This role sits within the directorate triumvirate which consists of a General Manager and Clinical Directors for each of the specialties and this is the key working relationship.

The post holder line manages Matrons and Clinical Nurse Specialists and will develop key relationships with senior managers within the organisation specifically in relation to the safety and quality of care that is delivered to patients within the cardiology specialty.

Main duties of the job

In addition the Cardiology Senior Nurse will be responsible for:

Providing professional and clinical leadership for cardiology nursing teams

Translating the organisations vision and values into meaningful actions for cardiology nursing teams and hold staff to account for their delivery

Ensuring that the nursing and wider team work efficiently and effectively to maintain performance and deliver high quality safe care

Ensuring there are systems in place to measure and monitor the quality of care particularly through the use of measurement for improvement

Ensuring the rapid spread of evidence based practice across their areas of responsibility

Developing systems that measure risk and be able to diagnose and quantify risk

Developing and implementing strategies for promoting a safety culture within their service areas by engaging with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)

Taking a lead role in the implementation and monitoring of the Trust's risk and governance strategy at service level

Ensuring that patients are actively involved in the development of services and the monitoring of quality

To identify areas for service improvement through the use of a working knowledge of improvement methodologies and to prepare business cases for change where appropriate

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience of working in a senior nursing role in cardiac care
• Experience in mentorship and supervision of staff
• Experience in staff management
• Experience of resource management
• Experience in change management
• Experience of conducting own projects successfully and follow through action

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of both theoretical and practical skills and competency in cardiac services management
• Evidence of leadership skills
• Works under own initiative with good organisational skills, can work to deadlines.
• Able to use problem solving skills
• Effective communication both written and verbal. Presentation and report writing skills
• Able to utilise ICT to full potential and collect data as required
• Able to manage organisational change

Knowledge

Essential

• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
• Ability to develop protocols and guidelines
• Understands the role of clinical governance and audit in provision of high quality clinical care.
• Knowledge of infection control practice issues

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level registered nurse Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
• Evidence of ongoing professional development in relevant area of speciality supplemented by specialist clinical, managerial training and CPD
• Leadership/management course

Other

Essential

• Professional NMC Registration
• Ability to act as a role model
• The ability to undertake reflective thinking on own practice
• Able to participate on on-call management rota for site

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

St Bartholomew''s Hospital

London

EC1A 7BE

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