Emergency Medicine Unit Manager | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Unit Manager in Emergency Care.

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic, experienced and committed leader with excellent communication skills who will inspire their teams through positive role modelling. The role itself is pivotal in supporting the delivery of high quality, patient care that delivers against identified National and local targets whilst continually improving the patients journey and having a positive impact on care delivery.

You will demonstrate a passion for improving the patient and relative experience and have a sound clinical knowledge base giving you the ability to support in delivering safe and effective care whilst having a positive impact on care delivery.

In addition to this, you will possess well developed communication skills that will be used to engage, inspire and motivate both staff and patients in the clinical area. Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to deal with complex situations are essential.

You will be a Senior Nurse with extensive experience in Emergency Care and uphold clinical skills that can support the clinical area when required.

The working pattern will predominantly be between Monday and Friday but there will be an expectation that evenings, weekends and bank holidays will be supported when required.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Within this role you will also be an integral part of the wider clinical team which works collaboratively with the PANDA Unit and SDEC.

You will support safer staffing duties for the Emergency Village.

The role can be high pressured at times and the ability to meet deadlines and prioritise your workload is essential. You will be supported by the 2 existing Unit Managers, Lead Nurse and Assistant Director of Nursing.

If you have the skills, drive and desire to succeed in this role we would actively encourage you to speak with Lead Nurse Laura Wilson in the first assistance. Application and interview will be necessary to ensure equal opportunities.

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 working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

We recognise that many people find interviews daunting and the conventional interview approach, of unseen questions, often impacts performance on the day. We are therefore piloting sending interview questions, to candidates, in advance.

This vacancy is within one of our pilot areas therefore if you are invited for interview, you will receive your interview questions in advance of your interview date. Feedback on this process will also be requested to help our teams understand and evaluate your recruitment experience.

This advert closes on Sunday 29 Sep 2024