Ambulatory Care Unit Manager - Peterborough

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a position of Band 7 Unit Manager of the Ambulatory care unit (ACU) and Discharge Lounge in Peterborough.

You will be required to provide dynamic and professional clinical leadership, enhance clinical activity, and maintain delivery of high quality nursing care. You will work in close liaison with the Lead Nurse, Medical team, and the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) to provide the highest quality of care required to support our inpatients and those attending Ambulatory care.

This post holder will also be responsible for the Discharge Lounge within PCH, this service is within the Urgent Care Division and facilitates patients to be transferred to this area to enable flow to the wards. As mentioned above all KPI's and line management responsibilities will be the same for this area.

Main duties of the job

To provide and maintain high standard of nursing care.

To be actively involved in the management of the nursing team for all staff within the Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU).

To support the delivery of key performance indicators and the quality agenda

To support the professional development of a junior workforce working closely with the Practice Development Team

Previous experience of rota management, sickness management and performance appraisals of staff would be necessary.

About us

Our teams work hard to be flexible and promote a health work/home life balance and so agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust. Talk to the Recruiting Manager about what this means in practice for you.

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here area few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
In-house Physiotherapy Services
Career development and training opportunities
Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia

Date posted

13 May 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£40,057 to £45,839 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

176-E-4174751

Job locations

Peterborough City Hospital

Edith Cavell Campus

Peterborough

PE3 9GZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information regarding the role please refer to the job description and person specification, alternatively please email Becky Jeffries Becky.jeffries@nhs.net

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information regarding the role please refer to the job description and person specification, alternatively please email Becky Jeffries Becky.jeffries@nhs.net

Person Specification

Essential and Desirable

Essential

Acute care experience
Nursing registration
Good evidence of management skill

Desirable

Evidence of sickness management
Evidence of ability to complete staff appraisals
Evidence of rota management

Person Specification

Essential and Desirable

Essential

Acute care experience
Nursing registration
Good evidence of management skill

Desirable

Evidence of sickness management
Evidence of ability to complete staff appraisals
Evidence of rota management

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).