Job Title Clinical Nurse Manager - 11 Months FTC

Marie Curie Cancer Care Job Description

Job title Clinical Nurse Manager - 11 months FTC

Job reference SE760

Department Marie Curie Nursing Service

Location North / East / Mid & West Essex

Reports to Regional Manager

Accountable to Divisional General Manager

Job Purpose/Summary

This post is a senior clinical nursing role which provides clinical leadership and professional line management of the Nursing Service, acting as a supportive and flexible resource to enable the implementation of the Marie Curie Nursing Service strategy within a defined region.

The post holder will work alongside the Regional Manager in developing the Nursing Service in the local area based on local needs and manages his/her team in order to ensure that the right workforce is available to deliver quality care to patients.

He/she will work closely with multi-disciplinary teams, District Nursing teams, the Marie Curie referral centre, Senior Nurses, Marie Curie Nurses and Health Care Assistants in order to provide a proactive and consistent approach to delivering patient care.

Key Relationships

 Regional Managers  Practice Educators  Marie Curie Nursing Staff, including Senior Nurses and Discharge Liaison Nurses  Marie Curie Referral Centre  Patients, families and carers  District Nurses and other members of the Primary Health Care Team  Regional HR team  Regional Office Administrators  Rostering team  External partners e.g. CHC team, specialist nurses, hospices etc

Accountabilities (Duties and Responsibilities)

Service  To take responsibility for the operational management of the Marie Curie Nursing Service

 To take responsibility for the line management of the nursing staff within a defined geographical area.  To take responsibility for workforce planning and skill mix requirements to ensure the safe and effective provision of nursing care to meet patient and carer needs. Working along side the Regional Manger and Business and Service Development to analyse service needs and capacity, taking appropriate action to ensure the delivery of safe care.

 To act as the clinical voice for Marie Curie Cancer Care in the defined area by participating in local NHS palliative care strategy/End of life groups and networks to ensure awareness and recognition of the contribution of the MCNS, provide expert advice and information as necessary and to identify future development opportunities.

Assessment and prioritisation

 To be responsible for working with the referring professional or client in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care by the Marie Curie Nursing Service.

 Provide the clinical link between referrers, the Marie Curie referral centre and Marie Curie Nurses in order to provide appropriate packagers of care according to patient need and service capacity.

Care planning and delivery

 To support the implementation of the Marie Curie Nursing Service strategy by working with the national teams and where necessary supporting other colleagues within Caring Services to deliver key targets.

 To be responsible for identifying the clinical needs of patients and families, providing an overview of the caseload so that the right workforce can be deployed. This will include working with the referral centre staff in order to make decisions on prioritisation of care and the skill mix required, and take responsibility for agreeing the communication of these decisions to other healthcare professionals involved in the patients care.

 To be responsible for ensuring nursing team members are recruited and managed in line with MCCC employment policies and procedures. This may include leading the recruitment and selection process and leading at investigations or disciplinary hearings as required.

Clinical Leadership & quality

 To line manage the nursing team within a defined geographical area including Senior Nurses within the area and to provide clinical leadership. This may include advice regarding planning and organising their workload according to clinical need.

 To take responsibility for ensuring that RNs work within the NMC code of professional conduct and the agreed competency framework, and that HCAs work within the MCCC competency framework and MCCC code of conduct.

 To take responsibility for determining the clinical education and training needs of the workforce and working closely with the practice educators to ensure the regional training plan is delivered.  To take responsibility for ensuring that there is a supervision framework in place for all staff delivering care to patients and families within their area.  To adhere to the NMC code of professional conduct in the performance and management of nursing duties and to be professionally accountable for practice and managerial issues.

 To take responsibility for keeping up to date with current issues in nursing and changes to practice in order to ensure their own ongoing personal and professional development.

 To take responsibility for ensuring that the Nursing Service meets agreed quality assurance standards.

 Contribute to developing systems to support user feedback and take responsibility for the implementation of such systems within the Nursing Service.

 To assume responsibility for the management of clinical incidents and complaints within their area and work within the Charity’s clinical governance framework in order to achieve targets.

 To lead in the audit process for their area and participate in research as required.

Additional responsibilities

 In association with the Regional Manager and other senior colleagues, to be responsible for project management in specified areas to improve the delivery of care.

 In association with the Regional Manager take responsibility for ensuring the health and safety of staff working within a defined area.

 Attend regional & national meetings as required.

 Undertake activities from time to time representing Marie Curie Cancer Care to outside groups or the general public.

 Travelling will be required and may be extensive, depending on area. Some overnight stays will be required for meetings and training purposes.

 Act up in the absence of the Regional Manager as required.

 Participate in the on-call rota as required. General

In addition to the specific duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description, all Marie Curie Cancer Care employees should be aware of their specific responsibilities towards the following:

 Marie Curie Cancer Care operates a no-smoking policy. The post holder should either be a non-smoker or be prepared not to smoke in any Charity premises, grounds or vehicles or when on Marie Curie Cancer Care business outside the office.  Adhere to all health and safety and fire regulations and to co-operate with the Charity in maintaining good standards of health and safety.  Uphold ethical and professional standards and not behave in a manner that is likely to bring the Charity into disrepute.  Promote and sustain a responsible attitude towards equal opportunities and diversity within the Charity.  Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing registration requirements or any national professional or occupational standards associated with the role.  Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing learning and development and to participate in any training relevant to the role.  For designated roles, the post holder will be responsible for health & safety, business continuity planning and/or risk management. (These responsibilities will be notified on appointment).  Marie Curie Cancer Care is committed to encouraging volunteering throughout the organisation and as such the post holder will be expected to support and respect volunteers, and may be asked to work alongside or supervise a volunteer as part of their role whilst working at Marie Curie Cancer Care.”

This job description is not exhaustive. It merely acts as a guide and may be amended to meet the changing requirements of the charity at any time after discussion with the post holder. Marie Curie Cancer Care Person Specification

Job title: Clinical Nurse Manager Job reference: SE760

Criteria Essential Desirable How assessed

Skills / Abilities - Ability to use own - Ability to plan CV/Interview/Present initiative & work Services to meet ation independently needs - Demonstrate strong clinical leadership - Able to solve problems and take action to address issues. - Excellent interpersonal and team working skills. E.g. negotiating, persuasion and counselling. - Ability to use initiative & work independently - Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing. - Able to plan, schedule and prioritise own workload and that of others, within a changing environment. - Able to manage and develop people. - Can deal confidently with staff performance issues

Knowledge - Understanding of - Knowledge of specific needs of patients research methods. in the EOL phase. - Understand - Firm understanding of contracting & community working. the constraints of - Knowledge of people service management techniques agreements

Qualifications, - RN Level 1 registration, - Degree in CV/Certificates/NMC training and with relevant post- palliative/cancer Verification education registration qualification, care or working towards e.g. ENB 931 or - Post-registration Diploma in palliative care diploma or degree or equivalent in community nursing.

Experience - Project management - Projects delivery in CV/Interview experience. the health sector, involving a range of stakeholders. - Recent experience in - Community nursing palliative care and experience. management of - Gaining user nursing/clinical teams. feedback; i.e. patient, - Service development carer, District Nurse and audit within palliative - Undertaken basic care or another clinical audits of practice. discipline. - Experience in - Involvement in risk Oncology. management. - Managing staff at a - Involvement in Distance complaints management. - Staff recruitment and - Using feedback to development. change practice - IT experience – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email and internet

Other - Willingness to travel & Interview requirements occasionally make overnight stays

Where appropriate, reasonable adjustments to these criteria will be considered to accommodate personal circumstances such as disabilities Marie Curie Cancer Care Terms and conditions

Job title Clinical Nurse Manager Job reference SE760 Salary scale Marie Curie Pay scale Grade D Salary £16,498 - £18,331 per annum Annual leave entitlement 33 days (including 8 bank holidays) pro rata Notice period One Month (after probationary period) Working hours 18.75 hours per week Probationary period Six months Disclosure Check Enhanced

Other benefits  Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)  Marie Curie Cancer Care Group Personal Pension Scheme  Season ticket loan  Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems

Due to administration costs borne by the charity, we regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the below closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

Closing date: 31st December 2014 at 5pm

To apply please visit our website www.mariecurie.org.uk/jobs

Please email your application form to [email protected] with the subject line ‘Reference Number – Job Title – Location’ or via post to Marie Curie Cancer Care, Recruitment Centre, 89 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, London, SE17TP.

Marie Curie Cancer Care aims to be an employer of choice and is committed to equal opportunities. Charity reg no. 207994 (England & Wales), SCO38731 (Scotland).