This Band 6 post sits on Northbrook Acute Children's Ward, an 18-bed paediatric unit at Winchester taking emergency admissions from the Emergency Department, Sophie's Place and GPs. The postholder leads day-to-day care for children with medical and surgical needs, line managing band 5 nurses and band 3 support workers while leading on ward setup and safety. Flexible and part-time requests will be considered, and development support is offered for those seeking progression. Candidates need UK professional registration and significant post-registration clinical experience.
What the job involves
- Lead day-to-day delivery of high quality care to children and young people with medical and surgical needs
- Line manage a team of band 5 nurses and band 3 healthcare support workers
- Lead on ward setup and safety
- Lead clinical link roles on the ward
- Provide supportive leadership to the team and high quality care to patients and families
- Involve all team members in evaluating and developing services
Qualifications
- UK professional registration (for example RSC, CHDip or NMC)
- Project management learning and/or development
- Formal training and/or experience in mentorship
Experience
- Evidence of significant post-registration clinical work experience
- Continued professional development clearly recorded in professional profile
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of health environment policies and legislation, including clinical, HR, equality and diversity, and governance
- Ability to work and lead within a multidisciplinary team across an organisation
- Good understanding of equality and diversity in all areas of work
- Clinical skills appropriate to the speciality
Nice to have
- Postgraduate learning in a specialist field, including a masters degree or working towards one
- Experience of project management for policy development or large-scale projects
- Ability to approach problems from a unique or different angle
What’s offered
- Flexible and part-time working requests considered
- Clinical and management/leadership development
- Support to develop strong clinical paediatric skills
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
