The post holder will be expected to lead a team providing care for people living with HIV (LWHIV). Individuals LWHIV are predominately managed in an outpatient setting by the Genito-Urinary Team or Infectious Diseases Department and at times are inpatients at NUH. The post holder will be expected to manage the workload across all areas. HIV Department Leader will be expected to ensure integration of the nursing and medical, working alongside the HIV consultant lead.
Have managerial responsibility for patient care, maintaining safe staffing levels and budgets.
Ensure that the standards and quality of care given are maintained to a high standard, to include a safe environment in which care is delivered.
Have responsibility for ensuring that patients and service users are involved in their care.
Be aware of the care plans relating to every patient accessing the service, be visible and accessible to patients and staff alike.
Provide visible evidence that feedback is used to maintain standards or implement improvements that have an effect on patient care.
Be a leader and role model, providing regular direct clinical care, in addition to ensuring effective use of non-clinical time to support the implementation of both clinical and non-clinical governance, facilitating the modernisation of patient services.
Commit to the standards within the NUH Professional Practice model and actively support the embedding of this within practice.
Promote the health and well-being of staff and patients
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lee Portas Job title: Advanced Clinical Practitioner Email address: lee.portas2@nhs.net Telephone number: 03001317010
Susan Griffiths
Matron
Susan.griffiths38@nhs.net
0115 9691169 ext. 71607
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