Job summary
The Lead Nurse will be the registered Manager at BHF
for CQC purposes and be responsible for nursing clinical leadership across all
services. They will, in conjunction with
the Chair, the Board and the Senior Management Team develop the clinical
service strategy for BHF. Responsible for leading, maintaining
and developing clinical and patient care standards across Barnsley Healthcare Federation,
including Infection Control, Quality, and Clinical Governance. The successful candidate will have a masters qualification or equivalent and will be also responsible for holding the clinical workforce to account.
As Lead Nurse, working within our Clinical team and Out of Hours team is expected.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
Responsibilities and Patient Experience
Accountable
for the Clinical direction of BHF taking the lead in preparing the organisation
for inspection and audit
As the
Safeguarding Lead for BHF, you will lead on all aspects of the adult and child
safeguarding agenda maintaining clinical/professional competence and
credibility across the service including supporting Health care professional on
matters which can be complex, emotive or sensitive and working in partnership
with other organisations Safeguarding Professionals to ensure that all
safeguarding statutory requirements are met Accountable together with the
Medical Director for medicine management and provide processes for all
colleagues to support better and more cost-effective prescribing, as well as
helping patients to manage medications better.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for the further duties of the role.
About us
Launched in 2015, Barnsley Healthcare Federation (BHF) is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company which aims to improve and enhance the way in which primary care at scale is delivered within Barnsley. Drawing upon the knowledge and expertise of health professionals from across the borough, our vision is to deliver a robust publicly funded health and social care service which meets the needs of the local community. We believe that regardless of location or need, every patient should receive the same high standard of care, at times when they need it most
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Responsibilities and Patient Experience
- Accountable
for the Clinical direction of BHF taking the lead in preparing the organisation
for inspection and audit
- As the
Safeguarding Lead for BHF, you will lead on all aspects of the adult and child
safeguarding agenda maintaining clinical/professional competence and
credibility across the service including supporting Health care professional on
matters which can be complex, emotive or sensitive and working in partnership
with other organisations Safeguarding Professionals to ensure that all
safeguarding statutory requirements are met
- Be accountable together with the
Medical Director for medicine management and provide processes for all
colleagues to support better and more cost-effective prescribing, as well as
helping patients to manage medications better.
- Support the
Medical Director to reduce the likelihood of medication errors and patient
harm.
-
Act
as Clinical Lead for vaccination services, supporting both the wider team and
the national booster agenda.
-
To monitor Federation performance
against activity plans, standards, targets and budgets and intervene and take
corrective action where appropriate.
-
To put in place and review plans
for managing increased demands in practices across the Federation affecting the
nursing workforce in demand e.g. during winter.
-
Contribute to the corporate
management and strategic development of the Federation which will include
developing and managing care programmes as appropriate introducing new services
- Lead on public
and patient engagement and experience, developing a culture where this is
valued and fostered across all specialities and disciplines; ensure Friends and
Family data is collated and reported to the Board.
-
To
promote the delivery of effective strategies and action for the recruitment and
retention of nursing staff, management and reduction of sickness absence,
continuous professional development and minimisation of agency usage.
-
Be
the Caldicott Guardian for the organisation ensuring that the personal information
about those who use its services is legally and ethically maintained, always
ensuring confidentiality.
-
To
advise, support and provide information to the Board and senior management
teams on the quality and safety of care relating to nursing.
Leadership, Management and Administration
-
Provide strong and visible leadership to the
workforce and wider community and promote openness and involvement of stakeholders
in all areas of the Federation.
-
To
monitor nursing resources for effective and efficient deployment.
-
Responsible
for promoting professional standards and development of those standards. Managing staff and holding individuals to
account, in line with Federation policies. This includes
ensuring effective two way communications and continuous staff development
through the Federations Personal Development Review process.
-
To
contribute and where appropriate provide advice, guidance, information,
training and support to BHF at all levels, in relation to Emergency Planning/Resilience/Business
Continuity matters, covering all the requirements of the Civil Contingencies
Act (2004) ensuring operational coordination of immediate response
-
Accountable
for the Organisations compliments and complaints procedures and processes
-
To practice and promote
effective two way communication and involve the board and federation members in
the planning and review of new services.
-
To support student nurses on their
placements, liaising with both the clinical and admin team to support the
nurses in their development
Clinical Governance
-
Ensure that effective quality
governance systems and structures are in place to
ensure the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality healthcare.
-
Ensure there are systems in place to monitor and continually improve standards of care and meet legal
and NHS requirements.
-
Maximise
the contribution of all colleagues and in particular front line colleagues in
the development and implementation of the quality governance agenda.
-
Promote
a culture where quality governance and risk management are everyones
responsibility.
-
Ensure
Serious Incident (SI) process is followed amongst staff, ensuring good practice
in investigations to ensure high quality learning and visibility of the themes
and action taken.
-
Use
benchmarking tools and techniques to identify best practices from the wider
health community and their relevant application locally.
-
Drive
service improvement by encouraging learning from benchmarking surveys.
-
Lead
and promote the implementation of changes and improvements to practice and
systems in support of the national patient safety and complaints agenda.
-
Ensure delivery of a robust risk management system that
identifies risk and manages it accordingly.
Organisational Development
-
To ensure the visibility of senior management
throughout regular presence and other means of communication.
-
To promote the integration services across sites,
ensuring that effective team working is encouraged, and service viability is
maximised.
-
To ensure that the incentives driving behaviours
and activities within BHF are aligned with the corporate strategy and agreed
objectives.
-
To establish mechanisms that facilitate open
discussion leading to sound, co-ordinated operational management of all areas
within BHF CIC
-
To lead and support, in conjunction with other SMT
members the development of management skills and capabilities throughout the
organisation.
-
To contribute to the embedding of Just Culture
-
To act as a Nurse Ambassador and contribute to the
wider health and organisational agenda in the region and as appropriate.
Infection Prevention and Control
-
Provide assurance to the Board that Infection
Prevention and Control policies are fit for purposes and ensure effective
systems for the prevention and control of infection are embedded across the
organisation and audited.
-
Act as the focal point for integrating prevention
and control of infection within the Local clinical governance/patient safety
systems.
-
Ensure that the protection of patients from
infection received the highest priority across the BHF CIC
-
Ensure that the Board and SMT are aware of issues
concerning the prevention and control of infection and that these are
considered when corporate decisions are taken.
-
Lead the development and oversee the implementation
of BHF annual prevention and control of infection annual audit programme.
-
Produce an annual report on the state of healthcare
associated infection in BHF CIC and act as an ambassador for infection
prevention and control at a local level
-
Oversee infection control policies and their
implementation.
Quality
- The post holder will strive to maintain quality
within the Federation and will
-
Act as a BHF CIC Lead with Medical Director for
Quality Agenda.
-
Work with the Chair / Chief Operating Officer /
Medical Director ensuring mechanisms are in place for the production of an
annual quality update.
-
As a lead for Quality, ensure that there are
mechanisms in place across the organisation for improving the Patient
Experience.
-
Alert other team members to issues of Clinical
Governance, quality and risk and participate in Significant Event Analysis
reviews
-
Assess own performance and take accountability for
own actions, either directly or under supervision
-
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by
reflecting on own and teams activities and make suggestions on ways to improve
and enhance the teams performance
-
Effectively manage own time, workload and
resources.
Any other delegated duties considered
appropriate to the post.This job description is not meant to be exhaustive
and simply gives a broad outline of the duties involved. The post holder will be expected to take on
other duties and responsibilities in accordance with the salary. This job description is subject to review and
amendment in consultation with the post holder in order to reflect any
changes/development of this position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Responsibilities and Patient Experience
- Accountable
for the Clinical direction of BHF taking the lead in preparing the organisation
for inspection and audit
- As the
Safeguarding Lead for BHF, you will lead on all aspects of the adult and child
safeguarding agenda maintaining clinical/professional competence and
credibility across the service including supporting Health care professional on
matters which can be complex, emotive or sensitive and working in partnership
with other organisations Safeguarding Professionals to ensure that all
safeguarding statutory requirements are met
- Be accountable together with the
Medical Director for medicine management and provide processes for all
colleagues to support better and more cost-effective prescribing, as well as
helping patients to manage medications better.
- Support the
Medical Director to reduce the likelihood of medication errors and patient
harm.
-
Act
as Clinical Lead for vaccination services, supporting both the wider team and
the national booster agenda.
-
To monitor Federation performance
against activity plans, standards, targets and budgets and intervene and take
corrective action where appropriate.
-
To put in place and review plans
for managing increased demands in practices across the Federation affecting the
nursing workforce in demand e.g. during winter.
-
Contribute to the corporate
management and strategic development of the Federation which will include
developing and managing care programmes as appropriate introducing new services
- Lead on public
and patient engagement and experience, developing a culture where this is
valued and fostered across all specialities and disciplines; ensure Friends and
Family data is collated and reported to the Board.
-
To
promote the delivery of effective strategies and action for the recruitment and
retention of nursing staff, management and reduction of sickness absence,
continuous professional development and minimisation of agency usage.
-
Be
the Caldicott Guardian for the organisation ensuring that the personal information
about those who use its services is legally and ethically maintained, always
ensuring confidentiality.
-
To
advise, support and provide information to the Board and senior management
teams on the quality and safety of care relating to nursing.
Leadership, Management and Administration
-
Provide strong and visible leadership to the
workforce and wider community and promote openness and involvement of stakeholders
in all areas of the Federation.
-
To
monitor nursing resources for effective and efficient deployment.
-
Responsible
for promoting professional standards and development of those standards. Managing staff and holding individuals to
account, in line with Federation policies. This includes
ensuring effective two way communications and continuous staff development
through the Federations Personal Development Review process.
-
To
contribute and where appropriate provide advice, guidance, information,
training and support to BHF at all levels, in relation to Emergency Planning/Resilience/Business
Continuity matters, covering all the requirements of the Civil Contingencies
Act (2004) ensuring operational coordination of immediate response
-
Accountable
for the Organisations compliments and complaints procedures and processes
-
To practice and promote
effective two way communication and involve the board and federation members in
the planning and review of new services.
-
To support student nurses on their
placements, liaising with both the clinical and admin team to support the
nurses in their development
Clinical Governance
-
Ensure that effective quality
governance systems and structures are in place to
ensure the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality healthcare.
-
Ensure there are systems in place to monitor and continually improve standards of care and meet legal
and NHS requirements.
-
Maximise
the contribution of all colleagues and in particular front line colleagues in
the development and implementation of the quality governance agenda.
-
Promote
a culture where quality governance and risk management are everyones
responsibility.
-
Ensure
Serious Incident (SI) process is followed amongst staff, ensuring good practice
in investigations to ensure high quality learning and visibility of the themes
and action taken.
-
Use
benchmarking tools and techniques to identify best practices from the wider
health community and their relevant application locally.
-
Drive
service improvement by encouraging learning from benchmarking surveys.
-
Lead
and promote the implementation of changes and improvements to practice and
systems in support of the national patient safety and complaints agenda.
-
Ensure delivery of a robust risk management system that
identifies risk and manages it accordingly.
Organisational Development
-
To ensure the visibility of senior management
throughout regular presence and other means of communication.
-
To promote the integration services across sites,
ensuring that effective team working is encouraged, and service viability is
maximised.
-
To ensure that the incentives driving behaviours
and activities within BHF are aligned with the corporate strategy and agreed
objectives.
-
To establish mechanisms that facilitate open
discussion leading to sound, co-ordinated operational management of all areas
within BHF CIC
-
To lead and support, in conjunction with other SMT
members the development of management skills and capabilities throughout the
organisation.
-
To contribute to the embedding of Just Culture
-
To act as a Nurse Ambassador and contribute to the
wider health and organisational agenda in the region and as appropriate.
Infection Prevention and Control
-
Provide assurance to the Board that Infection
Prevention and Control policies are fit for purposes and ensure effective
systems for the prevention and control of infection are embedded across the
organisation and audited.
-
Act as the focal point for integrating prevention
and control of infection within the Local clinical governance/patient safety
systems.
-
Ensure that the protection of patients from
infection received the highest priority across the BHF CIC
-
Ensure that the Board and SMT are aware of issues
concerning the prevention and control of infection and that these are
considered when corporate decisions are taken.
-
Lead the development and oversee the implementation
of BHF annual prevention and control of infection annual audit programme.
-
Produce an annual report on the state of healthcare
associated infection in BHF CIC and act as an ambassador for infection
prevention and control at a local level
-
Oversee infection control policies and their
implementation.
Quality
- The post holder will strive to maintain quality
within the Federation and will
-
Act as a BHF CIC Lead with Medical Director for
Quality Agenda.
-
Work with the Chair / Chief Operating Officer /
Medical Director ensuring mechanisms are in place for the production of an
annual quality update.
-
As a lead for Quality, ensure that there are
mechanisms in place across the organisation for improving the Patient
Experience.
-
Alert other team members to issues of Clinical
Governance, quality and risk and participate in Significant Event Analysis
reviews
-
Assess own performance and take accountability for
own actions, either directly or under supervision
-
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by
reflecting on own and teams activities and make suggestions on ways to improve
and enhance the teams performance
-
Effectively manage own time, workload and
resources.
Any other delegated duties considered
appropriate to the post.This job description is not meant to be exhaustive
and simply gives a broad outline of the duties involved. The post holder will be expected to take on
other duties and responsibilities in accordance with the salary. This job description is subject to review and
amendment in consultation with the post holder in order to reflect any
changes/development of this position.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse.
- Minimum of a Masters level degree or equivalent.
- Extensive experience at a senior clinical level, with evidence of working across a large complex health care organisation
- Extensive experience in all aspects of operational patient flow
- Experience at being able to identify a problem, find a solution and implement and sustain a change in clinical practice across a complex directorate/ organisation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse.
- Minimum of a Masters level degree or equivalent.
- Extensive experience at a senior clinical level, with evidence of working across a large complex health care organisation
- Extensive experience in all aspects of operational patient flow
- Experience at being able to identify a problem, find a solution and implement and sustain a change in clinical practice across a complex directorate/ organisation
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
