Senior Nurse (Critical Care)

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Job OverviewPlease note that this role supports all Critical Care provision (4 units at each hospital site) across the Health Board and, as such, an ability to travel regularly to all sites/units is essential.The purpose of the role of Senior Nurse (Critical Care) is to provide professional leadership to and management of nursing resources across the Critical Care service. This will include ensuring effective professional leadership to department managers and staff within the critical care specialty in order to secure and assure the highest standards ofclinical care; ensuring the availability of the appropriate support services; ensuring a quality service and maintaining a high standard of infection control; and providing accessible and supportive presence to whom patients and their families and staff can turn for assistance, advice, support and early resolution of concerns.The post holder will be a credible leader and possess the ability to empower and develop nurses working within the clinical environment and be accountable for professional nursing standards. At this level the post holder is expected to work autonomously and to provide highly specialised advice to colleagues to ensure that service, quality and performance objectives are achieved. This includes supporting systems for NMC revalidation, performance management of both individuals and nursing teams in their accountability for the quality and safety of patient care.Main duties of the jobTo provide leadership and direction to all registered and unregistered nurses working in the delivery of Critical Care services;To direct, lead and motivate nursing staff within the speciality to ensure the highest standards of professionalism, efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery; ensuring that activity is aligned to Health Board plans and strategies;To act as initial focal point for all concerns arising in critical care areas and for professional/operational issues that arise on a daily basis and be responsible for the management of nursing staff and resources in designated teams;To undertake and support coaching, mentoring, resource planning, standard setting, performance management and team and individual development to ensure a culture of continuous improvement and professional excellence is visible at the unit/hospital sites;To contribute to the management of local risks arising as it relates to the provision of the service through robust management processes and treatment plans;To always act within the safe realms of legislation, policy and procedures and professional standards;To ensure the Health Board’s aims and objectives and associated targets and strategies are clearly communicated to all relevant staff so that effective contributions to implementation of operational plans can be made.Working for our organisationHywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.