Job overview
The Trauma Outpatients Department located within the James Cook University Hospital (and satellite clinics) serves patients attending for a range of Orthopaedic problems. You will see approximately 500 patients per week through a range of Orthopaedic Adult and Paediatric clinics.
(Satellite clinics at Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, Redcar Primary Care Hospital, East Cleveland Hospital).
As the department manager you will lead your team to deliver a safe and effective patient experience.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be expected to provide the delivery of high-quality specialist care through the Trauma Outpatients Service,
The post-holder will be expected to provide an expert clinical and leadership function in the assessment of care needs for this Orthopaedic client group.
They will be an active member of the multidisciplinary team by demonstrating a range of essential specialist nursing skills to meet the needs this client group.
The post-holder is responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of care on the Department with support from the clinical matron and wider Senior Leadership Team. Delivering safe, high quality, evidence-based nursing care to patients whilst respecting and involving families and carers as partners in care will be the foundation of your role.
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.
The Department manager will be clear focus on the attainment and maintenance of STAQC Accreditation should be maintained through continuous weekly audit against the agreed standards.
Working for our organisation
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
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) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
1. Ability to lead a service and team
2. Demonstrates an ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
3. Demonstrates an ability to motivate staff by providing a positive role model
4. Able to assume additional managerial responsibility and prioritise this accordingly
5. Able to respond and adapt appropriately to changing needs of the service
6. Demonstrates competent IT and system skills
7. Effective people management skills
8. Participate in regular clinical supervision
9. Knowledge of clinical governance and risk assessment / management
Desirable criteria
10. Orthopaedic experience
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
11. RGN NMC Registration
12. BSc Hons Degree / Diploma in Nursing
13. Equivalent post grad study experience
14. Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
15. Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist training to degree equivalent level
Experience
Essential criteria
16. Evidence of leadership and development
17. Demonstrates clinical knowledge and skills relevant to role.
18. To display effective communication skills, communicating complex, sensitive and contentious information to others
19. Able to evidence team leadership experience
20. Demonstrates an ability to prioritise and co-ordinate the workload of the team to ensure fairness and equality
21. Demonstrates excellent organisational/ delegation/ prioritisation skills.
22. Demonstrates evidence of teaching skills to a range of professionals
Desirable criteria
23. Experience within Trauma and Orthopaedics
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at
Right to Work in the UK
The Trust welcomes applications from all candidates who meet the criteria for the role. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - (.
Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.
Please note that not everyone needs a Skilled Worker visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.
We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - ( and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - (
Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply. If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.