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The Emergency Department at QEHB have a fantastic opportunity for a number of ambitious, clinically excellent, proactive and forward thinking members of the nursing team to join the Senior Nursing team on a substantive basis! This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience, knowledge and progress within our Major Trauma Centre - Emergency Department.

One of the roles main aspects is to demonstrate and promote clinical excellence and quality patient care. We are looking for motivated applicants with new ideas to bring their expertise and leadership experience to the table to improve patient care and influence the daily running of this busy and demanding Emergency Department.

As the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse you will be expected to be the clinical expert and role model for your area of work and additionally show exceptional management skills to support the wider workforce in progressing forward in a positive way.

Successful applicants will have the opportunity to be sponsored to enter the Applied Leadership and Management Module which is a Masters Level Module with dedicated study time to support this development.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Applicants should be experienced and confident clinical leaders ready for the next step in their career. Departments continue to see change at a rapid pace and therefore the post holders will need to be resilient, motivating leaders who can empower those around them to instigate progress.

You will be responsible for maintaining high standards of care and will deliver this through accurate record keeping, audits and working with external stakeholders to monitor care delivery within your department. You will be involved in handling a wide range of quality controls including complaints; incident investigation; action planning; activity data; patient flow; IT systems and many more.

Applicants will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills demonstrating a hardworking attitude whilst remaining calm under pressure to deliver the high expectations of University Hospitals Birmingham.

It is essential for the post holder to demonstrate excellent decision making and leadership skills including supporting and managing a team of staff; sickness management; off duty and roster management; recruitment and selection and an understanding of finance and budget control.

You will be supported to flourish in the role with an excellent network and team of people who will support you in the daily operational pressures and aid your development within this senior position.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse on NMC register

Desirable

• Health care management / Leadership Qualification
• ALS
• ETC
• PILS
• Manchester Triage

Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience working clinically within an Emergency Department at a Band 6 or above level with key skills and knowledge required to perform in this leadership role.
• Professional Portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
• Substantial relevant and recent clinical experience within a complex health care setting or Acute NHS setting working as a deputy Manager Band 6 position including the supervision and education of junior staff/ students .
• Can demonstrate understanding / experience / in practice based supervision / assessment as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC ) standards for student supervision and assessment
• Demonstrable current, recent experience of team leadership and management within the healthcare setting.
• Demonstrable understanding of the management responsibility for pay and non-pay resources associated with the clinical service.
• Evidence of effective multi-professional working.
• Experience of being a mentor
• Demonstration of a significant contribution to innovative practice or change management
• Experience in interviewing and selection of staff
• Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice
• Demonstrate an ability, experience, passion in the following areas. (E )

oLeadership

oTeam building

oManaging Resources

oTime management

oRole modelling

oChange management/ clinical developments

oClinical governance

oAudit and research

oWorkforce planning / management

oNHS policy and political awareness

oKnowledge of clinical governance

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Demonstrates the key strengths and motivators for relating to others.
• Competence in expanded clinical practice associated with the role.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• I.T skills
• Proven ability to analyse data and identify data trends
• Able to effectively present information to groups /health care professionals.
• Ability to work under pressure across competing demands /properties.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• Approachable and friendly
• Supportive
• Flexible
• Well organised
• Good communicator
• Ability to delegate and supervise
• Undertake a range of shift patterns to cover 24/7 period when working as part of a peer group with occasions of out of hours / weekend working

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.

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.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.