Renal Dialysis Unit Team Leader (NHS AfC: Band 7) - Ward 3C - Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundati[...]

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Renal Dialysis Unit Team Leader to manage daily operations and ensure high standards of nursing care. The role involves coordinating patient care, managing staff, and leading improvements in service delivery. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in a renal department and strong leadership skills. This position offers a competitive salary and a supportive working environment focused on staff development and well-being.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Lease car scheme

Generous annual leave

Extensive health and well-being programmes

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient care and manage nursing staff.
• Monitor standards of care and lead improvement initiatives.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams regarding patient care.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Organisational Skills

Education

Mentorship in Practice

Leadership Qualification

Job description

Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Alderhey Town Liverpool Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 23:59

Renal Dialysis Unit Team Leader

NHS AfC: Band 7

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

The post holder has responsibility for the daily management of the department
which involves coordinating patient care, timely and appropriate interventions and
deployment 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 and
support staff managing sickness and absence and ensuring team members have
identified development needs and a development plan.
o The post holder will also provide a clinical nursing service, demonstrating through
practice, the desired model of care for all grades of nursing staff. As a senior
clinical nurse, the team leader is responsible for the assessment of care needs,
the development, implementation and evaluation of family centred programmes of
care and is accountable for the quality of care delivered within the department
environment by the department nursing team.
o Works collaboratively and co-operatively with the Matron and Head of Nursing
to develop services and takes responsibility for implementing the nursing strategy
for RDU.
o Takes responsibility for co-ordinating and ensuring timely responses to clinical
incidents 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.

Working for our organisation

• 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.

Detailed job description and main 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

• • Sound clinical knowledge
• • Mentorship in Practice or equivalent
• PLS
• Leadership Qualification or equivalent experience.

Experience of

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

Knowledge of

• • Knowledge of Professional, Departmental and NHS issues
• • Knowledge of Trust and Corporate plans and agenda
• • Experience of managing change, including participation in service development projects
• • Awareness and understanding of confidentiality

Skills

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

Personal Attributes

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

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.

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. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

Should you require any assistance during the application stages please contact recruiting manager of vacancy or the recruitment team at [e-mail] or call 0151 282 4599

Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application.

Please note, the selection processes at Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.