Job summary
- Main area
- Renal
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Once a month Saturday cover from 8:00-16:00)
- Job ref
- 361-6830701
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/01/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/01/2025
Employer heading
Nurse Manager-Haemodialysis
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 Manager- Haemodialysis our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The post-holder will be an experienced renal trained nurse, working in partnership with the Matron as an integral part of the Nurse Management team, promoting the principle of cross site Collaboration and teamwork and will be accountable for the line management of nursing staff demonstrating clinical and managerial leadership, enabling the units to provide the highest standards of care and minimising any risks to service users.
The Nurse Manager will be accountable for the budget management for Lister Dialysis unit and provide effective leadership for all nurses, clinical support workers, admin staff and ward Housekeepers employed by the service.
The successful candidate will be a member of the Directorates Management team providing expert advice and direction on nursing and clinical governance issues and be a role model for renal nurses, representing the department and Trust as required and identified by the Lead Nurse, Clinical Director and General Manager.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
Have overall responsibility for the operational management of clinical service delivery at unit level.
Provide excellent standards of nursing care and expertise, both in delivering direct patient care and in support of other staff caring for the higher needs and dependency of our patients.
Provide appropriate intervention, support, and clinical expertise to deliver a safe clinical pathway that promotes high quality care through role modelling, expert clinical skills, promoting best practice, facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration and providing education.
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 ward/ department level, through ongoing vigilance by ensuring delivery of all aspects of the Infection Control Strategy.
Provide clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and support staff.
Be a highly skilled clinical expert with specialised knowledge in caring for patients with complex needs.
Provide advice and support to all staff working in the area.
Establish effective communication links with the Unplanned division management team.
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
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in caring for patients requiring renal nursing, demonstrating a special interest in haemodialysis treatment.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of an understanding in expenditure and budget management .
- Involvement in audit/research and willingness to present findings at meetings and conferences
Skills
Essential criteria
- Proven track record in change management, to include service development
- Ability to develop own skills and knowledge
- Demonstrate a flexible approach, able to react to the changing needs of the department, ensuring sustainability
- Demonstrate evidence of strong leadership and motivational skills, ability to lead and motivate a large clinical team
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Has in-depth knowledge on managing a busy dialysis unit
- Able to recognize the training requirements of the department and provide support to develop the team
- Understanding of risk management, health and safety and other clinical governance issues
- Knowledge of local and national health care initiatives/innovation to improve patient care, experience and safety.
- Ability to recognize pressure in the work environment and manage in a professional manner
- Evidence of working with and enforcing Human Resources policies and procedures
- Financial management ability and competence, including understanding of rosters, skill mix etc
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse educated to Part 1 of the NMC Register
- Post registration qualification in renal specialty include recognised Renal course
- Teaching qualification- Mentorship and preceptorship/998/Practice assessor course
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Managerial and leadership qualification/ relevant experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Betty Sunil
- Job title
- Practice standard Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917271696
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