Paediatric Elective and outpatient manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical

Lead the teams in providing evidence based care to children and their families.

Responsible for assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care.

Act as a patient advocate to ensure the delivery of care is focused on the child and family.

Ensure safe use of therapeutic and diagnostic equipment.

For example - Safely set up and maintain Intra venous (IV) pumps.

Ensure all staff are trained in the use of equipment according to the Wards Equipment training matrix.

Ensure safe administration of all medications (including IV) and ensuring accurate drug calculations, in accordance with the NMC Guidelines, Directorate and Trust policies,

Maintain legible, accurate records and ensure the safety and confidentiality of such records.

Ensure the views of carers and service users are monitored and identify and implement actions for change.

Support the sisters/charge nurses in achieving clinical excellence through agreed standards of clinical and organisational activity.

Ensure, when exposed to body fluids, that adequate precautions are taken to minimise the risk of cross infection in relation to the safe disposal of body fluids including blood products.

Managerial

Identify operational issues affecting the smooth delivery of care and develop service improvements to address the issues.

Work with the multi-professional team to identify priorities for clinical service developments and facilitate the implementation of these.

Responsible for monitoring and developing policies in the department.

Act as a role model, providing professional leadership and taking responsibility for the development of others, delegating duties and responsibilities fairly to all grades of staff.

Manage own workload autonomously.

Facilitate regular meetings with staff in order to encourage the exchange and implementation of new ideas.

Responsible for managing the ward budget and developing mechanisms for ensuring care is cost effective.

Authorised signatory for staff extra hours payment and bank/ad hoc staff.

Responsible for ordering and maintenance of equipment.

Lead the recruitment and selection of staff.

Assist in orientation, induction and preceptorship of new staff.

Responsible for holiday and duty rotas to ensure adequate, efficient staff cover at all times, utilising the electronic roster and safer staffing.

Lead the teams to ensure that all staff have annual appraisals and personal development plans and reviews.

Deputise for the Matron as required.

Person Specification

education/qualification

Essential

• Registered as First Level Nurse on Part 8 or Part 15 of the Nursing & Midwifery Council Register
• Registered as First Level Nurse on Part 8 or Part 15 of the Nursing & Midwifery Council Register
• Teaching & Assessing Skills e.g. 7307 , ENB 998 Mentorship Module Level III

Desirable

• Significant experience at a band 6 level in a hospital setting.
• Significant recent experience in Childrens hospital setting
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Proven Leadership Skills

Experience

Essential

• Registered as First Level Nurse on Part 8 or Part 15 of the Nursing & Midwifery Council Register

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Burnley General Hospital

Casterton Avenue

Burnley

BB10 2PQ

Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)