Job Description

Nurse Manager CYP | Surgical | Permanent | Full time | Spire Shawfair Park Hospital, Edinburgh

Spire Shawfair Park is now recruiting a Nurse Manager to lead their CYP Department.

Spire Shawfair Park Hospital is a modern, purpose-built private hospital located in south-east Edinburgh. As part of Spire Edinburgh Hospitals, it provides a comprehensive range of treatments, diagnostics, and specialist services, supported by experienced consultants and dedicated clinical teams. Since opening in 2010, the hospital has been delivering high-quality healthcare to patients across Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, offering excellent facilities, convenient access, and a strong focus on outstanding patient care.

Duties and responsibilities

• To lead provision of exemplary planned care for patients aged from birth to 16 years
• Lead specialist in all clinical areas providing specialist education and audit.
• To ensure the teams delivery of effective care by providing excellent clinical and managerial leadership.
• Develops a working environment and culture that actively improves health, safety, security and safeguards the welfare of children and young persons
• Develop and improve services
• Improve quality
• Support and enable equality, diversity and rights.
• Lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practices.
• Delegate work to others.
• Determine the effective use of efficient use of physical and financial resources.
• Undertake Human Resource activities for all members of the team.
• Plan, monitor and quality assure the application of technology for measurement, monitoring and treatment.

Who we're looking for

• Be NMC registered Nurse with a Children’s qualification - your pin should not have anyrestrictions or conditions
• Experience of working at clinical leadership/management level within a paediatric department.
• Have the ability to create and maintain relationships with a variety of clinical and non-clinical staff
• Flexibility is essential for this opportunity to support the needs of the growing service covering inpatients and outpatients
• It would be desirable to have phlebotomy and paediatric ILS, or be willing to complete a a university course
• Ability to plan and prioritise care for patients with good time management skills.
• A surgical background is highly desirable.
• Appropriate proven leadership and management experience.
• The ability to manage change enthusiastically whilst assisting to lead, manage and develop the CYP service

Benefits

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
  
  ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

Please see the attached benefits leaflet for more information.

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Sarah Whittaker at Sarah.whittaker@spirehealthcare.com or call 07525887973

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.