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Salary for this role£39,959 – £48,117 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

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Role description

Job summary

We are looking for a department leader to join our dual purpose outpatient and medical day case unit at Berwick Infirmary.

We hold multiple clinics of varied specialities within our OPD department Monday to Friday. Due to this variety this enables you to work with a very diverse team of staff from across the organisation teams.

Our medical day case unit provides treatment locally for patients requiring drug infusions, venesection and blood transfusion etc. We work hard to ensure that patients can have their treatments locally, bringing in new treatments with the support of specialist teams. This is a unique post as staff cover both OPD and medical day case areas with a huge variety of treatments and development of a unique skill set.

This is an exciting time to join our team as we prepare to move into our new hospital with the development of additional services and treatments.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

Manage the treatment and care of patients who attend our nurse led medical day case unit, liaising with speciality teams to provide safe and efficient care.
Responsible for the daily running of the out patient department, ensuring safe staffing levels and supporting staff on a daily basis.
Working closely with multiple teams, providing education and support to the local team to allow us to provide safe care in a rural location.
Provide highest standards of clinical practice and act as a role model to others
Adapting to the changing environment and supporting the team during service development and quality improvement initiatives
Control workload and manage duties by identifying networks of support for yourself and other employees
Delegates to member of the team

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Date posted

30 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year Pro rata, per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-8386735SA

Job locations

Berwick Infirmary

Infirmary Square

Berwick Upon Tweed

TD151LT

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assume responsibility for the devolved management of a ward/department, including the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based programme of care in theabsence of the Ward Manager.
To supervise, support and educate junior members of the team.
To provide senior nurse site management cover.
To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
To be responsibility for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
To act as team leader and co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary care of a group of patients.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching topromote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

Essential

First level live NMC Registered Nurse or Registered Mental Nurse.
PP126/127 or AC631 or D32/33 or A1 or equivalent.
Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).

Desirable

Leadership course.
Management course
Diploma or degree in nursing
Qualification in specialty

Experience and knowledge

Essential

Previous post registration experience.
Experience of relevant speciality.
Experience of co-ordinating a team.

Desirable

Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.