Job summary
- Main area
- Urgent Treatment Centre
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR2212-24
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
UTC Clinical Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8b
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you an experienced Senior Nurse looking for your next leadership role?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly specialised, autonomous practitioner and influential leader to join our organisation as the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) Clinical Lead.
As the UTC Clinical Lead you will manage the nursing team within the UTC and play a full role in the overall UTC management team. You will be a strong visible clinical leader enhancing the nurses’ skills, knowledge, and work in partnership within a multi-disciplinary team.
You will contribute to meeting the identified key performance indicators within the timeframes identified. You will assist the General Manager, Service manager, UTC Lead GP and the UTC management team in the planning, developing and delivery of the UTC service and will initiate and implement change effectively in response to clinical or organisational demands.
This role will be based across our UTC's in Colchester, Clacton and Harwich.
Please note interviews will be taking placed week commencing 10th March 2025.
Main duties of the job
- You will provide leadership for staff working in the Clinical Specialty.
- You will provide professional and managerial leadership for all nursing and support roles and be accountable for the safe, efficient delivery of patient care in line with current research/evidence, ensuring a framework of safe, effective practice.
- Working closely with Ward Sister will, as a key member of the Clinical Specialty Senior Team, be responsible and accountable for facilitating the development, implementation and evaluation of the Trust and NHS commissioning requirements through clinical service delivery.
- You will undertake assessment and treatment of patients in the UTC who may present with complex and/or chronic illnesses and/or injury; to determine a clinical diagnosis, treatment and appropriate discharge as indicated as well as maintaining patient records.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional nursing qualification
- Evidence of academic pathway equivalent to Degree in Nursing or Health Related study
- Masters Degree in relation to health management or equivalent experience
- Independent Nurse prescribing
Desirable criteria
- Masters Degree or working toward/unit/departments Masters Degree level education
- Management Leadership Qualification, which has been tested in a management post
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience at senior nurse level at a Band 8a or above
- Current health policy and its impact on the management and development of acute health services
- Experience in general practice/Walk in centre/Urgent treatment centres
- Experience of effective budgetary management
- Experience of ability to manage and lead nursing team
- Experience of service redesign and development
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of effective working relationships both inside and outside the organisation
- Leadership Facilitator
- Experience of leading strategic/cross Trust changes
- Experience in preparing business cases
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to liaise & negotiate
- Diagnosis and management of minor injuries including fractures, burns, lacerations, minor eye injuries, soft tissue injuries
- Diagnosis and management of minor illnesses giving evidence based advice and management and where required appropriate prescribing
- Have an ability to be able to analyse, interpret and act upon complex data
- IT literate
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Victoria Babalola
- Job title
- GP Clinical Lead - UTC
- Email address
- [email protected]
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