Nurse Team Manager

OverviewJob overviewWe are recruiting for a Nurse Team Manager who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.The Children’s Emergency Department (CED) & Children’s Assessment Unit (CAU) are co-located units delivering all aspects of emergency care as well as a Children's Urgent Care Centre (UTC).In October 2022 we expanded and refurbished and as such are looking to expand our nursing team including our Nurse Team Manager posts to support clinically and managerially our growing nursing team.Our friendly and talented team work flexibly between both the CED and CAU, and provide high quality emergency care to children and young people presenting with a broad spectrum of conditions.CED has a separate Children's UTC area which is predominantly staffed with Children’s Emergency Nurse Practitioners and provides care to children and young people with minor injuries and illness.Care is provided to acutely sick and injured children through the use of a major’s area which consists of 6 bed spaces. The department also has a dedicated ambulance entrance and a 2 bedded resuscitation area.At the heart of everything we do are our core values : Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.Main duties of the jobThe post holder will provide effective leadership, clinical expertise, knowledge, advice, and positive role modelling.To innovate, develop, facilitate and supervise excellent standards of safe, individualised, holistic care that is evidence based, in consultation and partnership with the Child / Young Person (CYP), their family / carers and the Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT).To have continuing responsibility for the effective and efficient operational management of the above services within allocated resources.Be accountable for the quality, delivery and monitoring of robust, infection control measures, nursing standards and nursing quality and patient experience indicators within all areas of day services.Working for our organisationAt East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and 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, StevenageNew Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden CityHertford County, HertfordMount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), NorthwoodWe 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, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and 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 responsibilitiesPlease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.Person specificationQualifications / TrainingEssential criteriaRSCN / RN Child with current NMC registrationRecognised Teaching and Assessing qualificationEvidence of ongoing dynamic professional development and application to practiceEPLS or APLS or equivalentAppraisal trainingLevel 3 Safeguarding trainingDesirable criteriaDegree / Masters in NursingManagement qualificationLeadership coursePrevious ExperienceEssential criteriaSignificant post-registration experience in general Paediatrics at a junior management levelExperience and evidence of effectiveness in co-ordinating and managing patient care, the shift / unit and team.Ability to prioritise, organise work load and delegate and supervise tasks appropriatelyEvidence of implementing and managing changeEvidence of previous experience and efficacy in mentorship, teaching and assessingAbility to analyse, resolve issues and make sound judgements on clinical issues, using initiative, whilst demonstrating an awareness of own limitsExperience of handling adverse incidents and complaintsPersonnel management including recruitment, retention and appraisalsDesirable criteriaPrevious management of a ward / unit at Band 7Evidence of implementation of audit / research recommendationsBudget and resource managementSkillsEssential criteriaExcellent communication skills, both verbal and writtenNegotiating skills and ability to build collaborative relationshipsAbility to work across professional team and organizational boundaries.Excellent Leadership and Management skillsAccredited appraisal skillsAdvanced competency in nursing skills, Central line management, Advanced Paediatric Life SupportEvidence of practical application of Trust and national documentation standardsIT skillsDesirable criteriaBudgetary managementKnowledgeEssential criteriaSound theoretical and practical knowledge of acute / chronic Paediatric care and National standardsStandard setting – development of Guidelines / ProtocolsAudit processesUp to date knowledge of : 1. NMC Code 2. Safeguarding Children processes 3. Hand hygiene and Care bundles 4. Health and safety awareness 5. Clinical Governance and quality assurance issues 6. Risk management 7. Equality and Diversity 8. HR PoliciesDesirable criteriaExperience of managing HR issues e.g. poor performance etcSafeCareOther RequirementsEssential criteriaExperience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staffRole model our Trust values every dayExperience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planningExemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviourAbility to enthuse and motivate self and othersAbility to initiate, manage and sustain changeEffective time managementFlexibility and responsiveness to changeAbility to remain calm and focused under pressure in order to maximise outcomesEvidence of actively encouraging participation of all staffAbility to empower othersEvidence of self-awareness and reflective practiceAbility to perform under pressure #J-18808-Ljbffr