• Job Description

  Req#: A1863-25-0002?language=en&page=14&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The Clinical Nurse Manager has operational responsibility for providing clinical, managerial and professional leadership in the running of the wider nursing team and influencing the future service delivery and nursing strategy, accountable for the delivery and standards of care provided to patient and ensuring safe effective person-centred care. This includes promoting a culture of compliance with the infection prevention and control programme and facilitating compliance with policy, to ensure Affinity Care achieves locally and nationally set targets. Lead in the appraisal and setting of personal development plans for senior nursing staff and healthcare assistants including ensuring access to continuing professional development , performance management and implementation of revalidation processes for the nursing team.

  Main duties of the job

  Responsible for leading, developing and delivering high quality patient focused services within areas of responsibility, ensuring the provision of safe and effective care, considering clinical expertise as a significant part of the decision-making process.

  To support Affinity Cares values of quality, teamwork, care and compassion, dignity and respect, and openness, honesty and responsibility through the application of appropriate, behaviours and attitudes.

  To manage and lead the nursing resource for the Clinical Team within the parameters of the NMC Code of Conduct and Affinity Cares governance standards and compliance requirements, ensuring that patient needs are assessed, care planned, implemented and evaluated and documented.

  To provide leadership and direction to the nursing resource to enable the Clinical Team to

  meet its performance targets, whilst ensuring all the nursing care is person centred and quality standards are met.

  Responsible for the development and implementation of operational plans and strategies, designed to achieve local objectives in line with National targets.

  To manage the nursing resource within the delegated budget and establishment, taking opportunities to realise efficiency gains through skill-mix and reductions in bank and agency usage, establishing and implementing a proactive monitoring system to manage performance in this area.

  About us

  We are Affinity Care Primary Care Network covering a population of over 64,000 patients over 7 GP practices and 8 sites, all in the Bradford area. Our ethos is to provide patient focused care based on the model of GP-led family orientated general practice tailored to local population needs. Our practices are highly accredited training practices, level 3 research ready sites within an embedded ethos of our learning organisation.

  We are a friendly enthusiastic and hard working team with opportunities for career progression and will provide support and development for anyone demonstrating capability, enthusiasm, commitment and strong work ethic.

  Benefits include:

  • 5 weeks annual leave (pro rata for part time hours)
  • Birthday Holiday
  • Well-being day
  • NHS pension

  Date posted

  13 January 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £53,755 to £65,004 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

  Reference number

  A1863-25-0002

  Job locations

  Westcliffe Medical Practice

  Westcliffe Rd

  Shipley

  West Yorkshire

  BD18 3EE

  
  

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  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Line management responsibility for the nursing and healthcare assistant team including interpretation and application of all employment policies and procedures ensuring that all staff are treated fairly and consistently,

  Ensure that a robust system for clinical supervision and professional governance and revalidation is implemented for all nursing staff, who should be properly appraised with agreed personal development plans.

  Responsible for ensuring that the clinical nursing service adheres to all clinical governance standards, ensuring safe, efficient and effective care, compatible with professional and national clinical standards.

  To implement and ensure compliance with Health and Safety policies, ensuring safe working practice.

  To ensure all complaints are fully investigated in accordance with Affinity Care policies and procedures. In addition to set up a feedback system to enable staff to learn from the complaints and patients concerns about the service.

  To manage and review the Clinical Risk by investigating and taking action on clinical incidents and utilising root cause analysis where appropriate.

  Responsibility for the interpretation, development and implementation of clinical and nonclinical policies pertaining to areas of responsibility liasing with other agencies as appropriate.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Line management responsibility for the nursing and healthcare assistant team including interpretation and application of all employment policies and procedures ensuring that all staff are treated fairly and consistently,

  Ensure that a robust system for clinical supervision and professional governance and revalidation is implemented for all nursing staff, who should be properly appraised with agreed personal development plans.

  Responsible for ensuring that the clinical nursing service adheres to all clinical governance standards, ensuring safe, efficient and effective care, compatible with professional and national clinical standards.

  To implement and ensure compliance with Health and Safety policies, ensuring safe working practice.

  To ensure all complaints are fully investigated in accordance with Affinity Care policies and procedures. In addition to set up a feedback system to enable staff to learn from the complaints and patients concerns about the service.

  To manage and review the Clinical Risk by investigating and taking action on clinical incidents and utilising root cause analysis where appropriate.

  Responsibility for the interpretation, development and implementation of clinical and nonclinical policies pertaining to areas of responsibility liasing with other agencies as appropriate.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse with extensive previous experience as a ward manager or specialist team leader plus Management and leadership qualification at masters level or equivalent demonstrable experience.
  • Experience of budgetary control and staff management.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills are essential to exert influence and develop constructive working relationships with a wide range of clinical and non-clinical staff and patients.
  • Experience of working with service redesign.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse with extensive previous experience as a ward manager or specialist team leader plus Management and leadership qualification at masters level or equivalent demonstrable experience.
  • Experience of budgetary control and staff management.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills are essential to exert influence and develop constructive working relationships with a wide range of clinical and non-clinical staff and patients.
  • Experience of working with service redesign.

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Affinity Care

  Address

  Westcliffe Medical Practice

  Westcliffe Rd

  Shipley

  West Yorkshire

  BD18 3EE

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://shipleymedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Affinity Care

  Address

  Westcliffe Medical Practice

  Westcliffe Rd

  Shipley

  West Yorkshire

  BD18 3EE

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://shipleymedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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