Childrens Outpatient SisterNHS

Job summary

We're delighted to advertise this part time secondment, for an experienced Children's Nurse, to support our Children's Outpatients Sister and Matron in leading our clinical team in Childrens Outpatients trust wide.

The department delivers over 34,000 appointments per year, running a combined total of 19.5 days per week from 5 different sites at:

University Hospital North Durham

Darlington Memorial Hospital

Bishop Auckland General Hospital

Chester le Street Community Hospital

Stanley Primary Care Centre

In addition to clinics delivered by Consultants, Nurse Specialists and a range of other professionals, OPD also delivers:

Paediatric phlebotomy

Urgent child protection medical assessments 5 days per week

Nurse led allergy skin prick testing

Oral food challenges

Patient education

Historic sexual abuse examination

Administration of monoclonal antibodies

Endocrine tests

Main duties of the job

You'll support our Outpatients Sister and Matron to lead and manage the nursing and support staff within the Childrens Outpatients Departments trust wide, providing visible leadership.

You'll ensure high-quality care to the patients using the service, through the development of robust and standardised processes, clinical audit, promoting high standards and engaging with patients to understands their experience of the service.

You'll adjust and adapt the services according to changes in guidance, legislation and research and oversee professional and personal development of staff to meet the changing needs of the service.

Job description

This is a Trust wide role and the successful applicant will support the running of Outpatients across 5 sites and will therefore be required to travel to all sites.

You'll be responsible for ensuring that the care we're delivering is high quality, and our environments are clean, safe and welcoming. You'll lead the Outpatient staff and will manage the provision of staff and equipment to clinics to ensure all clinics and clinical activity runs seamlessly. There will be direct clinical work involved, as well as support and supervision of staff.

About us

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

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