Role Information:
OneWelbeck was founded by a group of leading clinicians whose objective is to develop a state-of-the-art private day-case centre in the greater London area. OneWelbeck offers outpatient procedural and day-case intervention work in a unique dedicated setting to include procedures such as Ear, Nose & Throat, Permanent Pacemaker Implantation, Cryo AF Ablation, Orthopaedic, Gynaecological and Gastro-Intestinal procedures. Welbeck Health Partners are developing several other day centres across the UK in addition to the flagship centre at 1 Welbeck Street. Further centres are also planned internationally.
- Closing Date: Thursday, May 2, 2024
- Salary: £85k Plus Benefits
- Location: 33 Wigmore St, London, W1U 1QX
- Full Time
Aim of the role:
The post holder will be expected to support their team, department and centre to achieve the OneWelbeck Values in their day-to-day work. These are:
• Collaboration, Harnessing strength in difference
• Ambition, Seeing beyond the now
• Kindness, Supporting others
• Empowerment, Unleashing potential
The post holder will provide a responsive and efficient clinical service to meet the needs of the Business. The post holder will use their reason, intellect and judgement to work on
their own initiative to deal with matters on behalf of their Manager/Management Team.
The post holder will be an effective decision maker, who is able to prioritise their own workload whilst responding to interruptions. The post holder will be able to deal with unpredictable work patterns and proactively deal with issues without reference to others.
Job Summary:
The Head of Paediatric Nursing is an influential role within the organisation and is critical to the leadership of the Paediatric strategy. The post holder is responsible for:
· Defining, implementing, and monitoring standards of paediatric care and service delivery across the Welbeck Group.
· Act as a subject matter expert to clinical and non-clinical staff in the design, delivery and monitoring of programmes of paediatric care across Welbeck Group portfolio of services.
· Take a leadership role in ensuring the Centre continued compliance with relevant regulatory standards and specifically the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and will ensure systems and procedures are in place to assure the quality of paediatric services against relevant regulatory standards.
Key Relationships & Stakeholders:
• The Centre Directors and their teams
• Consultants
• Corporate Team
• Patients to include children and young people and their significant others
Main Duties and Responsibilities: Clinical
• To act a paediatric expert resource for Centres and provide support and challenge with regard to quality improvement and regulatory compliance.
• To support the design, implementation and delivery of paediatric systems which monitor standards of care, detect and escalate deterioration and inform the senior leadership of emerging risks to service delivery or strategy implementation.
• To act as the lead for learning disabilities ensuring that robust systems, processes, and support programmes are designed, implemented, and monitored to ensure the provision of a high quality, tailored service to patients or other customers with learning disabilities.
• Manage the delivery of consistent, safe service in all aspects of the patient journey and instil a culture of customer service throughout the nursing team.
• Act at all times within the NMC code and scope of professional conduct
Communication:
• Network with local and national organisations regarding paediatric care.
• The Head of Paediatric Nursing will be a strong team player who treats all colleagues with equal respect, is inclusive and democratic but also prepared to manage staff to ensure the delivery of efficient and effective services.
• As the key member of the Paediatric leadership team, you will be responsible for advancing change in four main of performance - quality, patient experience, financial performance and leadership through outstanding communication skills.
Operational Delivery:
• To support new business development and growth through horizon scanning clinical innovations and working with Centres to ensure the continuous improvement of paediatric service quality and safety.
• To support clinical, operational and commercial functions in designing and implementing pathways of care which meet the needs of consultant’s as well as individual patients.
• To work collaboratively with the Centres in the design, delivery and monitoring of paediatric programmes of education which meet the needs of individual practitioners, departments and implementation of the paediatric overall strategy.
• Participate in development and facilitation of new procedures, techniques and for the BCH actively supporting business development identifying opportunities when possible. Teaching and developing senior nurses to be commercially aware.
• Identity the need for and develop professional competencies with the clinical sisters and charge nurses for the management of paediatric patients throughout their journey in the Hospital. Ensure mandatory training and any training which will enhance paediatric care and practice is managed and completed on time.
Quality Care & Governance:
• To actively lead preparation for regulatory inspection across the paediatric services, acting as a supportive resource to multi-disciplinary teams.
• To advocate for patients, service users and their loved ones ensuring that guest voices are heard and listened to as part of paediatric service design and delivery across the Welbeck Group.
• The Paediatric Manager plays a significant role in the safeguarding of children and in conjunction with Safeguarding Lead and ensures that a comprehensive and robust approach, strong governance, and training is embedded across the hospital in order to protect all children visiting the facility.
• Act as a change agent and innovator, promoting an effective change culture within the nursing, medical and multi professional teams, with particular reference to current research end relevant NICE guidelines.
• Promote the development of an evidence-based approach to clinical care.
• Carry out audits to assess the clinical effectiveness of each of the Centres and develop tools to improve the quality of the paediatric service.
Reporting:
• Reporting mechanisms will vary through the monitoring of standards.
Resource/Financial Management:
• No direct budget holding responsibilities.
Infection Prevention & Control:
All OneWelbeck employees, whether involved directly or indirectly in the provision of healthcare, have a duty to cooperate with and implement Business policies and procedures in preventing and controlling infection. This includes co-operation with colleagues and contractors also involved in providing healthcare so far as is necessary to enable the Business to meet its obligations under the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
Safeguarding:
OneWelbeck is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and ensure they work in accordance with the OneWelbeck Safeguarding Child and Adult at Risks Policies and Procedures.
Employees should ensure that they remain up to date with safeguarding training requirements and know how to report safeguarding concerns or allegations against staff and should follow safeguarding policy and procedures and the allegations against staff policy.
Confidentiality:
Maintain confidentiality in relation to personal data held for colleagues and patients, ensuring that it is processed lawfully; for no purpose other than that for which it was obtained; is relevant to that purpose; is retained for no longer than is necessary; is processed in accordance with the rights of the subject to access and accuracy; and is protected from accidental loss or damage by the requirements of the Data Protection Act (as amended), and records management guidance.
Maintain confidentiality of patient-identifiable personal data using a non-identifiable alternative, where practicable, and limiting access on a strictly need-to-know basis under the responsibilities of the Welbeck Health Partners.
Risk:
Accept personal responsibility for contributing to Welbeck Health Partners, OneWelbeck management of risk, including the reasonable avoidance of any action which would knowingly cause unacceptable risk to self, others, or to the Business.
As far as is reasonably practicable attempt to prevent other people from undertaking tasks or actions which would knowingly cause risks to self, others, or to the Business, following the Business policy and training.
Identify and report actual or potential hazards/ risks in the work environment per Business policies and take immediate action to minimise risks where it is reasonably practicable to do so.
Identify and report to the appropriate authority incidents of risk, neglect, abuse or endangerment to vulnerable adults and children.
Follow Welbeck Health Partners policy on the use of Personal Protective Equipment e.g., Masks, Gloves, Visors etc.
Awareness of and compliance with Health and Safety Regulations.
Equality & Diversity:
The Business recognises the benefits of a diverse workforce reflective of the communities that we serve and is committed to equal opportunities in employment with a devotion to eliminating all forms of unlawful discrimination.
The Business aims to promote equality of opportunity and good relations between staff and patients (including volunteers, contractors and bank staff). All individuals have a duty to adhere to the Business Equality and Diversity policy and individual responsibility towards the application and understanding of the Equality Act 2010. Inequitable behaviour will not be tolerated, and every person has a responsibility to highlight discriminatory practices.
Health and Safety at Work:
In addition to the Business responsibilities under the Health and Safety legislation, you are reminded of your responsibilities for health and safety at work under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (as amended) and associated legislation. These include the duty to take reasonable care of the health and safety of yourself and others in your work activities and to cooperate with your employer in the discharge of its statutory duties. You must adhere strictly to the Business policies and procedures on health and safety and report all accidents, dangerous occurrences, unsafe practices or damage to your manager promptly using the Business incident reporting system. You must make use of appropriate training, safety equipment, protective clothing and footwear and attend training. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in disciplinary action.
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS):
If the post you are undertaking requires you to complete a DBS disclosure, this will be managed and processed in line with the DBS Policy, and you will be required to sign up and maintain your subscription to the DBS Update Service.
Person Specification
To apply, please email your current CV and cover letter to lesley.roberts@welbeckhealth.com