Job summary
- Main area
- Ambulatory Care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Secondment: 10 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Bank holiday and weekend working required)
- Job ref
- 176-U-6221824
- Employer
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Peterborough City Hospital
- Town
- Peterborough
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Unit Manager - Ambulatory Care Unit - Peterborough
Band 7
Job overview
Ambulatory care is an innovative way of providing a safe, patient focused, flexible, same day emergency service for appropriate patients. The service aims to prevent unnecessary hospital admission and provide a better patient’s experience. Our Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU) offers easy access to early diagnostic tests, specialist staff, and review by a hospital consultant in one place.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team supporting the Consultant led Unit within the Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) directorate.
Working for our organisation
We are dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusivity within our workforce and warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on encouraging those from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as candidates from our local area.
As part of our commitment to supporting our employees we offer a range of benefits including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days and increasing to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, in addition to the national Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
- Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme:
- Flexible working opportunities;
- Enhanced hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
- Opportunities for career development and training to help you progress in your role;
- Wellbeing support and activities to promote a healthy work environment;
- Access to our in-house physiotherapy service;
- On-site canteens offering subsidised meals;
- Subsidised staff parking (currently free);
- Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for someone to manage the Unit for a 10 month secondment period with responsibilities to include:
Being an expert clinical role model.
Managing and leading the Unit nursing staff in liaison with deputies.
Collaborative working with the Practice Development Team and operational team, including external teams, to ensure effective working relationships.
Leading by example to motivate, develop and establish a well-trained, competent workforce to deliver safe and effective care to all patients within the ward / department.
Coordinating nursing and multi professional activity within the clinical setting, ensuring that there is appropriate skill mix for the patient caseload within available resources.
Promoting and role modelling effective communication within the nursing and multi professional team, to patients, carers and visitors. Receive and report sensitive information.
Managing and promoting change and improvement.
There is more information available on the attached job description for key responsibilities of this role.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant Professional Registration – NMC or equivalent
- 4 years post registration experience
- Evidence of leadership qualities
- Teaching qualification or mentorship module
- Expert clinical role model who is committed to improvement of standards and patient care.
Desirable criteria
- Leadership course or qualification
- Management qualification
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- ILS / ALS trained
- Post registration qualification relevant to clinical speciality.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven management experience
- Evidence of a high level of Nursing Practice. Uses evidence base practice to support patient care delivery
- Evidence of being a Reflective Practitioner
- Understanding of Healthcare Governance and its application
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing teams
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstration of autonomous practice
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Demonstrates record of achievement in changing and developing practice
- Working knowledge of Trust and National Nursing initiatives
Key Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Excellent interpersonal/ liaison skills
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Highly motivated
- Ability to be adaptive and work under own initiative
- Ability to negotiate effectively
- Innovative approach to professional issues
- Change management skills
- Ability to resolve conflict and motivate a team
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Flexibility in approach
- Able to be self disciplined in a demanding environment
- Good sense of humour
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of networking across professional boundaries
Other
Essential criteria
- Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives cultural, religious and emotional needs and beliefs
- Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust Values and Behaviours
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Melanie Young
- Job title
- Matron for Acute Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0173367000
- Additional information
Kate Masterson - via main switchboard
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