Assistant Head Nurse

Job Description

• Provide clinical guidance, direction and support for all Nurses and Caregivers in their departments and across the facility.
• Ensure that all relevant clinical areas are running efficiently and safely together with the involvement of all Nurse Managers and the Director of Nursing. 
• Ensure all clinical areas are staffed accordingly, provide supervision to all nursing personnel in the clinical areas, directs, and assists as required.
• Direct the movement of nursing staff to support clinical need, in accordance with nurse’s scope, training and competence. 
• Perform direct clinical nursing care when required, mandating the requirement to wear NMC nursing uniform.
• Conduct regular clinical rounds with nursing and other members of the inter-professional team.
• Conduct regular clinical rounds talking with patients and patient bystanders being cared for within their clinical areas, to support patient experience. Action and execute patient feedback to support a positive patient experience. 
• Assist with the clinical supervision and education of staff, advancement of process changes, accountability and responsibility for all patient care activities and daily operations.
• Carry out patient admissions, discharges, internal and external transfers as required.
• Perform essential life support as per regulatory requirements and scope such as but not limited to Basic Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation etc.
• Promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant health professionals, acting, as an ambassador for the facility in clinical and medical services.
• Maintain and demonstrates clinical competence using evidence-based practice, nursing knowledge, research and reflective practice in all aspects of patient care including those with complex needs.
• Ensure that the Nurses are providing patient care within the facility and that it is performed in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Establish, plan, implement and monitor KPIs that are relevant to the business and department(s).
• Liaise with multiple stakeholders regarding the suitability of clinical equipment, inventory supplies and contribute to product evaluation.
• Participate as a team member of Quality Management team in implementing standard operating procedures and protocols relating to patient care services.
• Participate and lead in internal clinical audits, data collection and communicate to the clinical team to improve and change practice, reporting to the Director of Nursing.
• Develop policies and procedures relating to patient care.