Job summary
- Main area
- Women and Children
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 328-WAC-7135458
- Employer
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The James Cook University Hospital
- Town
- Middlesbrough
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Paediatric Critical Care Unit Manager
Band 7
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and supportive leader to manage our Paedaitric Critical Care Unit. PCCU is the only standalone Level 2 commissioned unit in the region which delivers excellent care to children and their families.
We are looking for an individual who is passionate about children and Young People receiving safe, high quality, evidence based care and using direct clinical leadership to ensure this care can be delivered.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will hold 24 hour responsibility for the department team with support from the Clinical Matron and Associate Director of Nursing. They will ensure that they lead and manage the department so that safe, high quality, evidence based nursing care is delivered to patients whilst respecting and involving families and carers as partners in care.
The post holder will promote the positive image of the clinical area and the Trust by being a role model, having a clear vision and using direct clinical leadership to ensure an excellent patient experience and a department that promotes both clinical and operational excellence.
The post holder in conjunction with the senior management team will manage the budget for the department to ensure the best use of resources.
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions
· Your Leadership Impact
· Leading your Team to Success
· Leading Into the Future
· Service Improvement for Beginners
· Developing your Service Improvement Skills
· Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
- Explore leadership within the NHS
- Promote Trust values and behaviours
- Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
- Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Academic
Essential criteria
- Degree or Diploma
- Current NMC registration (child subpart)
Desirable criteria
- Mentoring/Teaching qualification
- APLS/EPLS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence and experience of positive leadership skills and the ability to transform and lead a team to work effectively together.
- Evidence and experience of relevant continuing professional development and developing clinical practice.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a Paediatric Critical Care environment
- Recent experience and evidence of a track record of effective management of change
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Howe
- Job title
- Clinical matron for Children and Young People
- Email address
- nicola.howe@nhs.net
- Telephone number
- 01642 856461
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
The Recruitment Team
The Murray Building
The James Cook University Hospital
TS4 3BW
- Telephone
- 01642 850850, ext. 57396
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