Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Unit Manager to provide operational and clinical leadership across the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and the newly developed Medical Assessment Centre (MAC) at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital.
The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of both areas, ensuring the delivery of safe, personal and effective care in line with Trust policies and national standards. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, the role will support patient flow, service delivery, and continuous quality improvement.
The Unit Manager will provide visible leadership to nursing and support staff, ensuring appropriate staffing, skill mix, and a positive team culture within a dynamic acute environment. The role also includes oversight of governance processes such as incident reporting, audit compliance, and implementation of learning to improve practice.
A key focus will be supporting acute medicine, optimising patient pathways, and improving outcomes and patient experience. This is a pivotal leadership role requiring strong organisational, communication, and decision-making skills, with support from the wider Band 7 management team.
Main duties of the job
To provide and promote the highest possible standard of care based on professionally determined standards and accept accountability for the patient as an individual. Work as an experienced practitioner within the acute medical ward, demonstrating effective team leadership, promoting good morale within the department and a clinical expert.
The post holder will also take a key role in overseeing governance processes, including incident reporting, audit compliance, and implementation of learning to improve practice.
About us
Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures.
We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide nurse leadership, improvement, and management of services within this acute ward setting in order to ensure the highest standards of patient care and service are delivered in the most efficient and effective way.
Be a confident role model for the junior nursing team
Ensure improvements in patient outcomes and the safety, treating patients with dignity and respect.
Ensuring best practice in infection control.
In conjunction with the Matron ensure all quality improvement work is implemented and sustained.
Ensure an excellent patient journey, safe and effective discharge planning to achieve a positive patient experience.
Support the provision of a clean environment
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Current NMC registration
- Education to degree level, ideally in health related subject and speciality
- Management & leadership experience post registration
- Evidence of involvement in leading change and developing programmes of care
- Work experience in a relevant professional environment
- Experience of Safety and Quality initiatives, Incident and Risk management
- Proficiency with office systems and computers.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and power-bi
- Able to provide good quality and accurate reports
- Evidence of professional knowledge supplemented by post reg. specialist managerial / leadership training and CPD
- Demonstrate effective communication / negotiation skills is able to make operational judgements involving complex facts/situations
- Evidence of persuasive and strong influencing skills and the ability to manage conflict
- Ability to motivate and influence others
- Evidence of applied change management
- Evidence of effective team work with strong analytical skills and ability to consider the wider picture
- Evidence of post basic continuing education.
- Promotes research and development.
- Keeps professionally updated.
- Demonstrates ability to effectively lead a team.
- Ability to facilitate a cohesive team spirit and good team working.
- Promotes quality in the clinical setting
- Experience of recent employment in a pre-registration student nurse area
Desirable
- Clinical Leadership/management Qualification
- Quality and Safety qualification
- Experience in clinical audit /benchmarking
- Experience in setting establishments and using workforce toolkits
- Actively involved with committees, working parties and groups of interest
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Blackburn
Haslingden Road
Blackburn
BB2 3HH
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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