Job summary
- Main area
- Vaccinations & Immunisations
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Monday-Friday - may change meet to service requirements
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 050-NMR372-0424
- Employer
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Plas Gororau / Preswylfa
- Town
- Flintshire / Wrexham
- Salary
- £44,398 - £50,807 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
East Vaccination & Immunisation - Nurse Team Manager
Band 7
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme. We also offer a number of family-friendly benefits, including work-life balance policies.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Responsible for the leadership and management of the covid vaccination service within a geographical area.
A prime focus of the role is:
- Ensuring best practice in infection control
- Improving clinical care standards
- Treating patients with dignity and respect
- The post holder is required to provide leadership, service development and management within the vaccination centre and wider vaccination programme.
- The post holder will ensure key functions of the team leader's role are undertaken through effective leadership, the setting, monitoring and maintenance of professional standards, collaborative working and providing a consistently high standard of care and service delivery by ensuring efficient and effective use of resources.
- The post holder will to provide expert clinical advice to all staff.
- The post holder will work in partnership with external agencies including independent sectors, across a variety of settings e.g. Acute hospitals, primary care and Public Health.
- The post holder will be supporting the Vaccination Service Coordinator in monitoring and ensuring that the service meets local, regional, and national quality standards
- Provide leadership and direction to junior members of staff within the Vaccination Centre and in collaboration ensure that staff comply with LHB standards and take the appropriate corrective action where required.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the leadership team in the operational management of the vaccination programme within a geographical area. The post holder will be responsible for providing and improving these services to assure the BCUHB that patients, carers and staff requirements are met and to ensure services are achieving targets set nationally and by the BCUHB.
The post holder will be responsible for the operational management of all staff within the team on a day-to-day basis in the professional leadership, development and management of nursing within the MVC to facilitate the delivery of excellent practice and standards of service. To Support the Vaccination Service Coordinator and North Wales Operational Manager in the development of the service change of the MVC’s to meet the demand in service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
- Provide a visible and accessible resource for the MVC to whom staff, patients can access for assistance, advice and support.
- Challenge traditional practices and encouraging innovative problem solving amongst staff that focuses on results.
- Provide support to the Vaccination Service Coordinator in the operational management for agreed services, providing expertise, advice and guidance from a broad knowledge base to improve services by anticipating needs, planning and implementing innovative change according to BCUHB plans and objectives, and changing health care needs.
- Contributes to the development Vaccination Strategy across the Health and Social Care Community.
- Communicates with external agencies and all disciplines within the TTP Programme
- Acts as de-briefer and provides support during and after stressful situations for multi-disciplinary staff groups.
- Responsible, as Authorised Signatory, for approving payments, timesheets, travelling expenses, requisitions and other official BCUHB documents, ensuring these adhere to the BCUHB's Financial Procedures.
- To ensure clinical practice is evidence based, ensuring best practice maintained.
- Responsible for the monitoring, reporting and maintenance of agreed MVC standards for clinical areas/services to support high quality care.
- Ensure practice is evidenced based.
- Instigates audit processes, research and clinical governance reviews to identify areas where innovative practice is paramount.
- To ensure all nurses abide by the legal requirement and statutory rules relating to Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct and Guidelines and achieve the personal professional requirements to remain an active practitioner on the NMC register.
- Support the Vaccination Service Coordinator in the continuous management and professional responsibility for all staff within the infection control, decontamination and cleanliness service.
- Interpret complex activity data and use this to inform service planning and decision making.
- Identify key trends and changes from complex data and summarise these in a meaningful and succinct manner to inform reports and developments.
- The post holder must at all times carry out duties and responsibilities with regard to the Health Board's Equality and Diversity policy.
- Identifies and takes action when own or others' behaviour undermines equality and Diversity.
- Responsible for keeping up to date and well informed about latest practices
- The post holder is responsible for maintaining their CPD.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse Registered Health Profession
- Knowledge of specific area, acquired through degree or equivalent experience or training, plus further staff and project management knowledge to post graduate diploma level equivalent
- Track record of significant continuous professional and management development
- Demonstrates a broad understanding of the key determinants of health and healthcare.
- Up to date knowledge of the current health agenda and NHS policy
- Demonstrates a knowledge of governance matters
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification
- Masters’ qualification or working towards this level of qualification
- Teaching & assessing qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant Leadership training relevant clinical experience
- Producing & developing policies & practice guidelines.
- Management and Mitigation of risk.
Desirable criteria
- Training and experience in developing Databases & Excel spreadsheets
- Experience of implementing and monitoring quality standards
- Experience of site co-ordination
- Evidence of changing practice
Values
Essential criteria
- Assertiveness
- Adaptability
- Professionalism
- Ability to inspire good working relationships among the multidisciplinary team
- Capable of acting as role model for ward staff
Other
Essential criteria
- Committed to a culture of continuous improvement and development • underpinned open communications and team working.
- A strategic focus.
- A completer finisher.
- Resilience and drive.
- Personal and Professional integrity and confidence.
- Self-motivated, proactive and innovative.
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Able to travel across sites and Wales I UK as required.
- Substantial personal & professional confidence & credibility. Resourceful
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of Audiences.
- Comfortable with presenting sensitive and contentious information
- Ability to analyse and solve complex problems.
- Able to analyse complex data, diagnose problems, identify solutions and undertake benefits analysis.
- Able to use applications in Word, EXCEL and PowerPoint.
- Robust negotiation, influencing and decision-making skills.
- Evidence of people management and leadership skills.
- Evidence of project management skills.
- IT skills to support general and self-management.
- Up to date nursing knowledge
- Research based practice
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Team building
- Organisation skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to speak Welsh
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anwen Last
- Job title
- West Vaccination & Immunisations - Head of Ops
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07900051775
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