Paediatric Burns unit manager

The Methodist Church in Britain; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Onsite nursery

Childcare vouchers

Home electronics schemes

Working carers support

Carer-friendly policies

Job summary

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking a Band 7 Paediatric Burns service lead for Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield. You will manage the Paediatric Burns nursing team, ensuring safe staffing, clinical governance and development of staff and services.

Key responsibilities include leading the multidisciplinary team, maintaining high clinical standards, and driving quality improvement while supporting patients, young people and families.

Qualifications

• Evidence of further study within speciality.
• NMC registration as a children's nurse.
• Post-registration burns experience and senior nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Paediatric Burns nursing team day to day, promoting a positive, patient-centred culture
• Maintain high clinical standards and give specialist advice on complex patients
• Work with the multidisciplinary team, patients and families, including admission, discharge and transfer
• Ensure safe, effective staffing, skill mix and workforce deployment, maintaining staffing records in HealthRoster and SafeCare
• Lead workforce development through appraisal, education, competency development, clinical supervision and professional development
• Provide leadership for quality, safety and clinical governance, including incident management, risk assessment, audit, patient experience and learning from complaints
• Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of the service
• Create a learning environment where staff develop their knowledge, skills and confidence

Skills

Teaching & assessments

Professional development

Education

NMC registration as a children's nurse

Evidence of further study within speciality

Recent post-registration experience in an acute setting

Experience in a senior nursing role

Experience in research and audit

Job description

This Band 7 post manages the Paediatric Burns nursing team at Pinderfields Hospital, part of Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. The manager runs the team day to day, covering safe staffing, staff development, clinical governance and risk, and helps shape the service. Clinical and professional leadership sits at the centre of the role, with close work alongside the multidisciplinary team to support children, young people and their families. Candidates need to be registered children's nurses with post-registration burns experience and a senior nursing background.

What the job involves

• Lead the Paediatric Burns nursing team day to day, promoting a positive, patient-centred culture
• Maintain high clinical standards and give specialist advice on complex patients
• Work with the multidisciplinary team, patients and families, including admission, discharge and transfer
• Ensure safe, effective staffing, skill mix and workforce deployment, maintaining staffing records in HealthRoster and SafeCare
• Lead workforce development through appraisal, education, competency development, clinical supervision and professional development
• Provide leadership for quality, safety and clinical governance, including incident management, risk assessment, audit, patient experience and learning from complaints
• Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of the service
• Create a learning environment where staff develop their knowledge, skills and confidence

Qualifications

• Evidence of further study within speciality

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as a children's nurse

Experience

• Recent post-registration experience in an acute setting
• Post-registration burns experience
• Experience in a senior nursing role
• Experience in research and audit

Skills & knowledge

• Evidence of competency in teaching and assessing
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

What’s offered

• NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance
• Employee health and wellbeing services
• Onsite nursery
• Childcare vouchers
• Home electronics schemes
• Working carers support
• Carer-friendly policies