We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic nurse to join our friendly Integrated Procedures Unit (IPU) team at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
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The IPU is a dynamic service comprising Endoscopy, Procedures, Interventional Radiology, Pain Clinics, Plastic Dressing Clinics, Second-Stage Recovery, and Theatre Services. As a Band 7 Clinical Unit Manager, you will provide clinical and operational leadership, support staff development, and help ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centred care.
Working closely with multidisciplinary teams across the Trust, you will contribute to service development, quality improvement, and the introduction of new procedures and technologies.
We are a supportive team of Registered Nurses, Assistant Practitioners and Health Care Assistants who value respect, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous learning.
The successful candidate will be an NMC-registered nurse with strong leadership, communication, and organisational skills, alongside experience in delivering high-quality patient care.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your leadership career while contributing to a service committed to innovation, excellence, and outstanding patient outcomes.
The post holder will be accountable for the overall delivery of high-quality care within the unit and will act as an effective role model, leading, coordinating, and supporting staff to maintain the highest standards of clinical practice and patient experience.
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic nurse with proven leadership and management skills, together with experience in medical and surgical nursing. You will demonstrate a passion for patient care, a commitment to service improvement and innovation, and the ability to support and develop staff within a multidisciplinary environment.
We are committed to supporting professional development through comprehensive in-house training and access to formal educational opportunities. The successful candidate will play a key role in the ongoing advancement of the service in line with Trust objectives and national healthcare priorities.
We are a friendly and supportive team that values and respects one another, celebrates diversity, and is committed to staff development, innovation, and continuous service improvement. The successful candidate will play an important role in contributing to the ongoing development of the service in line with Trust objectives and national priorities. We work closely with a wide range of multidisciplinary teams and services, including Outpatient Clinics, the Procedures Team, Endoscopy, Interventional Radiology, Day of Surgery Admissions and Theatre Services, to ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care. This role offers excellent opportunities for learning, collaboration, service development, and professional growth within a nurse led dynamic and evolving environment.
Leadership and Communication
- Act as an exemplary role model always work within the codes of conduct set out by the Trust and relevant professional bodies.
- Provides management and leadership support for the department including production of off duty and allocations, sickness management, and annual leave management.
- Lead departmental meetings, to ensure an awareness of developments within the area of practice, and directorate/Trust objectives.
- Maintain an effective communication network; written, verbal and electronic, informing senior staff of all matters outside your role/sphere of competence, cascading information to more junior staff.
- Liaise with other service providers to support the efficiency of the unit/area.
- Establish positive communications and relationships with the public.
- Ensure that important information relating to the patient’s physical condition, or which would affect the nursing care is related to the appropriate personnel.
- Ensure that effective handover systems are in place to promote positive communication, including safety huddles.
- Lead in monitoring and promoting high standards of care, including audit of quality indicators, and devising action plans to address any deficits identified.
- Complete documentation on untoward incidents, produce reports as requested by line managers.
- Participates in audit and evaluation programmes as requested.
- Undertake and participate in RCAs, ensuring that action plans are formed and monitored.
- Feedback to the ward team findings from Executive Review Groups and complete any given actions.
- Deputise for the Matron in their absence.
- Assist the Matron in determining the appropriate skill mix for manpower, considering changes in clinical practice, to ensure maximum utilisation of funded establishment.
- Develop and enhance relationships within other areas of the Division/Trust/Outside Providers/CCG
- Demonstrate a pleasant and approachable manner and help create and promote a good working relationship.
- Show professional and courteous manner whilst practicing excellent communication skills at all levels.
- To show respect for members of the team and endorse the ward philosophy of giving mutual support.
- Act as a clinical role model for new staff, reflecting the philosophy, beliefs and standards of the department.
Patient Care
- Deliver excellent standards of clinical practice to all patients and support colleagues to deliver the best possible outcomes and experience.
- Act as patient’s advocate in promoting, and delivering the highest standard of nursing care, ensuring all fundamentals of care are addressed, and current, relevant policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Using evidence-based practice, assess patients' physical, psychological and spiritual needs, create care plans, implement and evaluate nursing care involving patients and carers, as appropriate.
- Undertakes and records full initial assessment at earliest opportunity.
- Performs nursing care and enhanced clinical skills to a high-quality standard.
- Has achieved and maintained core and specific competencies.
- Monitor patients’ condition and report observations to relevant health professionals, carrying out nursing interventions as needed.
- Is responsible for safe and timely administration and storage of oral and IV medications on the unit.
- Keep patients and carers informed, when appropriate, maintaining patient confidentiality.
- Report any equipment faults appropriately.
- Collaborate with other service providers in ensuring the highest possible standards of cleanliness and nutrition are achieved.
- Supports staff to work towards criteria discharge planning.
- Have expert knowledge and be able to advise and support nursing staff within trust & externally regarding emergency admissions and associated issues.
- Liaise closely with the medical team and other members of the MDT in respect of patient care promoting the highest standard of care.
Planning and Organisation
- Maximise the use of manpower and resources and promote new ways of working.
- Ensure effective staff rostering at all times, when there are gaps in provision ensure timely escalation in line with the trusts rostering policy.
- Allocate duties to staff in accordance with their individual levels of competence.
- Ensure that the ward has appropriate representation at specific forums, i.e. band 7 forum, link nurses forums and that information is effectively fed back through the department.
- Participate in the on-call rota for hospital cover out of hours
Workforce
- Lead and co-ordinate staff development and performance and act as a preceptor for new staff.
- Undertake return to work interviews in line with trust policy and ensure staff are supported with sickness and absence. In addition, ensure staff are escalated through the appropriate stages as part of sickness and absence management.
- Undertake appraisals of staff, development of Personal Development Plans, objective setting, and evaluation.
- Complete all mandatory training and reviews as local policy.
- Continually develop own knowledge and skills by keeping up to date with training and education and evaluating and reflecting on practice.
- Participate in performance review process and achieve objectives. Monitor staff progress and when necessary, lead a process of capability assessment in conjunction with HR
- Contribute to the development of the service and ensure work collaboratively and effectively and possess the relevant clinical skills and knowledge.
- Act as Mentor/Assessor for all learners, junior staff
- Exercise effective leadership using sound organisation skills and judgement, upholding equality and diversity of colleagues and patients.
- Be actively involved in appropriate groups and working parties to develop both professionally and individually and to meet service needs.
CLINICAL GOVERNANCE, AUDIT, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
- Work within trust guidelines, policies, and standard operating procedures.
- Utilise incident reporting system and participate in investigation of incidents. Ensure compliance with untoward incident reporting & near misses.
- Contribute to and lead on disciplinary investigations where relevant.
- Lead on departmental audits.
- Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others participate in the development of the same.
- Continually monitor standards of care and participate in leading the improvement of care, through benchmarking, audit, and research
- Support patient and public involvement activities in the IPU area as appropriate, leading to service improvement.
- Promote people’s equality, diversity, and rights. Assist IPU Matron in the effective use and monitoring the quality of supplies / equipment.
- Comply with, and contribute to, quality standards and guidelines, and take part in clinical governance and research and development initiatives.
Information Resources
- Write reports, record observations and maintain care plans, including electronic data storage, and other appropriate records, accurately, legibly and concisely.
- Maintain accurate and complete records of all care activities, in a timely manner, adhering to local and professional standards for documentation.
- Use Information Technology, to improve and inform practice.
Legal & Professional
- Adhere to Trust and departmental policies and procedures for example, all team members adhere to the workwear policy and maintain professional image for the Trust.
- Maintain a safe environment for yourself and others, taking reasonable care to avoid injury. Co-operate with the Trust to meet statutory requirements.
- Maintain registration, and nursing competencies, and comply with NMC code of Professional Conduct, and related documents.
- Sustain and improve own professional development by personal study, work-based learning activities, and by using opportunities provided by the Trust.
- Keep up to date with legal matters that may arise during duty.
- Non-medical prescriber: Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness appropriate to the radiology and wider IPU service in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and local protocols within scope of practice.
Infection Prevention and Control
- You must comply with all relevant policies, procedures and training on infection prevention and control.
Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
- You must comply with all relevant policies, procedures and training on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
Valuing Diversity and Promoting Equality
- You must comply with all relevant policies, procedures and training on valuing diversity and promoting equality.
FINANCE / PHYSICAL RESOURCES
- Management of allocated budgets ensuring effective use of financial resources in the event of any overspend; work with the finance and divisional teams to put actions in place to regain controls.
- Ensure that equipment is handled correctly and is maintained in safe working order, teaching and assessing junior members of the team in the correct handling and maintaining of specified equipment.
- Lead on recruitment of all unit staff, ensuring that recruitment documents are completed swiftly, and the recruitment process is completed in line with trust guidance.
- Assist the Matron to maintain IPU budgets and lead on cost saving projects within the unit.
