Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-6418923
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/08/2024
Employer heading
Clinical Service Manager for Gynaecology
NHS AfC: Band 7
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Service Manager who 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse (or midwife for women’s services)
- Graduate level achievement
- Has continued own professional development
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial NHS experience in an acute environment.
- Demonstrable achievements in improving patient care, being forward thinking and innovative
- Financial management
- Leading development and implementation and evaluation
- Credibility as a leader by a range of individuals
- Working effectively across professional boundaries
- Line management experience of groups of staffing
- Implementing change in a complex environment
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate and work effectively and co-operatively with a wide range of people of different backgrounds and viewpoints
- Able to build professional and personal credibility to gain support, express ideas persuasively within a range of settings and environments
- Able to express ideas clearly and succinctly in speech or writing
- Able to demonstrate leadership in others across the Trust and in complex organisational circumstances.
- Able to grasp quality issues nationally and locally and achieve implementation of solutions to such issues
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Have an in-depth understanding of nursing and midwifery policy and its implications for the workforce and future health care delivery
- Understanding of national policy and future impact on acute organisations
- Have a good awareness of equality issues affecting a wide range of individuals and groups
- Understand workforce planning issues facing nursing and the wider Trust and health economy
- Have a thorough understanding of the NHS improvement and performance management agenda
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
- Fay Clark
- Job title
- Divisional Director for Nursing and Quality
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 286079
- Additional information
-
01438 286431
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