Band 7 Interventional Radiology Lead Nurse

Are you looking for the next step in your Radiology nursing career? A great opportunity has arisen to continue to grow your managerial skills, hone your clinical expertise whilst working in a fast-paced environment with the ability to make informed clinical decisions with multidisciplinary team and have a great work life balance. We are committed to developing our nursing staff and we are committed to providing clinical support and offer internal and external courses to further your development. The role will require you to lead a team of nurses whilst having oversight of the day-to-day clinical lists. The senior nurse position will be involved in clinical decision making ensuring the continuation of nurse led PICC and Midline service, nurse led sedation and develop new opportunities for nurses to carry out other minimally invasive procedures. You will see work closely with the wider radiology management and consultant radiologists to implement change, procure new equipment and develop new and exciting procedures. The wider team will support you with the new management aspects that this role requires, whilst also enabling you to develop and learn with host of internal and external courses that Croydon Hospital can provide you.

• Monday - Friday working hours, great work-life balance, learn and develop new clinical skills
Main duties of the job Act as a positive role model, creating a supportive attitude to empower staff contribute to the delivery of excellent person centered care. Enable staff to be effective advocates for the rights and needs of their patients. The Senior Sister is responsible for providing clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and support staff, facilitating practice development within the clinical area. As a visible designated clinical nurse leader, set standards of care and professionalism as per Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of conduct and promote teamwork within a multi-professional environment, demonstrating critical analysis and decision making skills, leading the delivery of a clinically excellent service, influencing and facilitating change within the department. Ensure a culture of continuous quality improvement through the use of research, audit, patient feedback and reflection on practice by self and other members of the team Ensure that the care delivered to patients is a result of individual assessment of their need using an appropriate assessment framework and actively seek consent in the delivery of such care.

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. However, with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.