Band 7 Nurse Team Manager Medical Day Unit

Job overview

A very exciting opportunity has arisen for a Matron in the New Medical Day Unit at EDGH.  

We would welcome applicants with a strong commitment to high quality patient focused care, and experience as a Band 7 or Band 6. . They must hold a teaching and accessing qualification or mentorship.

The leadership team will support you to develop professionally. Effective service management and leadership will improve patient experience. This role requires you to utilise your expertise and critical thinking skills to ensure performance and standards are monitored and continuously maintained.

You will need to be an organised, enthusiastic individual with excellent communication and inspirational leadership skills, alongside having the passion and ability to deliver high quality care. You will act as a role model for the nursing team, promoting a positive attitude and motivating staff members to deliver compassionate care whilst developing themselves professionally.

Operational management duties include maintaining a safe, clean environment, monitoring and improving ward and departmental performance, budget control, clinical governance and supporting staff wellbeing through training and providing pastoral care. The post holder is professionally accountable for the standards of clinical care delivered within their unit, they will undertake and supervise clinical practice, audit, research and participate in teaching to establish, monitor and meet expectations and standards. The Post Holder requires excellent communication skills, venepuncture and cannulation skills.

Advert

To be accountable for co-ordinating patient care, the management of resources and performance of staff within the Medical Day Unit

Use a range of technique to ensure set and monitor standards of clinical practice, audit, research and teaching to set monitor and continually improve standards of care and patient experience.

Ensure safe and effective clinical practice.

Enhance patient experience.

To lead, manage and develop team performance, promote professionalism and trust.

Ensure effective delivery of Divisional and Organisational objectives.

Ensure efficient and effective use of resources, managing a devolved budget.

Ensuring all patients prescription and medication is available on day of treatment.

Ensure patients undertake initial assessment for fitness to undergo treatment that day.

Gain consent from patients to undergo treatment.

Liaise with family, friends and relatives as required.

Ensuring patients are treated with dignity and respect.

Ensuring a discharge summary is completed for the patients General Practitioner on the same day the patient is discharged.

Completing and incident reporting using the Datix system for any near miss potential or actual incidents.

Working for our organisation

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  Onsite parking is available for a small administration fee. 

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.