OCC Specialist Lead Liver and Gastro

Job summary

We are a friendly, supportive team, dedicated to delivering outstanding patient-centred care within our 22 bedded unit based at the John Radcliffe Hospital. We are a nationally renowned centre for specialities such as Trauma; Vascular; Spinal; Orthopaedics, Specialist Surgery, emergency acute surgery and medicine.

With the combination of a fantastic team and working environment, it is a wonderful place to develop, grow and contribute to delivering the best to our patients.

We are now looking for an exceptional Band 7 to join our leadership team for a 12 month secondment to cover maternity leave. You will be an experienced critical care nurse with experience of operational management/bed management and be able to make decisions as well and navigate problems when they arise. You will work clinically, maintaining excellent standards of patient care. You will have strong interpersonal skills and be able to develop sound professional relationships across the whole MDT. You will have a passion to drive through change and confident in leading new quality improvement initiatives across the unit, particularly relating to the Liver and Gastro areas of speciality.

As a Band 7 you will effectively manage and lead a team, ensuring the team are supported, developed and nurtured allowing the unit to 'grow its own'.

If this sounds like you and you would like to find out more please contact Deputy Matron.Proposed Interview Date - 30th July.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work as a clinical band 7 on OCC, providing high standards of care to the critically ill patients of Oxfordshire, and daily operational management of the service, along with the Churchill ICU. The non-clinical work associated with this post will involve quality improvement projects for Liver and Gastro care, networking with the Gastro and surgical teams and services. Close collaboration with the rest of the senior nurse team will be required, to ensure best practice and care standards are met.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Manage a clinical team, daily operational and staffing management, leading on the nursing initiatives (education/training/research) with regards to the specialities of Neuro/Spinal and Trauma within the department.

To promote and demonstrate contemporary and proactive approaches to intensivecare nursing practice and in collaboration with education links facilitate theadvancement of this responsibility for the strategic leadership of a Clinical with the Matron to manage strategic planning for OCC/CICU, taking operationalresponsibility for the effective utilisation of relevant intensive care resources.Collaborate with the multi-professional team and provide direction and example forprofessional nursing practice.

Clinical practice and Research:

Demonstrates expert knowledge and skills in the management of the complex andchanging health care needs of the critically ill patient, integrating theory and practice.Ensures that the patients interests are fully considered within the contexts of care; andactively participates in ethical decision making.Actively investigates advanced theoretical knowledge and demonstrates research-based as a credible clinical role modelPractices as a professional senior nurse with confidence, authority, and responsibility for clinical practice developments.Demonstrates effective communication regarding complex and sensitive information to patients, individuals in the multi-professional team, and significant participate and engage with research activities within the OCC/CICU engage in and perform audit and service improvement projects.

Education:

Supports staff through the provision of sound mentorship tailored to individual learning responsibility for constructive feedback to staff on their progress anddevelopment utilising, or encouraging the use of, the performance review as an expert resource for staff requiring knowledge and skills in critical care practice.Contributes to the ongoing development and implementation of educationprogrammes within OCC/CICU practice.Actively participates in the provision of educational programmes within OCC/CICU.Actively participates in relevant OCC/CICU / OUH Trust initiatives / projects and takes responsibility for co-ordinating their development, implementation, and evaluation within critical care.

Managerial / Leadership and Audit:

Takes responsibility for operational management of the OCCCICU.Management of staff and resources across the OCC/CICU site.Participates in multi-disciplinary decision making via the daily bed meeting to facilitate elective admissions and collaboration with other senior nurses, develops the OCC/CICU operational and organisational structure to optimise the service.Actively participates in the collaborative approach to strategic planning that ensures the OCC/CICU service plan accounts for patient and service needs.Directs supports and facilitates any team and unit project work.Contributes to local research and to practice development.Contributes to on-going development and achievement of individual team members to promote potential.Facilitates feedback to individuals through performance review and clinicalsupervision to fulfil individual and unit needs.Facilitates and develops communication channels within the multi-professional team.

Clinical Governance:In collaboration with the senior team ensure that education / training standards set locally and nationally within the clinical governance framework are implemented, achieved, and collaboration with the senior team ensure all trust policies / procedures are keep informed of current research and development and disseminate information as ensure that implementation and audit of current research-based practice is undertaken.Promote the adult critical care service-based quality initiatives.Monitor standards of care and quality of service through assessment of the care providers.Evaluate and audit the educational programme within the adult intensive care service.Contribute to the appraisal process regarding the educational needs of individual staff.Participate in response to untoward incidents, ensuring facilitation of education / training needs arising from the incident.Monitor and report staff compliance of statutory and mandatory training and appraisal requirements.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

Registered nurse (part 1, 8, 12, 15, depending on area of practice). Postgraduate certificate in Critical Care or equivalent. Masters level study. Evidence to support a programme of personal professional development. Completion of a leadership and management development programme, or completion of CC3N STEP 4 competencies. Postgraduate qualification in mentoring/practice assessor and supervisor. Evidence of Critical Care Operational and bed management. Decision-making and problem-solving skills. Initiating and maintaining effective interpersonal and interprofessional relationships with juniors, peers and seniors. Maintaining an excellent standard of patient care. Effectively managing a team. Advanced critical care clinical practice. Team leadership skills, adopting a flexible leadership style depending on the situation. Organisational and management skills. Teaching skills. Ability to facilitate professional growth in nursing colleagues. Ability to undertake and facilitate change management/quality improvement/project work. Evidence of involvement with audit and quality assurance. Evidence of leadership qualities. Excellent interpersonal skills. Ambassador for the department. Awareness of importance of budget. Insight into Clinical Governance and Risk Management. Commitment to developing evidence-based practice.

Desirable

Advanced patient assessment skills Advanced Life Support qualification.

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