Lead Nurse for Planned Care Unit

Job overview

Lead Nurse for Planned Care Unit

Band 7  £46,148 - £52,809 per annum

Hours 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

We are looking for a highly experienced and committed senior nurse to lead the Planned Care Unit. The postholder will play a pivotal role in   managing and coordinating nursing activities to ensure the highest standards of patient care. You will lead a team of dedicated and dynamic nurses, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to the development and implementation of care plans.

The Planned Care Unit which is based in Willow Unit has been an established specialist service to accommodate day treatment, and medical procedures on a planned basis.  Among of these are biologic and magnesium infusions as well as blood transfusions. Medical procedures like abdominal paracentesis, lumbar puncture and venesections are just a few that are performed in this clinic. It is a nurse-led service with the aim of delivering excellent nursing care through admission avoidance and early supportive discharge.

The post holder will be working closely with different referring clinicians of varied specialty.  If you would like to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team striving for excellence, this maybe be the job for you.

If you have a strong focus on improving patient experience and care and you are able to work inter professionally across boundaries, we are keen to hear from you.

Proposed interview date: 14.01.2025

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible and accountable for the delivery of health care to patients within the Planned Care Unit in Acute Medicine.

The post holder will have continuing responsibility and accountability for the assessment of patient care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care and the setting of standards of care.

The post holder will manage the deployment and supervision of staff and the teaching of student and orchestrating the timely and appropriate admissions of patients to the Trust.

The post holder will actively support change, service development and roll out of new initiatives to promote patient centred, personal and effective care for all.

The post holder will undertake the leadership and development of an identified group of nurses.

The post holder is responsible for hiring, evaluating, and managing nursing staff, as well as developing and implementing improved nursing processes and procedures.

The post holder also focuses on measuring patient outcomes, overseeing patient transitions of care, assessing risks, and building communication channels between teams.

The balance between practice and management will vary according to day-to-day priorities but will be negotiated overall with the Medical Matron.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To act as the lead nurse of the service and nurse in charge of the day  in coordinating patients attending for their treatment and procedures on the daily basis.

To take and exercise clinical judgement in accepting suitable referrals from medicine, surgery, haematology, other specialities and General Practice  according to agreed pathways and criteria.

To process and action email referrals received daily.

To work collaboratively with different clinicians and their junior doctors in the management and delivery of patient care.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details.

We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.

MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system.  Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.   This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Upon commencing  employment  with  the  Trust,  all  employees  (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are  subject  to  a probationary period lasting  a  period  of  six  months  with  an  option  to extend  for  a  further  six  months  to  a total of  12 months.