Job summaryThe Clinical Nurse Manager is responsible for providing clinical and operational leadership within the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) service, delivering high-quality, nurse-led care to patients on ambulatory care pathways. The post holder leads the assessment, care planning, treatment, discharge planning and ongoing management of patients, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and community services to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, reduce readmissions and support safe care closer to home. The role also provides leadership and line management to the nursing team, ensuring safe, effective and evidence-based practice, maintaining Care Quality Commission standards, developing clinical pathways, and leading service improvement, audit and quality initiatives to support the continued development of the SDEC service.
Main duties of the jobAs the Clinical Nurse Manager for Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), you will provide clinical and operational leadership to deliver safe, high-quality, patient-centred care within an innovative ambulatory care service. You will assess, plan, coordinate and evaluate care for patients on SDEC pathways, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and community partners to support admission avoidance and timely discharge.
You will lead and line manage the nursing team, ensuring high standards of clinical practice, patient safety and compliance with professional and organisational standards. You will play a key role in developing and implementing clinical pathways, improving patient flow, supporting service transformation, and driving continuous quality improvement through audit, education and evidence-based practice.
The successful candidate will be an experienced and motivated senior nurse with excellent clinical, leadership and communication skills, committed to delivering outstanding care and improving outcomes for patients attending urgent and emergency care services.
About usWhittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Person SpecificationEducation/QualificationEssentialDesirable- Management/Leadership course
Skills & AbilitiesEssential- Significant experience and competence in intravenous therapy including cannulation and venepuncture
- Experience in Antibiotic and intravenous drug administration
Knowledge & ExperienceEssential- At least 2 years working at band 6 level or above
- Previous nursing experience in Acute Medicine/ED
- An understanding of team development and leadership
Personal QualitiesEssential- Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats
- Demonstrates understanding of good practice in patient/customer care
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
