Clinical Leader - Acute Medical Unit

Uhmb; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is looking for an experienced Clinical Leader for their Acute Medical Unit. The successful candidate will lead a dedicated team, ensuring high-quality patient care and focus on clinical governance. This role demands strong leadership, communication skills, and a commitment to professional development.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered nurse with post-basic clinical qualifications.
• Motivated individual prepared to improve clinical practice.
• Experience in mentorship and team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Acute Medical Unit team effectively.
• Deliver high-quality patient-focused care.
• Focus on governance and quality of care.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Patient Care

Clinical Improvement

Education

1st Level Registered Nurse

Recent Post Basic Clinical Qualification

Mentoring/Assessing Qualification

Teaching Qualification (e.g., City & Guilds)

Job description

''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint an experienced and enthusiastic individual as a Clinical Leader on the Acute Medical Unit.

Main duties of the job

You will be able to:

• Work as an effective team leader
• Demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Deliver high quality patient focused care
• Dedicated to improving clinical practice
• Committed to personal and staff development

You must be highly motivated, willing to take on new challenges and prepared to lead the Unit with a strong emphasis on Governance issues, Patient Focus, Quality of Care and a desire to build and enhance a proactive team.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Our community services for adults are provided in people’s homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person specification

Qualification

• 1st Level Registered Nurse
• Recent post basic clinical qualification in relevant clinical area
• Mentoring/assessing qualification or Teaching qualification eg City % Guilds, Professional Trainers Certificate

PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.

The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be EffortlesslyInclusive .

The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.

We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.

The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert

If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, (formally CRB) a charge of £49.50 for Enhanced and £21.50 for Standard clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.

Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.

We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us atUHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle into your new roleincluding: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this linkhttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding .

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.

Name Cheryl Lewis Job title Unit Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01524 516246 Additional information

Cheryl Lewis and Lauren Thornton
AMU 01524 516246