Job summary
Opportunity to join the Site Management Team as a Band 7 Site Nurse Practitioner at Worthing Hospital .
We are a small, well motivated and hard working team using our clinical as well as management and organisational skills on a daily basis.
Our challenges vary every day, making it a great role for staff to liaise with the many specialities and departments within the hospital. We are often dealing with clinical emergencies anywhere on site, where you will need to work as an autonomous practitioner as well as part of an emergency team. The role also involves managing ongoing bed capacity throughout the day, so if you like solving puzzles, then this is the role for you.We offer you an induction period and support you at every stage of your progression.
The role carries significant responsibilities such as managing site issues on a 24 hour basis and involving night rotation, where you will be part of the Hospital at Night team.
You will need to be a Band 6 with at least 2 years experience at that level, also ward management would be an advantage. This is a great opportunity to broaden your knowledge.If you are looking for a challenge, then this is it, you will need to be able to communicate effectively, solve complex problems whilst thinking on your feet, and have good negotiation skills, as well as a sense of humour.
Main duties of the job
1. Responsibility for the timely and appropriate clinical placement of patients by planning and managing the effective utilisation of inpatient beds providing an efficient and effective service for both emergency and elective admissions.
2. To provide senior nurse support through advanced assessment skills, clinical interventions and clinical management support for all the clinical areas where needed.
3. To ensure that patients receive timely assessment, referral and transfer from the A&E department and assessment areas in order that clinical care can be optimum and the national priorities achieved.
4. To troubleshoot during the patient pathway to assist the clinical areas to improve the patientexperience.
5. You will act as the point of contact during the out of hours period, liaising with the on-call teams asnecessary. You will be responsible for enacting the overnight plans discussed with the Clinical SiteManager.
About us
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourWellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role will actively support the patients pathway through thehospital, both managerially and clinically. The three principleresponsibilities of this team are:
- To facilitate the timely and appropriate clinical placement ofpatients
- To provide clinical advanced nursing practice and decision making
- To operationally support and manage the hospital site 24 hours aday, 7 days a week.
The focus of the team is about crossing boundaries and identifyingsolutions resulting in support and facilitation of an effective patientspathway
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role will actively support the patients pathway through thehospital, both managerially and clinically. The three principleresponsibilities of this team are:
- To facilitate the timely and appropriate clinical placement ofpatients
- To provide clinical advanced nursing practice and decision making
- To operationally support and manage the hospital site 24 hours aday, 7 days a week.
The focus of the team is about crossing boundaries and identifyingsolutions resulting in support and facilitation of an effective patientspathway
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse First degree level qualification or equivalent experience.
- Management Qualification or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of further ongoing professional development.
- Mentorship or equivalent
- Current Band 6 with significant experience in an acute setting
- Demonstrates high standards of nursing care
Desirable
- Management or Leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
- Professional Clinical qualification.
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- A sense of personal and team accountability
- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working
- Negotiation
- Evidence based detailed knowledge and understanding of the operations of a major acute hospital.
- being able to establish clear work priorities, delegating effectively, ensuring a capability to deliver, monitoring performance and giving feedback
- Knowledge and understanding of Clinical Governance and risk management systems.
- Awareness of change management processes.
- Evidence of research based practice
- Substantial post-registration experience and/or experience that demonstrates effective management of complex clinical situations.
- Significant experience within an acute setting. Knowledge of patient flow /site management role
Desirable
- Demonstrable Change management experience.
- Experience in delivering improvements to facilitate change that has direct patient benefits.
- Working with other stakeholders such as the ambulance service or primary care.
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of NHS Healthcare services and current priorities.
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of NHS Healthcare services and current priorities.
Skills
Essential
- To be able to facilitate, motivate and influence individuals through facilitating and fostering excellent working relationships with other colleagues across the Trust.
- To manage difficult situations appropriately.
- To be able to communicate effectively in writing and verbally complex information to others.
- Understanding of Quality assurance and clinical audit.
- To plan and prioritise own workload and facilitate the effectiveness of the team through others.
- Proven effective logical and organisational skills.
- Proven ability to work as part of a team
- Previous involvement as part of team in policy or service development
- An awareness and understanding of financial budgets.
- Previous experience in supervising a group of staff and evidence of management skills
- Willingness to engage with changing technology and participate in the real time and mobile data to provide the business intelligence to support decision making
- Ability to use email and internet efficiently. Ability to use Microsoft Office packages including Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse First degree level qualification or equivalent experience.
- Management Qualification or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of further ongoing professional development.
- Mentorship or equivalent
- Current Band 6 with significant experience in an acute setting
- Demonstrates high standards of nursing care
Desirable
- Management or Leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
- Professional Clinical qualification.
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- A sense of personal and team accountability
- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working
- Negotiation
- Evidence based detailed knowledge and understanding of the operations of a major acute hospital.
- being able to establish clear work priorities, delegating effectively, ensuring a capability to deliver, monitoring performance and giving feedback
- Knowledge and understanding of Clinical Governance and risk management systems.
- Awareness of change management processes.
- Evidence of research based practice
- Substantial post-registration experience and/or experience that demonstrates effective management of complex clinical situations.
- Significant experience within an acute setting. Knowledge of patient flow /site management role
Desirable
- Demonstrable Change management experience.
- Experience in delivering improvements to facilitate change that has direct patient benefits.
- Working with other stakeholders such as the ambulance service or primary care.
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of NHS Healthcare services and current priorities.
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of NHS Healthcare services and current priorities.
Skills
Essential
- To be able to facilitate, motivate and influence individuals through facilitating and fostering excellent working relationships with other colleagues across the Trust.
- To manage difficult situations appropriately.
- To be able to communicate effectively in writing and verbally complex information to others.
- Understanding of Quality assurance and clinical audit.
- To plan and prioritise own workload and facilitate the effectiveness of the team through others.
- Proven effective logical and organisational skills.
- Proven ability to work as part of a team
- Previous involvement as part of team in policy or service development
- An awareness and understanding of financial budgets.
- Previous experience in supervising a group of staff and evidence of management skills
- Willingness to engage with changing technology and participate in the real time and mobile data to provide the business intelligence to support decision making
- Ability to use email and internet efficiently. Ability to use Microsoft Office packages including Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
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.
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).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
