
- Application of current nursing issues and healthcare governance
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work in changing environments
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
other
Essential
- Supportive of colleagues
- High level of personal and professional credibility
- Well motivated
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).
