Lead Nurse - Urgent & Emergency Care

Job responsibilities

We require an experienced, motivated and independently minded leader who can act on their own initiative, achieving outstanding performance as a role model of the trusts values and behaviours. With a can do leadership style, the Lead Nurse will thrive within a climate of constant change, managing the strategic direction and performance with a strong focus on productivity and improved patient experience for the Urgent and Emergency Care Clinical Business Unit within the Unplanned Care Group of the Trust.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Nursing, the post holder is expected to function at a senior level within the CBU senior leadership team, proactively leading and providing solutions to resolve complex operational issues, in accordance with agreed Trust objectives, targets, quality standards and resource constraints. The Lead Nurse will have managerial experience in leading teams and will possess leadership skills to deal competently with complex issues arising within Urgent and Emergency Care and ensuring that policy is implemented, and performance managed within the CBU.

Working closely with the Clinical Director, and CBU Manager, the Lead nurse, will lead the implementation of patient centered clinical operational strategy and plans, ensuring that systems and processes are in place to comply with relevant legislation and governance requirements, linking with external bodies such as commissioners about service developments, contracts and clinical care pathways whilst utilising the expertise and skills of the wider Care Group team.

As a member of the Urgent and Emergency CBU senior leadership team and Care Group structure, the Lead Nurse contributes to strategic direction and policy setting for the Care Groups, forming an essential communications link between the Care Groups, CBU and relevant external organisations, demonstrating a coaching style of leadership in ensuring that clinical, staff and stakeholder engagement is reflected in the decision-making process.

Experience

Essential

• Extensive knowledge and experience of working within Emergency Care , Same Day Emergency Care and Acute Medicine
• Demonstrable Experience of Major Incident Protocols including Decontamination.
• Recent experience as a Senior clinical manager, with responsibility for clinical quality, people management, budget responsibility and successful delivery of performance targets and quality standards within strict financial controls
• Significant experience dealing with safeguarding situations giving clear advice and how to manage safeguarding concerns raised by staff.
• Experience developing and implementing robust pathways to improve patient journey.

Desirable

• IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems.
• Experience of managing paediatric areas

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered General Nurse
• Degree level or equivalent
• Management qualification at master's level or equivalent
• Clinical Leadership Qualification

Desirable

• AHP Advanced Practice '4 Pillars'

Specific role requirements

Essential

• Required to be flexible to meet the needs within UEC.
• This job role requires you be part of the on-call rota.
• Car driver essential

Physical skills

Essential

• IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems.

Physical effort

Essential

• Support with movement of patients within area

Mental effort

Essential

• There will be frequent Exposure to distressing and emotional circumstances in dealing deal with distressed patients / relatives awaiting Surgery.
• To deal sensitively with personal, emotional and distressing information, feeding into other teams within the Trust who will support directly with this information.
• The post-holder be able to balance competing priorities in these interactions.

Emotional effort

Essential

• Frequent exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances.

Working conditions

Essential

• Ability to work in a busy environment.
• Frequent requirement for sitting for prolonged periods of time.

Skills, knowledge and competencies

Essential

• Manchester Triaged Train (MTS)
• Understanding and appreciation of diversity
• Coaching & values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst staff and stakeholders, and in developing high performing teams
• A high level of communication skills, to include but not exclusively, mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation, training and coaching skills using well developed interpersonal skills to influence, inform, reconcile differences and resolve conflicts.
• Analyse data and information, including preparing responses to issues, weighing risks and forming judgements often within tight timescales.
• Champion the day to day quality of care provided by the nursing profession to meet challenging performance targets within tight financial controls.
• Cope with competing priorities and a demanding workload
• o Work in an environment with frequent interruptions, and within stressful, unpredictable situations including responding to and solving urgent and emergency situations day to day.

Desirable

• Key issues and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally, assess and describe impact on nursing/clinical professional service.
• Principles and impact of the NHS Constitution
• RCEM Guidance
• Knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management and workforce information systems
• Knowledge and understanding of governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy.
• Solve difficult problems, using a solution focused approach demonstrating competent persuasive and influencing skills.
• Research information and use audit skills to applying findings to influence practice and develop business cases/ plans.
• Competently implement business plans, business cases and project plans in order to deliver the Clinical Service Strategy for the Clinical business unit.
• Implement policy and implementation plans to deliver the clinical strategy and plans ensuring successful implementation.
• Demonstrate competent project management skills
• IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems.
• Imaginative and innovative in developing new ways of working in meeting patient care and service needs.
• Deal with uncertainty in a political environment.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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).