Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Children's Outpatients Manager (Band 7)
Closing date: 17 June 2026
Job Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Children's Outpatients manager to join our dynamic team within Leighton Hospital. If you are looking to further your career and gain an insight into leadership then this could be the Job for you. We have 9 consulting rooms and run a wide range of paediatric and specialist clinics on a daily basis, with visiting consultants from Liverpool, Manchester UHNM and Oswestry. Nurses are responsible for the running of the treatment room completing a wide range of investigations, vaccinations and the general management of department.
Main duties
* Ensure high standards of patient care at all times challenging and ensuring others challenge poor practice, in accordance with the NMC Professional Code of Conduct.
* In collaboration with senior members of the team provide assurance that the standards set out in the relevant Nursing & Midwifery and MCHFT strategy are delivered.
* Ensure local plans support all clinical quality external accreditation, for example Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards.
* Ensure agreed systems and process to consistently provide safe, effective, high quality patient care and embed a culture of improvement.
* Through visible clinical leadership ensure that the delivery of kind, compassionate and respectful care takes place.
* Act as the patient's advocate when appropriate, when informed decisions may lead to choices being made concerning treatment options.
* Maintain high standards of evidence based patient care.
* In accordance with the individualised patient care, ensure clinical observations are taken, results recorded and any appropriate actions taken based on the results.
* Ensure the maintenance of professional contemporaneous records at all times, document all actions and interventions in a clear and honest and timely manner in line with Trust policy.
* Deal with concerns raised by patients and visitors in a proactive manner, review patient feedback results and update the ward's patient experience improvement plans.
* Store, check and administer drugs in accordance with the Trust Medicines policy.
Qualifications
* NMC Registered (Children's)
* Evidence of working at Band 6
* Master's level qualification or equivalent
* Leadership qualification (desirable)
* Advanced Paediatric Life Support qualification (desirable)
Skills
* Evidence of leadership skills
* Ability to assess, coordinate and prioritise workload
* Excellent communication skills
* Use of IT systems
* Evidence of change management
* Venepuncture and cannulation (desirable)
* Immunisation trained (desirable)
Experience
* Experience within a children's outpatient department
* Leadership experience relevant to role
* Staff development and supervision
* Experience of working with the MDT
* Evidence of continuous improvement (desirable)
* Use of digital systems (desirable)
Person Specification
Essential
* NMC Registered (Children's)
* Evidence of working at Band 6
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