Acting Chemo Day Unit Manager

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for suitably qualified individuals to apply for the role of Acting Unit Manager for the Chemotherapy Day Unit based in the Tranwell Unit here at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

We are seeking a highly experienced individual with strong leadership abilities, who is motivated, enthusiastic and passionate about ensuring the delivery of high-quality care to service users.

This busy role combines both clinical and operational leadership responsibilities. The successful candidate will be expected to ensure the service is both safe and effective, supported by the use of evidence-based practice. Through role-modelling and well-developed leadership skills, the unit manager requires to ensure that all members of the chemotherapy team maintain the required skills, knowledge and competence to meet the requirements of this developing field of clinical practice. Working alongside the matron and service management team, the post holder will have a key role in future service development, including collaborating with our on-site Acute Oncology Service.

The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate excellent, well developed communication skills daily, to enable them to manage a range of communication scenarios with both service users and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the patient's clinical journey along agreed patient care pathways, supported by evidence based practice.
• To provide the highest standard of safe, effective and compassionate care through the effective use of evidence based practice in line with agreed local and national standards and the NMC Code.
• To provide a continuously improving service in line with the clinical governance framework, Trust objectives, and the NHS performance framework
• To support and continually develop staff to ensure they have the appropriate level of skill, knowledge and competence to meet service/specialty requirements.
• To be responsible for co-ordinating the provision of continuous clinical care within allocated resources, providing a quality service and high clinical standards for all patients in your area
• To be responsible for the management of all human resource issues relating to the staff employed in your area
• To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.