Job summary
The post-holders are responsible for the overall management of the Paediatric Assessment Unit both clinically and operationally 24 hours a day.
Working collaboratively with the ward manager band 7 and other senior nurses along with multidisciplinary practitioners within the Trust ensuring that available resources are optimised to achieve strategic changes and improvements in services and operational systems within existing constraints.
The post holders will provide strong clinical leadership within the clinical setting, empowering others in the team to ensure patient care delivery is evidence-based, family centred and compliant with the quality standards determined locally and by the Trust.
Main duties of the job
You will be working with a well established team and encouraged to bring your knowledge and skills in to this role, making your mark and driving us to achieve the high standards of nursing care we strive to deliver.
You will have experience in guiding a team to deliver excellent care, have a broad understanding of nursing children in hospital and ability to communicate with staff across all skill sets and levels.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to the local population, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Initiate and implement strategies for delivering effective specialist care within a changing environment that improve quality of care and health outcomes in paediatric care.
Maintain and develop a high standard of clinical care for our diverse population. Ensure good knowledge of High dependency care and acute general medical and surgical paediatric care.
Monitor and control the use of departmental resources by ensuring that costs are contained within allocated budgets whilst achieving maximum value for money on all expenditures.
Initiate and implement change and improvement in services and operational systems to meet service strategies and contracts.
Benchmark paediatric services against published best practices, whilst ensuring that they meet statutory standards and professional guidelines.
Identify and contribute to the Trust Management team innovative service development ideas and proposals in line with evidence-based practice and the principles of clinical governance.
Analyse Healthroster data relating to utilisation of resources, identifying work flow patterns and making recommendations to effect changes to meet service demands within existing constraints.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Initiate and implement strategies for delivering effective specialist care within a changing environment that improve quality of care and health outcomes in paediatric care.
Maintain and develop a high standard of clinical care for our diverse population. Ensure good knowledge of High dependency care and acute general medical and surgical paediatric care.
Monitor and control the use of departmental resources by ensuring that costs are contained within allocated budgets whilst achieving maximum value for money on all expenditures.
Initiate and implement change and improvement in services and operational systems to meet service strategies and contracts.
Benchmark paediatric services against published best practices, whilst ensuring that they meet statutory standards and professional guidelines.
Identify and contribute to the Trust Management team innovative service development ideas and proposals in line with evidence-based practice and the principles of clinical governance.
Analyse Healthroster data relating to utilisation of resources, identifying work flow patterns and making recommendations to effect changes to meet service demands within existing constraints.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Children's nurse
- Evidence of continuing Education
Desirable
- Working towards masters
- Leadership course
Specific Competencies
Essential
- Experience General paediatric Medical Ward
- Relevant Band 6 Level Experience
- Evidence of Strong Leadership skills
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Able to manage difficult situations effectively and to work under pressure
- Act as an advocate for children, young people, their families
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Children's nurse
- Evidence of continuing Education
Desirable
- Working towards masters
- Leadership course
Specific Competencies
Essential
- Experience General paediatric Medical Ward
- Relevant Band 6 Level Experience
- Evidence of Strong Leadership skills
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Able to manage difficult situations effectively and to work under pressure
- Act as an advocate for children, young people, their families
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).
