Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 months)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-IM7127674
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Nurse Integrated Medicine
Band 8b
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
This is an exciting Lead Nurse opportunity within Integrated medicine caring for our medical specialities across our 3 hospital sites and in the community.
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and forward thinking Registered Nurse to lead the service, with a key focus on staff and service development to ensure provision of excellent patient care through evidence-based practice.
You will have expert skills and experience in team leadership and change management and have skills in working collaboratively with Commissioners and third-party agencies.
You will display excellent partnership working with patients, their families/carers, multi-disciplinary teams, social services, and intermediate care as well as managers and consultants at both a clinical and service level.
You will be a member of the Senior Leadership for the services you oversee and work closely with the Care Group management team
Main duties of the job
- Act as the professional advisor in respect of nursing/midwifery, managerial and operational issues that arise across services. To collaborate with other professionals as necessary for advice and guidance.
- Demonstrate professional leadership for Nursing/Midwifery across the integrated medicine services, setting positive and clear expectations for delivery which have exemplary standards of accessibility, quality, safety and patient/carer experience, infection prevention and control, and safeguarding. This includes bringing a positive and professional focus on activities relating to recruitment, retention and workforce development as well as research, education and practice.
- Work collaboratively with all teams across the services. You will bring a clear focus on improving the quality & patient experience of existing services but critically you will sponsor/lead service transformation activities.
Working for our organisation
Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - https://bit.ly/3DNEQfD
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Relevant Degree or recordable qualification
- Registered Nurse
- Relevant Masters or Equivalent
- Evidence of On-going development
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience at Senior Nurse/Midwife level
- Proven experience in development and implementation of corporate and professional strategies
- Proven experience in the implementation and monitoring of quality measurement and improvement tools
- Demonstrable experience of improving patient experience in a range of settings
- Demonstrable experience of improving patient safety at service or organisational level
- Experience of chairing meetings and managing diverse attendance and contributions
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Has excellent standard of written and verbal communication skills
- Has excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to successfully negotiate with and influence others
- Ability to engage with and successfully convey highly complex information and concepts to audiences at all levels in the organisation
- Is well organised and able to prioritise own workload effectively, delivering to deadlines
- Is fully conversant with national NHS reform initiatives, workforce changes and applicable policy
- Is conversant with methodologies for improving staff performance
- Can demonstrate strategic thinking and is able to see the "bigger picture"
- Understanding of Information and Clinical Governance / risk management
- Ability to analyse & interpret highly complex information
- Has experience of managing change and understands the principles of successful change management
- Exceptional leadership qualities with the ability to lead, manage and motivate several multidisciplinary teams into achieving a common goal
- Has experience of external collaborative working and understanding of the challenges of working within a specialist commissioned area
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential criteria
- Is confident and demonstrates a positive, solutions orientated attitude
- Demonstrates supportive and empathetic approach to all people
- Able to "engage" with and truly listen to others
- Innovative and creative approach to solving problems
- Reliable, honest and trustworthy Has integrity
- Is self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Able to manage self and others during tension or conflict
- Able to deal with issues in a confidential non-judgmental way
- Is flexible and responsive to rapidly changing situations
- Can accept and act on constructive advice
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria
- Able to travel to other sites and off sites as necessary
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Victoria Felton
- Job title
- Director of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929034239
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