Lead Nurses

at  East London NHS Foundation Trust

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We are seeking to recruit a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and innovative nurse leaders to take up the post of Lead Nurse Band 8b. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead on continuous development and improvement of nursing in providing high quality care to patients.
You will be involved in leading and directing quality improvement, delivery and maintaining of high quality standards that enhance the life for our service users using trauma informed approaches. You will manage in-patient acute admissions wards and High dependent ward/our low secure services and our female services and a rehabilitation male ward
IMPORTANT. Your supporting statement must answer the following questions:
Why do you want to work in forensic services?
What are the challenges and complexities of working within the forensic services and how will you overcome the challenges (please provide examples of when you have done so if you have previous experience).
How do you envisage your role in risk assessment and risk management?
What Quality improvement initiatives have you led or been involved in ?
If you do not include the above, you will not be considered for shortlisting
We sometimes close adverts early if there is a high response, so apply now!

FOR FURTHER DETAILS / INFORMAL VISITS CONTACT:

Name
Tonderai Kasambira
Email address
Tonderai.Kasambira@nhs.net
Telephone number
020 8510 2438
Overall Management responsibility for a set number of wards in Medium and Low secure services.
Set up clear monitoring / feedback / structure / system that enables us to both understand and challenge nursing practice across the service.
Nursing lead for Service developments in your are
Work closely with the Head of Nursing to effectively manage beds, admissions, discharges and transfer.
Nurse Management lead for Infection Control.
Work closely with Head of Nursing to effectively manage beds, admissions, discharges and transfer.
Nurse Management lead for Infection Control.
Provide advanced advice, support and expertise both within the service and to generic inpatient and locality / community teams
Coordinate Nursing assessments of patients and expertise both within the trust and outside the trust
Have management responsibility for the Forensic Specialist Outreach Workers and or the Forensic Specialist Prison In reach Worker
Play active role in setting up and developing MDT meetings that define strategy for future
Deputise for the Head of Nursing in their absence taking responsibility for the operational management of the service
To lead on the local development of policy and practice that reflect the needs of service users, implementing evidence based practice contributing further to the knowledge base by evaluation of practice
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
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