The Jobholder will carry 24 hour continuingresponsibility for the effective and efficient management of theward/department. They will provide professional, clinical, managerialleadership and supervision for the nursing team. The jobholder is responsiblefor developing and maintaining a ward or departments philosophy that has thepatient at the centre of compassionate safe and quality care delivery. Throughmanaging the administrative and financial aspects of the ward, the jobholderwill ensure cost effective use of resources.
Main duties of the job
Leadership
Provide leadership to the clinicalteam
Support and inspire staff toprovide efficient, effective, safe, quality care to patients
Deliver a positive patientexperience
Promote the building of effectiveteams and collaboration between teams
Anticipate problems and takepreventative or mitigating actions, orhave contingency plans available
Work with Matron to lead thedevelopment of ward/department nursing practice, reflecting the ClinicalService Unit and Trust business plans
Work with the Matron and or Head ofNursing to suggest and develop new roles/ways of working
Delegate and empower staff whilstmaintaining overall, continuing responsibility and accountability
Line manage the nursing team,including individual and team performance, attendance, management andworkforce planning
Ensure the effective deployment ofstaff is mapped against the flow of patients to provide safe and effectivecare
Support and participate in localand trustwide recruitment events
Manage the use of bank and agency
Investigate and respond toaccidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events
Deliver an effective, safe, qualityservice within budgetary envelope
Raise and respond to concerns withregards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrongdoing by following the LTHTwhistle blowing policy and supporting processes
Deputise for Matron in theirabsence
About us
Ourvalues are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see thisas a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by ourstaff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Accountable
Empowered
Allour actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally,the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
Commitment to support, uphold anddemonstrate the core values and behaviours of LTHT
Commitment to delivering highquality compassionate evidence based care, in accordance with Leeds TeachingHospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) policies and guidelines
Commitment to working in amulti-disciplinary team
Commitment to the clinical area,valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive andcreative working environment
LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.
Job responsibilities
TheJobholder will carry 24 hour continuing responsibility for the effective andefficient management of the ward/department. They will provide professional,clinical, managerial leadership and supervision for the nursing team. Thejobholder is responsible for developing and maintaining a ward ordepartments philosophy that has the patient at the centre of compassionatesafe and quality care delivery. Through managing the administrative andfinancial aspects of the ward, the jobholder will ensure cost effective useof resources.
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
* Experience of leading and managing a team
* Ability to work under pressure
* Clinical leadership
* Standards of professional practice
* Excellent written and verbal skills
* Able to prioritise own and others workload
* Skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members
Qualifications
* Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
* Degree in nursing or equivalent relevant experience
* Leadership and management qualification
Experience
* Significant relevant experience at band 6
* Audit and standard setting
* Change management
* Knowledge of budget management
* Experience of leading and managing a team
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.
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