This role offers a supportive environment centered around teamwork and professional growth, along with a competitive salary and benefits package. It requires excellent leadership, communication skills, and the ability to manage complex healthcare needs while adhering to Trust standards and clinical guidelines. The position not only entails clinical management but also active participation in service modernisation and the development of local policies to enhance patient care quality and efficiency.
Are you a dynamic and experienced nurse leader looking to elevate your career? We are seeking a passionate and enthusiastic individual to lead our Specialist Nursing Team within Breast Care Surgical Services here at UHCW. We can promise that you will be part of a team that is committed to achieving and maintaining the highest standards and that you will work in a supportive environment that values teamwork and professional growth. Applicants should be an experienced breast care nurse at a senior level with minimum of two years experience in the role. Candidates should be able to demonstrate at interview a breadth of knowledge and experience with clinical governance processes, patient safety , staff development and quality assurance as well as an extensive knowledge of NHS Breast Care Services and clinical strategy
Your packageoAgenda for Change (AfC) Band 8 A starting salary with incremental pay progressiono27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, (Increasing with long service)oGenerous NHS pension schemeoFantastic maternity, paternity and adoption benefitsoHealth service discounts and online benefitsoFree confidential employee assistance programme 24/7We are always happy to speak to enthusiastic candidates, if you have any questions why not reach out to those that know the service best. We are happy to accommodate informal visits, telephone or TEAMS conversations to provide any information that you require around the post or the Trust.
- Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
- Hold professional accountability for the Surgical Breast Care Nursing Service and is responsible for ensuring that service provision is met by effectively reviewing staffing rosters and allocating resource to meet service demand and patient preferences where possible.
- Contribute to the Multi-Disciplinary Team discussions, care planning and decision making to provide seamless co ordination and patient care across the patient pathway.
- Demonstrate highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high-quality service within a complex and challenging environment with often, conflicting priorities.
- Responsible for the provision of a high-quality professional nursing service across the surgical breast cancer services promoting best practice and implementing a review process that looks at quality and efficiency to meet the needs of patients and service.
- Provide professional leadership and management of the surgical breast care nursing team.
- Work with the hospital Clinical Governance / Service team in programs of work in modernising service
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- Work collaboratively and in partnership with other disciplines, agencies and departments in the programme of modernisation.
- Contributes to development and implementation of local policies, procedures and guidelines across a number of departments, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
- Overall budget responsibility, as directed by the Group Director of Nursing for resources across surgical breast CNS services monitoring variance and implementing contingency plans as appropriate, e.g., bank, agency expenditure and sickness.
- Demonstrate excellent leadership skills supporting the senior management team in service developments and lead as delegated on the implementation of these changes
- Undertake a variety of clinical skills and provide treatment/ advice as per speciality and scope of practice. Using agreed protocols of clinical practice and professional guidelines
- Responsible for the efficient management of processes e.g., complaints within a defined area; training and development; appraisal.
- Utilise information and IT systems to produce accurate and timely workforce and resource data and reports.
- Responsible for development, implementation, and evaluation of projects to improve patient care and experience service development through the audit cycle and patient feedback, linking to the clinical governance framework and business planning process.
- Undertake direct workload requiring moderate to high physical effort according to patient dependency or staff need.
- Demonstrate through effective leadership the ability to provide professional and emotional support to individuals and groups, e.g. during difficult situations or unexpected events.
- Accountable for maintaining a clean, safe environment ensuring adherence to Trust standards of cleanliness, hygiene, and infection control at all times.
- Responsible for adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy and Divisional objectives designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from clinical and non-clinical risk and known hazards.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
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