registered nurse Leicester, England
Job description
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join our Double blue unit and the fabulous team on the Kinmonth Unit. We are looking for someone who is motivated, enthusiastic, compassionate and dynamic.
The kinmonth unit is a 14 bedded unit which consists of all side rooms. It delivers acute and high dependency care to patients undergoing major head and neck reconstruction both ENT and Maxillofacial with altered airways and patients requiring major plastic and reconstructive surgery.
As an effective leader and role model you will work flexibly as a member of the team developing your deputies and the team, to ensure that standards are maintained, evaluated and where necessary improved. You will be an effective role model and be involved in helping develop all aspects of the unit in line with the Trusts visions and future plans. Full participation will be expected in the provisions of policies and procedures, improvements to the patient’s journey and environment, the delivery of high quality clinical care and staff development.
You will possess extensive clinical expertise. A background in intensive or high dependency care would be advantageous but not essential for the right candidate.
Specialist surgery provides an exciting nursing challenge and we can promise you a varied and in depth role which will give you an opportunity to broaden and advance your expertise in a busy but supportive environment
You must be flexible, possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be experienced in all aspects of ward/unit/department management
Take 24 hour responsibility and accountability for the given area, visible, accessible and responsive to the needs of service users, patients, carers and the public. Provide direction, effective and inspirational leadership to the nursing, admin., and multidisciplinary team (including ancillary and clinical staff) within the area for which they are accountable. Be responsible for ensuring high standards of infection prevention and control are practiced at all times.
Act as an expert clinical practitioner providing through themselves and their team an excellent quality of care to patients and service users. Act as a clinical and managerial role model within the department team, CMG and across the wider organisation. Take responsibility for the provision of a supportive learning environment for all students on placement within the department for which they are responsible.
Practice clinically in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for a defined caseload. Be clinically based and practice clinically at least 50% of their working time
We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children’s Hospital and run one of the country’s leading heart centres.
Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.
Our purpose is to provide ‘Caring at its best’ and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we’re here to do. They are:
- We focus on what matters most
- We treat others how we would like to be treated
- We are passionate and creative in our work
- We do what we say we are going to do
- We are one team and we are best when we work together
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)
The detailed job description and main responsibilities are included as an attachment to this advert.
Be a visible, accessible, credible and assertive leader to whom patients, relatives and staff can turn to for assistance, support and advice.
Lead the ward team and build successful links between nursing and other professionals and departments to promote effective multi-disciplinary team working.
Lead and support the ward team through the change processes, demonstrating tenacity, drive, professional integrity, balance and perspective.
Support and develop other team members to gain appropriate competencies to achieve the required standard of care.
Be a professional role model and lead by example with innovations and motivate all team members, ensuring adhere to UHL Policies.
Through effective communication disseminate information across the health care teams an, ward, and CMG and share clinical experiences and good practice within and across the CMG’s.
Maximise use of clinical resources, implement best practices in patient flow, admission and discharge arrangements.
Develop and implement effective communication systems for the ward, CBU and external partners.
