Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Neonatal Ward Leader
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An exciting opportunity for a Ward Leader to join the Neonatal Unit at Chesterfield Royal Hospital
We are looking for an experienced, motivated nurse to provide leadership and management for the Neonatal Unit, being responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality compassionate care. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and will lead the team to deliver excellent clinical and emotional care to our patients and parents/careers.
The Ward Leader will provide professional leadership which enables the delivery of high quality, safe and person-centred care through the engagement and empowerment of others.
- Responsible for managing the clinical area/department in ensuring the delivery of safe, effective clinical care while ensuring the best use of available resources in line with area/ward/departmental budgets.
- Have responsibility for the workforce, service delivery, clinical quality and safety on the ward, thus ensuring that quality standards are met and performance achieved.
- Responsible for the delivery and performance of all nursing and nursing support staff working on the ward, ensuring compliance with standards of care and treatment.
- Responsible for implementing the trust's core values of `Leading the Chesterfield Way’, ensuring they are embedded into everyday practice.
- Responsible for following through on issues and incidents on the ward/clinical area relating to infection control, complaints, patient feedback experience, by ensuring actions are taken, monitored and sustained.
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The Ward Leader will at all times act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives (2015).
About Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 4,200 staff and good financial control and was recently rated "Good" by the CQC.
We are committed to working with our partners in Health and Social Care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
Name: Michelle Swan
Job title: Matron - Acute Services
Email address: mtoogood@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01246 513846
Tracy Barker
Email address: tbarker1@nhs.net
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