University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 8b Lead Nurse - Site Integrity

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Job Summary
This is a key strategic and operational role ensuring site integrity is maintained in relation to both capacity management and quality and safety. The post holder will be required to work across all Clinical Delivery Groups to oversee improvement projects where themes are identified as affecting patient care within the hospital site. The post holder will provide visible leadership and ensure the delivery of agreed objectives and plans.
The post holder will work in partnership with Clinical Delivery Group and Hospital Teams to achieve all relevant local and national targets and standards working within the Trust's governance, safety, quality, performance and risk framework and the current regulatory framework. The post holder will be expected to contribute to and lead the formulation, implementation and evaluation of a wide range of national and local initiatives related to patient flow.
Key Responsibilities
Main duties, tasks & skills required
Principal Duties & Responsibilities
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Performance
- To ensure delivery of the National patient access standard in ED.
- To participate in Red to Green and Safer processes for the site and/or other initiatives that improve patient flow and discharge across all divisional areas.
- To have operational and professional line management responsibilities for the clinical site management team.
- To work with Lead Nurse colleagues across all hospital sites to ensure that activity and capacity is fairly balanced in conjunction with patient requirements.
- In conjunction with Divisional teams, ensure that the staffing provision is matched to need and staff deployment is consistent with Divisional plans.
- To be the first point of contact in regard to capacity and flow issues that arise and take any potentially contentious and sensitive operational decisions that are required.
- To support others in ensuring that operational performance is effectively managed across the Trust in relation to stranded patients, reduction in LOS and reduction in delayed discharges.
- Central to this process will be complex analysis of data and assessing performance against national and local performance benchmarks.
- The post holder will support the monitoring performance and where performance is below target identify and participate or lead on plans to address this.
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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Job Description
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Adult or Child Nurse ( E )
- Degree in Nursing or Health Related Subject ( E )
- Masters in a Health Related Subject or equivalent demonstrable experience supplements by specialist training, experience or short courses to doctorate level or equivalent ( E )
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to post ( E )
Desirable
- Post graduate Leadership training/development course
Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of preventing harm agenda, quality assurance and professional standards and improvement agenda associated with secondary care provision, acquired through post-graduate qualification or equivalent experience or training (E)
- Experience in developing and implementing governance/safety frameworks to support service and quality delivery, improvement and sustainability including learning from incidents or quality assurance audits/patient and carer feedback and National policy ( E )
- Significant senior nursing management experience within a multidisciplinary environment across healthcare sectors including local service/community and health and social care partners who are associated with the speciality (E )
- Experience in use of data for continuous quality improvement and outcome monitoring and assurance (E )
- Experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex NHS environment (E)
- Experienced and successful project manager who can demonstrate sustainable service or quality improvement achievements in current or previous roles relative to the post applied for ( E )
- Experience in setting objectives/KPIs ( E )
- Experience in leading and implementing safety/quality and experience initiatives and sustainable service Improvement ( E )
- Experience in writing reports/presenting information internally/externally in a timely manner to a range of Senior Managers including Directors/Executive Directors ( E )
- Experience resource manager with experience in staff/performance & management and financial control mechanisms (E)
- Extensive knowledge of the specialty portfolio service provision across service areas and information management systems. ( E )
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this ( E)
- Demonstrable appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations (E )
- Clear understanding of the concept and working arrangements of diverse clinical areas, health and social care partners and local councils, including those within Primary, Secondary and Tertiary care, or charitable/voluntary services & community leaders. ( E)


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- Can demonstrate a working knowledge of Health & Safety legislation, the concept of Clinical Governance, Quality Improvement and evidence-based practice associated with the portfolio. ( E)
Desirable
- Experience in contract management/negotiation associated with the specialty (D)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
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Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
£66582.00 to £77368.00 Yearly
Contract
Fixed Term
Duration
12 Month(s)
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
15423-304-9017876-2
Job locations
Heartlands Hospital
Bordesley Green E
Birmingham
West Midlands
B9 5SS
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