Clinical Service Manager for Gynaecology

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Clinical Service Managerwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. .

With strong leadership skills and extensive Nursing experience, you will be responsible for the provision of high-quality care within the Gynaecology Outpatient Service, providing visible professional leadership, advice, support and clinical expertise at all times.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

You will work as an integral part of the Nursing Management Team to have overall responsibility for the clinical service delivery at department level whilst working in partnership with the Gynaecology Matron and Service Coordinator.

Provide clinical and managerial leadership to all staff and promote the principle of multidisciplinary and cross site collaboration and teamwork.

Be accountable for the line management of nursing staff, enabling the department to provide the highest standards of care, minimising any risks to service users.

Promote high standards of professional practice and the delivery of quality care within the corporate policies, protocols and guidelines.

Be accountable for the delivery and monitoring of robust infection control measures at department level, through relentless vigilance by ensuring delivery of all aspects of the Infection Control Strategy as outlined in Section 3 of the strategy.

Act as a role model for nurses, representing the department and Trust as required and identified by the Gynaecology Matron, Head of Nursing for Women and Children, Clinical Director and Deputy General Manager.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.