Clinical Nurse / Midwife Manager

Job summary

Are you a Registered Nurse or Midwife with leadership and management experience?

Would you like to utilise your skills and experience in a unique and varied role?

Were looking for a Clinical Nurse Manager to join the BPAS Doncaster Cluster. This role covers our Doncaster and York Units. As the Clinical Nurse Manager you will manage the clinical areas in a professional manner to ensure high standards of client care and safety. You will also monitor unit activity to ensure capacity and efficiency is maintained.

BPAS Doncaster is a large and busy unit that offers a range of reproductive health services including a surgical service under general anesthetic and conscious sedation. BPAS York is a smaller satellite unit offering EMA treatments. As a clinical nurse manager you will lead and mentor a team of clinicians to deliver high standards of client care. This is a varied and fast paced role that involves routinely working clinically in all areas of the unit including the operating department.

You will be a Registered Adult Nurse Level 1 or Midwife that is looking to progress within a clinical management role. You will have willingness to undertake training to enable you to work within all areas of the unit including theatre. You'll have proven experience of team management including selection, recruitment, sickness and performance management.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities;

• Support the ward and operating departments to carry out their roles and responsibilities, ensuring that standards are maintained.
• Oversee the work of all staff in the clinical team to deliver a high professional standard of client care in accordance with NMC/GMC Guidelines for Professional Practice, delegating responsibilities as appropriate.
• Participate in the recruitment process for new clinical staff, monitor employee performance and performance manage staff when necessary.
• Undertake clinical audits and record, report, initiate and participate in investigation processes.
• Complete documentation relating to the provision of client care.

We are also looking for:

• Knowledge of the NMC/HPC/GMC codes of conduct, as well as Clinical Governance and the Health and Social Care Act.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal and be able to communicate at all levels of a unit
• Leadership and motivational skills, with a positive attitude towards change
• Able to work under pressure and be able to use own initiative to solve problems quickly and effectively
• Willing to travel to other sites as necessary and work additional hours when needed.

About us

British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is the UK's largest independent women's reproductive healthcare charity. We work mainly on behalf of the NHS across the country providing abortion, contraception, STI testing & treatment. We specialise in evidence-based, not-for-profit care reproductive healthcare.

Working with us:

Alongside a supportive and friendly working environment, BPAS has generous benefits: life assurance cover at 3 times salary, 34 days annual leave per year & a defined contribution pension scheme. You will have access to our employee benefits programme through BHSF which includes special health & wellbeing services & lifestyle offers for you & your family. This includes various salary sacrifice schemes, counselling services & free private GP appointments.

For our clinical roles, a full clinical training package will be provided along with comprehensive support. Nursing & midwifery colleagues will have the opportunity to train in 1st & 2nd trimester sonography scanning, contraception fitting & STI testing. For surgical units you will gain experience in conscious sedation & general anaesthetic treatment in our operating departments.

BPAS is committed to safeguarding & promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children & young people through a safer recruitment framework. This includes a thorough selection process & a number of pre-employment checks.