Sirona care & health
Unit Manager - South Bristol Rehabilitation Unit
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Are you ready for a new challenge? Are you a compassionate leader? Are you enthusiastic, highly motivated, and passionate about high-quality care? If so, then a unique opportunity has arisen for a proactive, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking leader to join our team, and we would love to hear from you.
About the Role
As the Unit Manager, you will provide clinical, professional, and managerial leadership for our ward-based multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver high-quality care within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team and by working clinically as a member of the team, you will ensure a positive patient experience.
We invite applications from nurses and allied health professionals with a passion for working within rehabilitation and frailty. The service holds a key role in supporting patients in their rehabilitation and recovery journey after hospital admissions and demonstrates excellent clinical outcomes!
Key Responsibilities
- Provide leadership for the ward-based multidisciplinary team
- Deliver high-quality care within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team
- Ensure a positive patient experience by working clinically as a member of the team
- Hold direct line management responsibility for the senior nursing team and by proxy the wider nursing and 24/7 support worker workforce
- Aim to oversee the daily needs of the patient cohort and ensure safe service provision
- Ability to troubleshoot and react responsively and appropriately to daily challenges to service provision, including staffing challenges, patient concern, and patient safety issues
- Demonstrate positive risk management and champion the Home First and last 1000 days principles in supporting patient flow through the bedded unit
- Promote and adopt a positive learning environment to demonstrate proactive management of patient safety themes and give quality assurance
- Aim to support the delivery of high-quality harm-free care with oversight of standards of service, KPIs, CQUINs, and other audited service targets
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About Us
This is an excellent opportunity to progress your career. The job is challenging and rewarding in equal measure, and you will require resilience, determination, and the ability to see new solutions to old problems. If you think this is the opportunity for you, and would like to join our friendly and welcoming team, then we’d love to hear from you.
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What We Offer
- Agenda for Change Salary
- Full NHS benefits
- 27+ days’ annual leave
- Participation in the NHS Pension Scheme
About Sirona Care & Health
We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services, and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset, or South Gloucestershire.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
How to Apply
Interested? View our benefits leaflet, which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Alex Young
- Job Title: Rehab Lead
- Email Address: alexander.young2@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 07827 807 234
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