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Location

Tooting, Greater London | United Kingdom

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Job description

• Responsible for the operational management and professional leadership to the community and inpatient Childrens nursing team, with delegated responsibility to ensure that performance and budgetary objectives are met (General Managers remain accountable for budgets).
• To be a highly visible and proactive leader acting as a clinical resource and ensuring the sustained delivery of high standards of nursing care and service delivery
• To be responsible for exploring current practice, identifying areas for development, and planning the appropriate change using current evidence to evaluate outcomes
• To deputise for the Head of Nursing in the delivery of a national and local nursing and modernisation agenda with the organisation. This will include taking a lead role across a range of strategic and professional development issues and involvement in organisation wide projects of a multi-disciplinary nature.
• To represent the organisation and/or Community Childrens nursing on regional & national strategic working parties as appropriate.

To ensure that health service delivery effectively reflects and responds to the identified needs of children, young people and families, by providing nursing leadership and continually challenging practice, leading and supporting innovation and change to improve care.

The purpose of the post is to ensure high quality Community & Inpatient Childrens Nursing, is achieved through the implementation of the clinical governance agenda through staff supervision, appraisal, clinical audit, standard setting and participation in research.

The team provides nursing care, advice & support, facilitate early discharge, prevent admissions and ensure appropriate professional are in place for the child to be cared for within a safe environment in the community. The team works closely with multidisciplinary teams both in the primary and secondary care setting.

The post holder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the Trust vision of:

A thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.

· Highly developed specialist knowledge of NHS & social care agenda

· Community nursing and inpatient children's services

· Professional/patient care agenda Knowledge and application of management and leadership themes.

· Knowledge and application of change management themes

· Experience of prioritising and managing multiple projects to deadline

· Knowledge and application of HR procedures.

· Understanding of governance and assurance systems and application to practice.

· Experience of gathering and interpreting patient experience data and implementing measurable improvement plans.

This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Mar 2024

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