Lead Nurse - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Christie NHS FT

Description

Job summary

This is an exciting new post and the successful candidate needs to be clinically credible and experienced and although oncology experience an advantage it is not essential we would welcome applications from nurses with critical care or critical care outreach experience. We want you to bring strategic vision, endless energy and a passion for delivering the highest standards of care. This unique opportunity requires you to be committed, organised and have people management experience. Excellent interpersonal skills are paramount for this post together with confidence to engage and work with a range of colleagues at all levels and from all professional groups.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join a team of Lead Nurses and work closely with the Divisional Associate Chief Nurse to focus on the provision of high quality, visible, professional leadership, setting and maintaining standards of clinical excellence, improving outcomes and experiences for patients, families, carers as well as staff. The successful candidate must have the ability to provide positive leadership and development to the clinical teams and act as a role model in all they do. We are looking for a highly motivated, self-starting and imaginative individual with strong engagement and influencing skills who can ensure commitment to complex projects making certain that deadlines and required changes are delivered.

The oncology critical care unit (OCCU) is an 8-bedded unit with a team of highly skilled nurses which supports elective, highly specialised surgery in addition supporting any deteriorating patients who require level 2 or 3 care. The post-holder in addition to OCCU will also directly manage the Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT) who alongside their clinical responsibilities support the Trust with a training and education programme for resuscitation and deteriorating patients.

About us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Job responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities for Human Resources and Leadership

Clinical Practice Responsibilities

To maintain a broad, high level clinical skill set within the team to create an environment that ensures the safe reception, treatment, transfer and discharge of patients, their relatives, and carers.

Assess and initiate care for critically ill patients using critical care expertise and skills to assist in prevention, identification, and proactive management of current and potential problems.

To plan and deliver research/ evidence-based care and treatment in partnership with other health professionals; this may include prescribing medication and actively monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions.

To request and/ or undertake investigations to augment patient assessment and care.

To monitor and review the effectiveness of interventions with the patient and colleagues and modify this to meet changing needs and established goals of care.

To delegate/ refer to other practitioners when this will improve health outcomes, or when risks and needs are beyond own competence and scope of practice.

To attend and participate, leading where necessary, in resuscitation attempts or clinical emergency situations as part of the team and provide expert clinical advice to the resuscitation team and team leader (where required).

Provide post cardiac arrest debriefing of staff and relatives.

Be a visible leader who is accessible and assists patients/service users/carers/relatives during incidental contacts.

Accountable for ensuring the appropriate and effective development, delivery and monitoring of patient care and service across areas of responsibility.

Monitor the quality and timeliness of nursing care and service provision in accordance with relevant professional and local standards.

Responsible for ensuring that care is delivered in a safe, efficient, effective and timely manner and that plans for discharge to ward, and department areas and transfer of patients is within acceptable safe parameters.

Responsible for providing senior nursing advice across areas of the Trust as required, including participation in Duty Manager rota for evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Support Lead Nurse colleagues and Ward Managers to ensure the most appropriate distribution of staffing resources to balance risks and to ensure the safe and smooth running of the division.

Ensures patients and their families are treated with dignity and respect and information is conveyed to them in a timely and understandable manner.

Responsibilities for Risk & Clinical Governance

Responsibilities for Policy and Service Development and Implementation

Participates with service/specialty teams in the development of policy, processes and business plans at Directorate/Service level.

Represent and provide nursing expertise and advice to business and operational discussions, meetings and forums.

Responsible for recognising service requirements and ensuring these are communicated to the Directorate/Specialty teams and Divisional Associate Chief Nurse.

Ensuring that all staff practice in accordance with statutory and corporate policies; including those specific to patient safety.

To be aware of, comment on and/or actively participate in changes on policies, procedures or service developments.

To embrace and support line management and the department in making service improvements effective within the workplace.

Participate in National forums for Critical Care, Critical Care Outreach and Resuscitation, presenting and disseminating work as appropriate and contributing to the national agenda.

Advise and collaborate with other health care professionals and managers in implementing national and local guidelines for improving patient safety.

Collaborate with other members of the health care team, to maximise learning, reduce risk and improve patient safety.

Responsible for ensuring that areas for which they are responsible implement the quality audits and any associated or successor initiatives to within agreed/required timescales. Maintains accurate and contemporaneous records.

Promote an environment where research and development are valued.

Development of audits and analysis of working practices and trends to support improvements in performance in relation to quality and patient experience.

Responsibilities for Planning and Organising

Responsibilities for Physical and / or Financial Resources

See attached for full details

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable

Skills

Essential

Desirable

Knowledge

Essential

Desirable

VALUES

Essential

OTHER

Essential