Renal Dialysis Unit Team Leader

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Renal Dialysis Unit Team Leader to manage daily operations, coordinate patient care, and lead nursing staff. The role requires significant experience in paediatric settings and strong leadership skills. The successful candidate will ensure high standards of care and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a renal department/acute paediatric setting.
• Evidence of managing and coordinating a shift (Nurse in charge).
• Experience of HR management/issues.

Responsibilities

• Act as a role model and support for junior staff.
• Continually monitor standards of care and lead improvements.
• Maximise best use of clinical resources and monitor patient flow.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Organisational Skills

Negotiating

Assertiveness

Education

Registered Nurse (Child)

Mentorship in Practice or equivalent

Leadership Qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Go back Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Renal Dialysis Unit Team Leader

The closing date is 16 May 2025

The post holder has responsibility for the daily management of the departmentwhich involves coordinating patient care, timely and appropriate interventions anddeployment of staff to provide a high standard of nursing care to all RDU patients.o Has continuing first line management responsibility for a team of nursing andsupport staff managing sickness and absence and ensuring team members haveidentified development needs and a development plan.o The post holder will also provide a clinical nursing service, demonstrating throughpractice, the desired model of care for all grades of nursing staff. As a seniorclinical nurse, the team leader is responsible for the assessment of care needs,the development, implementation and evaluation of family centred programmes ofcare and is accountable for the quality of care delivered within the departmentenvironment by the department nursing team.o Works collaboratively and co-operatively with the Matron and Head of Nursingto develop services and takes responsibility for implementing the nursing strategyfor RDU.o Takes responsibility for co-ordinating and ensuring timely responses to clinicalincidents and complaint

Main duties of the job

• Act as a role model and support for junior staff and act as a senior resource for expert clinical advice when dealing with issues such as child protection concerns, deteriorating patient.
• Continually monitor standards of care and lead the improvement of care. Be responsible for benchmarking, audit and research within the department and encourage a culture of shared governance.
• Promote and maintain a culture of patient and staff incident reporting in accordance with Trust Guidelines.
• Be responsible for planning and implementing care and act in a supervisory role to junior staff. Develop and implement standards of care and practice within the department and ensure they are maintained and monitored consistently.
• Maximise best use of clinical resources, monitor and evaluate patient flow, admission and discharge arrangements, take responsibility for initiating improvements
• Be responsible for effective communication within team and department, disseminate team brief and other relevant information
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams regarding the care of patients, participate in case conferences as required and ensure effective communication when dealing with child protection concerns.

About us

• As an organisation which uses the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service, the Trust complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice.
• The Trust is pro-diversity and anti-discrimination. Trust policies prohibit discrimination, victimisation, bullying or harassment. The Trust is committed to treating people equally, whether they are patients, colleagues, suppliers or other customers.
• The Trust is committed to promoting an environment that embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Staff should apply the values of respect, excellence, innovation, togetherness and openness in all that they do to ensure that Alder Hey truly belongs to everyone.
• Within the NHS, good patient care is reliant on the availability of complete, accurate, relevant and timely data. The quality of information can limit the capability to make operational decisions about the way care is planned, managed and undertaken.
• Alder hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• You must comply with all Trust policies and procedures and attend all necessary mandatory training.
• As an employee of the Trust you will be accountable for the data entered into records and systems.

Job responsibilities

• Undertakeany other duties as appropriate to the grade as delegated by the Matron, Head of Nursing or Service manager
• Comply with all Trust Policies including: - Promotion of Health and Safety in the workplace. All employees are expected to observe this policy in their behaviour to the public and fellow employees
• All individuals will have some risk management responsibilities with which you are required to comply, for details of your responsibilities please refer to the current Risk management strategy which is available on the intranet and in the local strategies folder.

Person Specification

Education and Training

• oRegistered Nurse (Child)
• oSound clinical knowledge
• oMentorship in Practice or equivalent
• PLS
• Leadership Qualification or equivalent experience.

Experience of

• oSignificant experience in a renal department/ acute paediatric setting with experience at Band 6 or above.
• oEvidence of managing and coordinating a shift (Nurse in charge)
• oEvidence of further professional development / expanded roles relevant to paediatric emergency care or acute setting.
• oExperience of HR management/ issues
• oExperience of resource management and able to manage resources effectively
• Renal course

Knowledge of

• oKnowledge of Professional, Departmental and NHS issues
• oKnowledge of Trust and Corporate plans and agenda
• oExperience of managing change, including participation in service development projects
• oAwareness and understanding of confidentiality

Skills

• oAble to communicate with all grades of staff and across the MDT and evidence of assertiveness, negotiating and organisational skills.
• oProven clinical expertise
• oAble to work on own initiative, lead and motivate the team
• oExcellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal especially in difficult and stressful situations.

Personal Attributes

• oAble to work 24/7 to meet the demands of the department.
• oProven leadership skills and experience of managing a team and/or evidence of management/supervisor training.

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.

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