Lead Nurse – Clinical Transformation

Job responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Communications

• Work collaboratively and engage with staff at all levels and in all divisions across the Trust to successfully deliver defined pieces of work.

• Must be able to work collaboratively as part of a team whilst managing own workload.
• Develop, maintain, and promote positive and productive relationships with all disciplines and others engaged in clinical projects and programmes.

• Work closely with colleagues in Quality & Standards, Operations, IT, Finance, Clinical and HR to help shape and deliver effective solutions.
• Provide effective clinical advice to support change and continuous improvement
• Ensures effective communication channels exist between patients and relevant stakeholders for clinical projects and programmes.

Patient Care

• Assist patients/service users/carers/relatives during incidental contacts.
• Monitor the quality and timeliness of nursing care and service provision in accordance with relevant professional and local standards.
• Responsible for providing senior nursing advice across areas of the Trust as required, including participation in Duty Manager rota for evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
• Support Lead Nurses and Ward Managers to ensure the most appropriate distribution of staffing resources to balance risks and to ensure the safe and smooth running of the division utilizing the safe-care tool.
• Support the Lead Nursing Team with embedding action plans/learning arising from adverse events, SUIs, never events, complaints in close liaison with the governance team.
• Ensuring that the environment in which patient care and treatment takes place is fit for purpose, clean, well ordered and maintained.
• The Lead Nurse will maintain their clinical credibility by practicing clinically one day per week within service demands.

Planning and Organising

• Organise and plan own day to day workload or activities to meet the demands of the job role.
• In conjunction with the Divisional Associate Chief Nurse, the Lead Nurse will contribute to the strategic direction of service lines and specialties through meeting key performance indicators and national and local activity targets.

Physical and / or Financial Resources

• Within sphere of responsibility ensure self and line-report staff manage pay and non-pay resources efficiently and effectively, and in accordance with corporate standards, procedures, policies, and objectives. Include formulating and delivering remedial action plans where adverse variances arise.
• Work in partnership with Divisional Senior Management team, finance, HR and information analysts to lead the service line and specialities in a professional manner way and to ensure the safe and effective management and leadership of the speciality teams and resources.
• Responsible for implementing effective risk assessment and management within own clinical areas or teams working closely with the divisional quality and governance team.

Policy and Service Development and Implementation

• Clinically input to the design, development, management, and delivery of several large, complex, and clinical projects and programmes.
• Prioritise a challenging workload of multiple programmes and projects, exercising sound judgment in an extremely complex environment.
• Analyse key problems and issues within clinical service areas to identify areas for improvement and deliver appropriate solutions which are efficient and effective. This includes the ability to undertake audits, process mapping, root cause analysis to gather, assimilate and interpret data (quantitative and qualitative)
• Proactively identify and manage risks and issues, escalating as required through standard Trust processes
• Participates with service/speciality teams in the development of policy, processes, and business plans at Directorate/Service level
• Represent and provide nursing expertise and advice to business and operational discussions, meetings, and forums.
• Responsible for recognising service requirements and ensuring these are communicated to the Directorate/Speciality teams and Divisional Head of Nursing & AHPs.
• Ensuring that all staff practice in accordance with statutory and corporate policies; including those specific to patient safety.
• To be aware of, comment on and/or actively participate in changes on policies, procedures, or service developments.
• To embrace and support line management and the department in making service improvements effective within the workplace.

Human Resources and Leadership

• Responsible for day-to-day management of own team in line with appropriate policies, procedures, working practices and guidelines, ensuring all resources are deployed to maximise an efficient and effective delivery of support services to patients.

• Provide regular performance reports on progress, status and achievements for own areas and programmes for various Trust Boards.
• Provide specialist training for staff from own or other disciplines on own subject area, when required.
• Support new or less experienced work colleagues to adapt to the workplace.
• Ensure self and others practice is in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Councils Code of Conduct.
• As an ambassador of the nursing profession, ensure self and others practice to the highest professional standards.
• Responsible for the informal and formal appraisal of direct line report staff and for ensuring that they are trained, supported, and developed accordingly.
• Ensure that all direct line report staff have clear and agreed performance objectives that support the delivery of the Directorate and the wider Divisional and Trust objectives
• Participate in skill mix review, workforce redesign and recruitment and retention strategies to develop the workforce in conjunction with the divisional senior nursing team.
• The Lead Nurse will be required to deputise for the Divisional Associate Chief Nurse as required and appropriate.

Research, Development and Audit

• Ensure that the clinical areas and teams for which they are responsible for adopt best practice evidence-based standards.
• Ensure national and local quality initiatives are implemented for nursing across the Inpatient Directorate.
• Responsible for ensuring that areas for which they are responsible implement the quality audits and any associated or successor initiatives to within agreed/required timescales. Maintains accurate and contemporaneous records.
• Promote an environment where research and development are valued.
• Participate in clinical audit and promote/identify research activity/opportunities.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Educated to Master's degree level, or currently working towards a Master's degree, or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
• Leadership course evident or working towards
• Mentorship course

Desirable

• Lean Six Sigma/Improvement methodology qualification

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of significant post registration senior nursing experience in a relevant specialty
• Evidence of successful management of clinical services in oncology or acute sector
• Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care, protocols and audit
• Evidence of successful management of a budget
• Experience of managing clinical and non-clinical risk
• Evidence of effective management of a complex and diverse workforce
• Evidence of proactive involvement in the development of nurses and nursing practice

Desirable

• Experience of implementing research into clinical practice
• Evidence of effective design and management of patient flows and pathways
• Experience of leading the implementing service improvement including complex change management programs

Skills

Essential

• Ability to lead with vision and determination
• Effective written communication skills including analysis and presentation of reports
• Able to give effective oral presentations when expressing ideas to groups or individuals
• Ability to analyse complex issues and make decisions
• Leadership and organisational skills
• Negotiating / influencing skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Logical approach to problem solving
• Ability to relate to groups and individuals at all levels
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Able to offer encouragement and support to others to foster both personal and professional development

Desirable

• Ability to manage conflicting views and reconciles inter and intra professional differences of opinion

Knowledge

Essential

• Wide knowledge of developments in the NHS impacting on Trust including Comprehensive understanding of current NHS initiatives and targets.
• Confident with HR policies and procedures and demonstrable evidence of managing significant numbers of staff.
• Accreditation (CQC) and revalidation knowledge and experience.
• Evidence of extensive expert professional/clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical training and CPD

Desirable

• Knowledge of quality improvement tools and methodology

Values

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours

Other

Essential

• The post holder will be required to exert occasional light to moderate physical effort
• To exert frequent concentration - responding to frequent changing needs in the clinical area and to deal with service issues

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

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).