Job summary
Working Full Time: 37.5 Hours Per Week
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Outpatient nurse manager to join our busy Outpatient departments at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate is required to be driven on delivering patient care and providing a quality service, and act appropriately to the changing needs of those accessing the service.
The Outpatient nurse manager will help assess, plan, and implement services within the department for staff and services users, and will provide clinical and managerial leadership to staff and students.
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing ongoing risks, governance and be able to regularly review risk registers, and make changes as necessary for the service.
If you are enthusiastic and have a passion for Outpatient nursing and the delivery of services and can demonstrate excellent leadership skills have a calm temperament who works well under pressure and have the ability to drive services, and good at problem solving this could be the job for you.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
The main aspects of the role include but not limited to:-
- Leadership and Management of the department and the team.
- Governance and Risk management.
- Budget planning and management.
- Teaching and education of new starters and students.
- Further education and training of current workforce.
- Rostering.
- All aspects of attendance management.
- Liaising with wider hospital teams to ensure working in collaboration
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
Job description
Job responsibilities
ain Duties and Responsibilities
- Operational management of Outpatient staff. Ensure services are delivered within available resources to specified volumes and quality standards.
- Liaise with business support managers in providing a seamless service for Outpatients.
- To manage the nursing and admin teams within the department.
- Maintain and ensure professional and safe standards of care.
- Provide expert nursing and professional knowledge to assist in departmental initiatives.
- Ensures all Infection prevention and control principles are upheld within OPD setting.
- Be a visible leader within OPD areas, providing leadership which enables professional decision making and effective collaborative team working.
- Ensure safe staffing levels in clinics and take relevant action to remedy any problems,
- Ensure highest standards of conduct and customer service are upheld and take relevant action where necessary in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
- Ensure local policies are updated to reflect best practice national guidance.
- Monitor departmental performance against set criterion.
- Assist with the Business Group contribution to the Service Development Strategy.
- Uphold the Nursing and Midwifery Council code of conduct.
- Monitor and ensure patient satisfaction and be proactive in managing any issues identified.
- If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ain Duties and Responsibilities
- Operational management of Outpatient staff. Ensure services are delivered within available resources to specified volumes and quality standards.
- Liaise with business support managers in providing a seamless service for Outpatients.
- To manage the nursing and admin teams within the department.
- Maintain and ensure professional and safe standards of care.
- Provide expert nursing and professional knowledge to assist in departmental initiatives.
- Ensures all Infection prevention and control principles are upheld within OPD setting.
- Be a visible leader within OPD areas, providing leadership which enables professional decision making and effective collaborative team working.
- Ensure safe staffing levels in clinics and take relevant action to remedy any problems,
- Ensure highest standards of conduct and customer service are upheld and take relevant action where necessary in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
- Ensure local policies are updated to reflect best practice national guidance.
- Monitor departmental performance against set criterion.
- Assist with the Business Group contribution to the Service Development Strategy.
- Uphold the Nursing and Midwifery Council code of conduct.
- Monitor and ensure patient satisfaction and be proactive in managing any issues identified.
- If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person Specification
essential
Essential
- Achieved grade / years experience
- NMC registration
Desirable
- evidence of CPD
- nursing management experience within an Outpatients department
Essential
Essential
- excellent written and verbal communication skills
desirable
Essential
- oProven leadership experience oExperience of managing a large team
desirable
Essential
- oBudget / roster management experience
Person Specification
essential
Essential
- Achieved grade / years experience
- NMC registration
Desirable
- evidence of CPD
- nursing management experience within an Outpatients department
Essential
Essential
- excellent written and verbal communication skills
desirable
Essential
- oProven leadership experience oExperience of managing a large team
desirable
Essential
- oBudget / roster management experience
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).
