Job summary Are you an enthusiastic, dynamic Senior Nurse looking for your next challenge in your nursing career?
Interested in joining a progressive Emergency care team, with the desire to play a major role in the development of the new pathway developments and future workforce plans for emergency care.
We are looking for an exceptional nurse with strong leadership skills to work alongside a senior Matron in our friendly, supportive Urgent and Emergency Care Clinical delivery group (CDG), covering the Emergency Department and the Emergency assessment units, based at Colchester Hospital.
The role will be predominately Monday to Friday although you will be expected to take part in the Quality Matron role at the weekend to support adherence to Safe care, supporting the nursing workforce and ensuring our patients have a positive experience.
Our Urgent and Emergency CDG's ambition is to enhance our emergency pathways, provide safe care, to improve waiting times and patient experience.
The Urgent and Emergency areas include an Emergency Dept, AECU, Emergency Assessment Unit and a Same day Emergency care unit (AMSDEC).
Main duties of the job Along with being part of a dynamic team providing clinical and professional leadership to an established workforce, our successful candidate will have the opportunity to design clinical pathways, take a lead in workforce planning and develop their own career with continuing education and development opportunities.
You will also have the opportunity to further develop your strategic, operational and management skills in a supportive and innovative atmosphere.
You will be working with an engaged team of dedicated healthcare professionals in a fast pace, challenging environment who strive to provide a positive patient experience.
About us We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex.
Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff.
We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.
Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone.
Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic.
This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - Job description Job responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Evidence of academic pathway equivalent to Degree in Nursing or Health Related study Masters Degree in relation to health management or equivalent experience Demonstration and evidence of personal professional development Professional nursing qualification Desirable Management Leadership Qualification, which has been tested in a management post Experience Essential Proven experience at senior nurse level and proven recent experience as Band 7 or above in an acute setting Current health policy and its impact on the management and development of acute health services A proven record of success in managing significant operational change while also developing and maintaining high standards of care Providing advice to specialist and non-specialist staff Experience of effective budgetary management Desirable Experience of leading strategic/cross Trust changes Leadership Facilitator Knowledge Essential Proven ability to lead teams effectively, exercising sound judgement Heightened awareness of national nursing and midwifery initiatives Implementation of clinical audit methodologies Desirable Carried out clinical changes in light of changing evidence base Developed Business Cases and successfully delivered change Experience of working to a strategic direction