Job summary
Our vibrant Emergency Departments at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate, offer an exciting and supportive environment for ambitious professionals who are passionate about emergency care and want to work at the top of their game!
We are a leading Trust for use of technology. We are introducing electronic bed management and benefit from real-time reporting of up-to-date information for every patient, plus point of care testing. The Trust has 24/7 access to CT and stroke thrombolysis, and benefits from interventional radiology services in our sister hospital at Canterbury. William Harvey Hospital is the primary PCI hospital for Kent, and has trauma unit status. We are part of the top-performing South East London, Kent and Medway Trauma Network, with the local major trauma centre being King's College Hospital.
This is a 6 month, full time secondment post.
Main duties of the job
To support and report to the Deputy Head of Nursing in balancing the challenges of providing high quality, safe services, with excellent outcomes.
Support the Deputy Head of Nursing in the implementation, compliance, and embedding of the clinical governance and risk agenda within the division.
Implement the safety, quality and patient experience agenda ensuring the highest standards of clinical care by providing leadership and support to professional and direct care staff.
To provide professional nursing leadership to registered nurses and support staff within the division and develop the clinical leadership capability of senior sisters and charge nurses.
To be personally responsible and accountable for delivering a safe and clean care environment, in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
To act as a role model and promote/ensure best practice in Infection Prevention and Control.
To ensure patients are treated with Dignity and Respect.
To provide a visible, accessible and authoritative clinical presence to enable staff, patients and their families access to assistance, advice and support.
To ensure effective use of the nursing resource including optimising vacancy management, managing sickness, and leading nursing workload benchmarking across the division.To maintain clinical credibility by spending a minimum of 50 per cent time in clinical practice within the department.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Bachelors Degree
- Accredited Specialist ED Dept Course
- ATLS or equivalent trauma course
- ALS Provider and Instructor
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
Desirable
- Diploma in Management
- Masters Degree related to Nursing
- RSCN or RMN
- Accredited ENP Course
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Current Health Service priorities
- Nursing agenda
- Clinical Governance
- Health and Safety
- Patient and carer centred approach
- Clinical Credibility and knowledge of evidence based clinical practice
- IT Skills
- Highly Developed verbal and written communication skills
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Coaching and facilitating skills
- Staff development and empowerment
- Ability to handle difficult situations with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to manage conflicting and complex issues
- Flexibility
- Ability to prioritise workload and cope under pressure in order to meet deadlines
- Calm under pressure
- Ability to lead a team, CQUINS, Clinical Indicators, HIA's
- Data Protection
- Patient Confidentiality
- Up to date with current developments in emergency nursing practice
Desirable
- National Standards for cleanliness in hospitals
- Healthcare Commission and CNO standards for Privacy and Dignity
- NHSLA Standards
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of three years at Band 7 within an Emergency Department
- Minimum eight years post registration experience - five yrs within the Emergency Department
- ability to evidence continuous quality improvement
- Ability to evidence resolving user concerns effectively
- Ability to provide networks for nursing staff
- Promote a rich learning environment
Desirable
- Monitoring and audit of facilities, services and clinical environment
Other
Essential
- To be aware of and adhere to the Trust's Visoin, Mission and Values
- Demonstrate personal and professional pride in nursing and the NHS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Bachelors Degree
- Accredited Specialist ED Dept Course
- ATLS or equivalent trauma course
- ALS Provider and Instructor
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
Desirable
- Diploma in Management
- Masters Degree related to Nursing
- RSCN or RMN
- Accredited ENP Course
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Current Health Service priorities
- Nursing agenda
- Clinical Governance
- Health and Safety
- Patient and carer centred approach
- Clinical Credibility and knowledge of evidence based clinical practice
- IT Skills
- Highly Developed verbal and written communication skills
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Coaching and facilitating skills
- Staff development and empowerment
- Ability to handle difficult situations with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to manage conflicting and complex issues
- Flexibility
- Ability to prioritise workload and cope under pressure in order to meet deadlines
- Calm under pressure
- Ability to lead a team, CQUINS, Clinical Indicators, HIA's
- Data Protection
- Patient Confidentiality
- Up to date with current developments in emergency nursing practice
Desirable
- National Standards for cleanliness in hospitals
- Healthcare Commission and CNO standards for Privacy and Dignity
- NHSLA Standards
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of three years at Band 7 within an Emergency Department
- Minimum eight years post registration experience - five yrs within the Emergency Department
- ability to evidence continuous quality improvement
- Ability to evidence resolving user concerns effectively
- Ability to provide networks for nursing staff
- Promote a rich learning environment
Desirable
- Monitoring and audit of facilities, services and clinical environment
Other
Essential
- To be aware of and adhere to the Trust's Visoin, Mission and Values
- Demonstrate personal and professional pride in nursing and the NHS
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).
