Job summary
***INTERNAL ONLY***
B7 Ward Manager in a Critical Care Department.
- Support the Matron to provide effective leadership both clinically and operationally within the Critical Care Department.
- Be a visible leader and lead a motivated and valued nursing team.
- Be responsible and coordinate the operational management of the Critical Care Department.
- Take responsibility for all professional issues within Critical Care.
- In line with national guidelines participate in the development and management of the Critical Care service.
- Assist the Matron in implementing and coordinating systems within the framework of Clinical Governance and Patient Safety.
- Ensure and provide high standards of safe, quality care to patients within Critical Care.
- Continually improve patient experience.
- Promote, and always demonstrate professionalism and ICORE Values.
- Provide effective management of the nursing team ensuring safe staffing and effective human resource management of the team.
- To be a clinical specialist within Critical Care, to provide clinical management, advice, support, and teaching, to all relevant personnel within the department and ensure excellence in the delivery of patient care.
Main duties of the job
Provide leadership and management to the critical care nurse team.
To ensure high quality care is delivered to the critically ill.
Support patient experience, risk, safety, quality and governance agenda.
Ensure compliance to GPICS standards
Support service development and improvement.
About us
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To ensure adherence to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct by self and team and ensure that the Critical Care Team practice in accordance with all statutory requirements, policies, and procedures.
- To exercise his/her professional skills in a manner congruent to the NMCs position statement on the Scope of professional Practice. To ensure that standards of acceptable professional behavior are always maintained.
- Provide effective leadership and management of the Critical Care team.
- Ensure the development and utilisation of research-based practices and assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and improves standards of care in Critical care. To also ensure that these are regularly monitored and adapted appropriately in response to patient/carer feedback, research findings and new practices.
- Collaborate with other clinicians to set, monitor, and evaluate standards of care for patients.
- To initiate required audits at departmental level and support the completion of focused regional benchmarking.
- To pro-actively manage all aspects of clinical risk, monitoring trends, and taking action to improve patient safety.
- Work towards achieving the Queen Elizabeth Hospitals NHS Trust objectives as laid out in the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy.
- Ensure the Critical Care Department is compliant with the Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Service Safe Standards of Care.
- Ensure that accurate records and information systems are maintained and that all staff are trained in the use of relevant IT Systems.
- In collaboration with the Educational facilitator ensure compliance to CNST requirements.
- Ensure the safe control and custody of all drugs within the Critical Care setting.
- Ensure due regard is given to the customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients, families and colleagues and that equal opportunities are practised.
- Establishes and develops effective communication with all disciplines, patients, and relatives. Has the ability to present complex, sensitive, and sometimes contentious information where there are significant barriers, that need to be overcome using highly developed, interpersonal communication skills.
- Takes the lead and manages the team in developing services within the department which contribute to overall service improvement which affect safe and competent practices.
- In collaboration with the Educational Facilitator contributes to a positive
learning environment to support all staff involved in the delivery of Critical Care Nursing. To also ensure that all staff attend mandatory training sessions.
- Ensure an effective, motivated, and competent workforce to facilitate and plan the delivery of high-quality patient care and to always provide a safe environment for the patients.
- Provides specialist, technical and clinical advice to patients and members of a multidisciplinary team.
- Always ensure effective leadership.
- To ensure a high level of current and professional awareness both personally and organisationally of Trust wide developments. Ensure the timely sharing of team information by holding/attending appropriate meetings and communicating effectively.
- To involve patients and carers, and where appropriate public representation, in planning and delivery of services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To ensure adherence to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct by self and team and ensure that the Critical Care Team practice in accordance with all statutory requirements, policies, and procedures.
- To exercise his/her professional skills in a manner congruent to the NMCs position statement on the Scope of professional Practice. To ensure that standards of acceptable professional behavior are always maintained.
- Provide effective leadership and management of the Critical Care team.
- Ensure the development and utilisation of research-based practices and assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and improves standards of care in Critical care. To also ensure that these are regularly monitored and adapted appropriately in response to patient/carer feedback, research findings and new practices.
- Collaborate with other clinicians to set, monitor, and evaluate standards of care for patients.
- To initiate required audits at departmental level and support the completion of focused regional benchmarking.
- To pro-actively manage all aspects of clinical risk, monitoring trends, and taking action to improve patient safety.
- Work towards achieving the Queen Elizabeth Hospitals NHS Trust objectives as laid out in the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy.
- Ensure the Critical Care Department is compliant with the Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Service Safe Standards of Care.
- Ensure that accurate records and information systems are maintained and that all staff are trained in the use of relevant IT Systems.
- In collaboration with the Educational facilitator ensure compliance to CNST requirements.
- Ensure the safe control and custody of all drugs within the Critical Care setting.
- Ensure due regard is given to the customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients, families and colleagues and that equal opportunities are practised.
- Establishes and develops effective communication with all disciplines, patients, and relatives. Has the ability to present complex, sensitive, and sometimes contentious information where there are significant barriers, that need to be overcome using highly developed, interpersonal communication skills.
- Takes the lead and manages the team in developing services within the department which contribute to overall service improvement which affect safe and competent practices.
- In collaboration with the Educational Facilitator contributes to a positive
learning environment to support all staff involved in the delivery of Critical Care Nursing. To also ensure that all staff attend mandatory training sessions.
- Ensure an effective, motivated, and competent workforce to facilitate and plan the delivery of high-quality patient care and to always provide a safe environment for the patients.
- Provides specialist, technical and clinical advice to patients and members of a multidisciplinary team.
- Always ensure effective leadership.
- To ensure a high level of current and professional awareness both personally and organisationally of Trust wide developments. Ensure the timely sharing of team information by holding/attending appropriate meetings and communicating effectively.
- To involve patients and carers, and where appropriate public representation, in planning and delivery of services.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- B6 with experience
- Critical Care Step competence
- Leadership and Management
Desirable
- Evidence of service improvment
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration
- Critical Care Step competence
- degree or working towards
- Leadership and Management
Desirable
- Evidence of service improvment
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- B6 with experience
- Critical Care Step competence
- Leadership and Management
Desirable
- Evidence of service improvment
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration
- Critical Care Step competence
- degree or working towards
- Leadership and Management
Desirable
- Evidence of service improvment
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).
