Clinical Ward Manager - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Sheffield Children's

Description

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a motivated B7 or B6 nurse with a keen interest in High Dependency Nursing care?

There is an exciting opportunity for a senior, experienced nurse to work as a Band 7 Clinical Manager for 37.5 hours per week in a 6-month temporary role to manage our High Dependency Unit (HDU).

Role responsibilities will involve:

• Management of the HDU nursing team
• Management of datix and the investigation of clinical incidents
• Providing clinical supervision and holding supportive, learning discussions with colleagues
• Sharing learning from incidents
• Providing feedback to datix reporters with outcomes of datix incidents
• Promoting psychological safety and a safety culture within HDU
• To promote Duty of Candour
• Managing and mitigation of HDU risks, including action planning
• To support PCCU education team with sharing learning from clinical governance
• To support quality improvement projects on HDU
• Support the development of clinical guidelines and SOPs
• To support the PCCU Lead Nurse and Band 7 PCCU team to improve patient safety and quality of care
• Demonstrate collaborative and compassionate leadership

Main duties of the job

• To manage the specialist ward/unit, ensuring the quality of care provision to children, using unit protocols and Trust policies and guidelines.
• To monitor workload and workforce resources on a day-to-date basis.
• To be responsible for, and to carry out the assessment, planning and implementation of programmes of care providing support , guidance and leadership for junior members of staff in their care delivery.
• To be responsible for the professional development of a team of staff identifying objectives to ensure individual action plans are met.

About us

Sheffield Children's is one of three independent, specialist paediatric hospitals in the country, providing dedicated healthcare for children and young people across community, mental health and acute specialist settings.

We have three overarching aims that set the direction for the Trust in our vision "to create a healthier future for children and young people."

• Outstanding patient care
• Brilliant place to work
• Leader in children's health

Our commitment to rewarding colleagues is demonstrated through our brilliant reward and benefits offer including; generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme and access to salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work and lease cars.

We are committed to supporting colleagues from different heritages and lifestyles while at work. This is supported through the offer we have in place for flexible working and the three equality network groups we have in place. Colleagues are encouraged to join these groups and request flexible working

Job responsibilities

• To maintain confidentiality of information regarding children/ families at all times.
• To communicate and liaise effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team, both verbally and in writing.
• Provide and receive highly complex or sensitive information where there are barriers to understanding.
• Promote and maintain good and effective communication with patients, relatives, and visitors.
• Persuade patients and families to co-operate with treatment for their well-being, effectively deal with anxious relatives.
• Ensure parents/carers and the child (when appropriate), have the opportunity to agree and/or negotiate care.
• Communicate and liaise with other departments/ wards in the hospital to provide support and advice on resource management and professional nursing issues (as 524 bleep holder).
• Communicate effectively with the Clinical Nurse Educator on the ward to manage the professional education of all staff and students within the team and develop nursing practice within evidence-based practice.

Inclusive Recruitment & Selection

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.

We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager:

We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at

Trust Values

The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:

• Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
• Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
• Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
• Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care

Person Specification Qualifications / Training

• RN Child (RSCN)
• Diploma level post basic nursing qualification in relevant field
• Degree in relevant subject

Experience

• Relevant or significant experience in paediatric nursing with at least two years at Band 6 or above
• ENB 998 or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification
• Recruitment and personnel management
• Performing PDR
• Budget management
• Setting and auditing clinical standards
• Utilisation of research in practice
• Project management

Knowledge

• Health & Safety Safe Practices e.g. Lifting and Handling, Sharps, COSHH
• Level three Safeguarding training
• Working knowledge of Infection control
• Current Nursing/Health Issues
• Quality Assurance principles

Skills and Abilities

• Leadership Skills
• Communication Skills
• Teaching Skills
• Budgetary Management

Attributes

• Commitment to: Speciality, Self Development, Evolution of nursing practice, Management of change

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

AD for Nursing, Surgery and Critical Care

£43,742 to £50,056 a yearper annum pro rata