Unit Coordinator
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team at Clock View hospital as a band 6 night co-ordinator
You will support the Local Division in ensuring inpatient areas are managed safely and effectively over a 24-hour period. Ensuring the delivery of high standard of care to Service Users, providing support, supervision and education for colleagues, other professionals and students.
You will support staff with managing acuity, capacity and flow, responding to emergency situations and liaising with other teams & services such as the Acute Trusts to ensure care is managed proactively.
Short Listing planned for 2nd June 2022
Interview planned for 9th June 2022
Main duties of the job
CLINICAL/MANAGERIAL
To support Inpatient Services in providing clinical advice, expertise and leadership to all Ward Staff across Sefton and Liverpool.
To liaise appropriately with family members, carers and significant others with regards to the assessment of Service Users. To refer to the Modern Matron as necessary.
To direct and supervise ward staff, in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to Service Users.
To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training and experience to impart sensitive information e.g. diagnosis or symptoms to Service Users and their families. To offer support to other staff to do this.
To support the divisional managers / bronze on call in ensuring that the wards resources are managed appropriately to maximise care and efficient work patterns.
To liaise with other professionals offering a service within the wards and wider teams such as Accident and Emergency departments to ensure a high quality of service delivery, including escalation and communications with Bronze on call as required.
To ensure that all incidents or near misses are documented as per Trust policy and that any follow-up action is taken.
To ensure the safe administration of medication to Service Users, ensuring that the Nursing and Midwifery Council regulations are followed.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Details
Date posted
20 May 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£32,306 to £39,027 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
350-LOC4153182
Job locations
Clock View Hospital
2a Oak House Park
Liverpool
L9 1EP
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Clock View Hospital
2a Oak House Park
Liverpool
L9 1EP
Employer's website
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