Lead Nurse/AHP
Job Description
Job summary
Based on the Aintree site you will work alongside an existing Lead Therapist supporting operational service delivery within the Aintree Inpatient Services.You will report to a Head Therapist who leads the Aintree Inpatient Services.
The Lead Therapist has responsibility for the operational management of the team, driving quality, safety and standards of care. An understanding of integrated working and the ability to deliver services across professions and integrated pathways is essential. You will work flexibly to respond to the changing needs of the service. You will be able to deliver service improvement initiatives and support delivery of evidence-based care. With strong leadership and people management skills you will be able to address a variety of people management related issues and be actively involved in addressing complaints, concerns ensuring a learning culture is in place.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with external partners, patients, patient representatives, relatives and carers.
Ensuring operational plans / performance are managed, by proactively leading and providing solutions to resolve difficult operational issues, in accordance with Trust objectives, targets, quality standards and resource constraints, promptly escalating issues which are unable to be resolved.
They will have significant experience in leading teams, possessing leadership skills to deal competently with difficult issues ensuring policy is implemented and performance managed on behalf of senior leadership team
Working under direction the post holder will implement patient centred clinical and operational strategy and plans. Ensuring systems and processes are in place to comply with relevant legislation / governance requirements, including linking with external bodies ie. commissioners , utilising the expertise and skills of the wider Divisional team.
As part of the management team, they will contribute to strategic direction and policy setting for the Care Group. Supporting essential two way communications between the Care Group and staff in other wards / departments, ensuring key messages, are shared and discussed.
They will demonstrate a coaching style of leadership, ensuring staff / stakeholder engagement exists , taking action to address issues.
The post holder will have line management responsibility for Ward Managers and/or Band 7 Clinical AHP's.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broad green Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Job responsibilities
The Post holder will ensure that operational plans and performance are closely managed, by proactively leading and providing solutions to resolve difficult operational issues, in accordance with agreed Trust objectives, targets, quality standards and resource constraints, promptly escalating issues which are unable to be resolved.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level professional registration NMC/HCPC
- Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level or equivalent
- Significant evidence of post registration continued professional development, working towards masters
- Post-graduate/registration Management or Training qualification /equivalent
Desirable
- Evidence of Leadership development
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable extensive experience as a clinical manager, with responsibility for clinical quality, people management, budget responsibility and successful delivery of performance targets and quality standards within strict financial controls.
- Demonstrate the ability to maintain high standards of care and team management over a sustained period.
Knowledge
Essential
- Key issues and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally assess and describe impact on AHPs/clinical professional service.
- Knowledge and understanding of the NHS policy and regulatory policy
- Understanding and appreciation of diversity
- Knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management and workforce information systems
- Knowledge and understanding of governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy
Skills
Essential
- Coaching & values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst staff and stakeholders, and in developing high performing teams
- A high level of communication skills, to include but not exclusively, mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation, training and coaching skills using well developed interpersonal skills to influence, inform, reconcile differences and resolve conflicts.
- Demonstrate the ability to lead and implement quality improvement strategies.
- Solve difficult problems, using a solution focused approach demonstrating competent persuasive and influencing skills
- Research information and use audit skills to applying findings to influence practice and develop business cases/plans.
- Analyse data and information, including preparing responses to issues, weighing risks and forming judgements often within tight timescales.
- Competently implement business plans, business cases and project plans in order to deliver the Clinical Service Strategy for the area.
- Coordinate area day to day clinical operational activity to meet challenging performance targets within tight financial controls
- Implement policy and implementation plans to deliver the clinical strategy and plans ensuring successful implementation
- IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems.
- Imaginative and innovative in developing new ways of working in meeting patient care and service needs
- Cope with competing priorities and a demanding workload
- Deal with uncertainty in a political environment
- Work in an environment with frequent interruptions, and within stressful, unpredictable situations including responding to and solving urgent and emergency situations day to day
Desirable
- Demonstrate competent project management skills
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications 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 Registration
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