Job summary
- Main area
- Endoscopy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 361-6608790
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/10/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/10/2024
Employer heading
Nurse Team Manager - Endoscopy
NHS AfC: Band 7
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Manager - Endoscopy who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will be expected to have a vibrant and innovative approach to advanced nursing practice; have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and will have overall responsibility for the daily operational management of clinical service delivery of the Endoscopy Units at The Lister Hospital and the QE11.
You will provide clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and support staff promoting the principle of cross site collaboration and teamwork.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
Be accountable for the line management of nursing staff, enabling the department to provide the highest standards of care, minimising any risks to service users.
Promote high standards of professional practice and the delivery of quality care within the corporate policies, protocols and guidelines.
Be accountable for the delivery and monitoring of robust infection control measures at department level, through relentless vigilance by ensuring delivery of all aspects of the Infection Control Strategy.
Be accountable for the budget management
Provide effective leadership for all nurses, Nurse Associates, Clinical support workers, Porter employed by the service.
Be a member of the endoscopy’s management team providing expert advice and direction on nursing and clinical governance issues.
Be a role model for nurses, representing the department and Trust as required and identified by the PSM, DHON,HON, Clinical Director and General Manager.
Demonstrate leadership attributes and a willingness to develop the role further.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse on part 1 of the NMC register
- Relevant clinical post registration education to include a recognized Mentorship qualification
- JETs/GIM accredited endoscopy nurse or relevant competences and training
- Relevant degree or working towards Degree
Desirable criteria
- Managerial and leadership qualification /relevant experience
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with proven recent experience at Band 6 in the endoscopy setting
- Uses evidence based practice to support care delivery
- Evidence of an understanding in expenditure and budget management
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in audit/research and willingness to present findings at meetings and conferences.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively at a complex level-excellent analytical, written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent clinical knowledge and skills, of endoscopy working including PEG, ERCP, Scoping
- Ability to advocate for all patients, particularly vulnerable patients
- Ability to manage self and others in delivery of own work and related clinical outcomes to meet departmental expectations.
- Demonstrate evidence of strong leadership and motivational skills, ability to lead and motivate large clinical team.
- Demonstrate , sound organisational skills and ability to work effectively in a devolved management structure.
- Performance management skills, including understanding of and invoking disciplinary procedure.
Desirable criteria
- Research and development including presentation at national and international conferences
- Proven track record in change management, to include service development.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of current Trust wide and BSG and JAG requirements for endoscopy
- Proactive in the understanding of risk management, health and safety and other clinical governance issues.
- Evidence, understanding and insight into current issues in nursing and the NHS Knowledge of local and national health care initiatives/innovation to improve patient care, experience and safety.
- Demonstrates ability to influence and manage successfully
- IT skills – understanding windows, word, excel and PowerPoint
Desirable criteria
- In depth understanding of product procurement process
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Angela Griggs
- Job title
- Deputy Divisional Director of Nursing and Quality
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07442 682797
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