Gynae & Early Pregnancy Unit Manager | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Preston

Are you an aspiring nurse leader, looking for a new development opportunity, with a passion for improving the experience of women, their families and of course our healthcare staff? If so, this opportunity could be for you.

We have an exciting development opportunity available to cover maternity leave for a nurse looking for their next clinical leadership position. Working in collaboration with the gynaecology ward manager, you will lead our gynaecology and early pregnancy assessment service at the Royal Preston Hospital. The unit is an emergency service operating in a model similar to that of a same day emergency care service for patients with urgent and emergency gynaecological conditions or early pregnancy related concerns. The unit has had its busiest year to date, with 10,000 attendances and over 1,000 recorded early pregnancy losses.

This post is a critical role in our senior nursing leadership team, required to champion the care needs of women, their partners and our workforce. You will champion high quality standards of care through continuous improvement to drive innovation and change.

You will work closely with the gynae ward manager. The Ward accommodates a diverse mixture of surgical and emergency patients within the 18 bedded area, offering a specialist service for Gynaecology Oncology, Urogynaecology and Endometriosis patients alongside our early pregnancy patients, caring for those experiencing early pregnancy loss and miscarriage.

You will have excellent communication and organisational skills, be passionate and strive to make a difference. You will be responsible for overseeing the provision of high quality care that is safe, efficient, effective, kind and meets the individual needs of women and their partners using our services. Together with the wider Gynaecology team, you will be leading the service to uphold the Trust Values.

You will have overall responsibility for the provision of excellent care with compassion for the patients, relatives and visitors who are cared for within their ward or department or by their team. Working closely with the Matron and lead consultant for the service, you will maintain a focus on the promotion of a close working relationship with the MDT team to uphold our standards and our mission to deliver excellent care with compassion, every time.

You will deputise on behalf of the matron where appropriate to ensure consistent and safe care is delivered at all times to our patients whilst leading our amazing nursing and wider MDT teams. You will have strong leadership skills in order to lead a diverse team.

A visit to the department is highly recommended to understand this fast paced and dynamic environment that is so much more than just a routine ward.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely makes a difference to support our patients and staff, ensuring we keep thriving and delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fantastic people and do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills and enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold and help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

To ensure the provision of excellent care with compassion, the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse/Ward Manager is responsible for:

• Ensuring all patient experience concerns are responded to in a timely manner.
• Adopting continuous improvement methodology to bring about sustained change and improvements for staff and patients.
• Ensuring clinical audit and action planning is undertaken to receive assurance on care standards and delivery.
• Ensuring the department meets the requirements of the STAR nursing accreditation framework to attain and maintain gold STAR status and actions are completed timely.
• Working clinically 40% of the week.
• Ensuring all staff are appraised and compliant with training requirements for their role in line with Trust policy and standards.
• Providing assurance that staff are trained and equipped to carry out their roles competently and safely, utilising performance management processes where required.
• Ensuring sickness absence is managed in accordance with Trust policy.
• Managing incidents and risk through the Trust PSIRF policy and plan, using the incident and risk management system effectively.
• Working closely with the wider MDT in relation to providing expert care to our patients.
• Ensuring patient information is of a high standard and updated regularly.
• Participating in developing policy, procedure and guidelines relevant to the area.
• Contributing to the speciality clinical governance and risk agenda.
• Leading the always safety first/harm free care/safeguarding agenda within the clinical area.
• Ensuring that the nursing team and care support team within their ward or department are adequately resourced and organised.
• Ensuring the nursing team and care support team are adequately supported and developed to deliver excellent care with compassion in line with the Trust’s Values and Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework.
• Leading and developing the ward nursing team and the ward administration and support teams by being a visible and strong role model providing leadership and direction to the team.
• Capitalising on research and development opportunities, providing clinical supervision and advice for staff and students in order to support them in reaching their full potential.
• Ensuring the productive operation of the ward through the monitoring and maintenance of standards that create a safe, clean and organised environment.
• Using processes designed to increase the time nurses spend in therapeutic contact with patients.

See detailed job description attached to the vacancy for further details.