Job summary
- Main area
- CIC Dermatology Unit - 200144
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 262-A-25-7206406
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hilltop Heights Carlisle
- Town
- Carlisle
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Dermatology Nurse Manager * Internal Only *
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES
Dermatology Nurse manager Band 7 , 37.5 hours per week. Internal secondment opportunity
No dermatology experience needed
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a Dermatology team across two different sites.
You will be expected to provide effective clinical leadership to facilitate the delivery of patient care without supervision. Ensure that the highest standard of care is delivered to patients in the Dermatology department providing continuing assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care. Provide expert nursing advice to the MDT, and co-ordinate a training programme for nursing staff.
This job is based at Hilltop heights but will require nurse management and leadership to be shared across the West Cumberland Hospital dermatology team also by effectively prioritising the demand
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
- Provide excellent clinical leadership and management skills to ensure the effective delivery of excellent patient focused care and resources within the remit of the department and within the parameters of agreed Trust policies and guidelines
- Lead the multidisciplinary team in improving patient services / access within the ward.
- Lead, establish and demonstrate practice based on current advances in nursing practice and research.
- Lead the continuing development of the department philosophy.
- Lead and actively participate in ward meetings, ensuring equity of opinion.
- Devise and plan duty rota, maintaining safe staffing levels and skill mix within the clinical setting. Provide expert support to the nursing team to ensure use of evidenced based practice.
- Manage a delegated budget for the department. Actively manage the budgetary implications of decisions.
- Lead in the recruitment and selection of staff for the ward. Ensure that there is a robust appraisal / PDP process in place for all staff. Actively manage staff attendance and absence, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring adequate cover to ensure continuity of patient care. Address attendance issues.
- Provide leadership in monitoring and achieving Trust targets.
Working for our organisation
Working for your organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We’re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’.
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust’s sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.
We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
· Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
· If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
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- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro – Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: [email protected]
Unlock – Tel: 01634 247350, email [email protected] or complete the online form on the Unlock website
Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2nd December and the new cost will be
Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Person specification
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as a member of a team, without supervision
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Able to act as a clinical supervisor, mentor and preceptor
- Able to promote the development of nursing within the Trust
- Good organisational skills
- Leadership skills
- Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
- Ability to work as a team member, without close supervision
- Ability to communicate with colleagues and the public
- Ability to liaise with main dermatology unit effectively
- IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Project development skills
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- full UK driving licence with ability to work cross site
- Willing to develop by expansion of the role
- Ability to work across site
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Registered nurse with current registration
- • Management / leadership certificate or equivalent experience
- • Recognised teaching qualification and proven ability to provide clinical education
Desirable criteria
- • Postgraduate certificate in management or equivalent
- • Further relevant postgraduate development or equivalent
- • Post registration certificate in clinical speciality or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Continuing professional development with portfolio
- • Practice requirements for all nursing staff
- • Trust policies and procedures
- • Professional leadership within the clinical governance framework
- • National strategy for nursing and midwifery
- • An awareness of the requirements of the post Demonstration of continued learning
- • Be aware of, and act in, accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- • Vulnerable adults, child protection and Mental Capacity Act issues
Desirable criteria
- • Clinical practice development.
- • Leadership development
- • Knowledge of the dermatology speciality. Awareness of the local PCPI agenda
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Specific training to undertake specific procedures within the remit of the role
- • Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
- • Roster management
- • Preceptor / mentor for student nurses
- • Clinical supervision
- • Budgetary management
- • Leadership role
- • Dealing with critical incidents / complaints
Desirable criteria
- • Patient Care and Public Involvement.
- • Audit and research in practice
- • Experience in dermatology
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Makala Wilson
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07811498355
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