Clinical Ward Manager

The Methodist Church in Britain; Sefton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Senior Nurse to lead AMU 3, coordinate ward day-to-day activities, manage rotas, and support staff development.

Role includes senior nurse directorate cover, risk management, and driving clinical governance to ensure high-quality patient care and safe practice across the team.

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse, with active status.
• Post-registration specialty qualification required.
• Band 6 level experience essential.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate the ward day to day, including planning, allocating and evaluating work.
• Lead the ward team as an exemplary role model and manage staff cover and skill mix through rotas.
• Develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care and improve quality through best practice and clinical benchmarking.
• Implement risk management policies and action plans for identified risks.
• Respond to patient complaints and concerns and monitor the resulting action plans.
• Manage staff performance, sickness and absence, and grievance and disciplinary processes with the Matron.
• Ensure staff compliance with mandatory training and identify training needs through PDPs and appraisal.
• Liaise with nursing, medical and allied health colleagues, community teams and local agencies on patient care and transfer.
• Ensure the ward meets clinical governance standards, Trust policies and the NMC Code of Conduct.
• Participate in recruitment and selection of nursing staff.
• Contribute to planning, monitoring and control of resources.
• Provide cover for absent colleagues and Senior Nurse Directorate cover as necessary.

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Clinical governance

Communication skills

Teaching and assessing

Education

Post-registration specialty qualification

Job description

This Band 7 post runs AMU 3, an acute medical unit at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with management responsibility across the 24-hour period. The work centres on day-to-day coordination of the ward, staffing rotas, staff development and the quality of patient care, including risk management and complaints. The role also carries Senior Nurse Directorate cover and cover for absent colleagues. Current NMC registration is essential, alongside a post-registration specialty qualification and Band 6 experience.

What the job involves

• Co-ordinate the ward day to day, including planning, allocating and evaluating work
• Lead the ward team as an exemplary role model and manage staff cover and skill mix through rotas
• Develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care and improve quality through best practice and clinical benchmarking
• Implement risk management policies and action plans for identified risks
• Respond to patient complaints and concerns and monitor the resulting action plans
• Manage staff performance, sickness and absence, and grievance and disciplinary processes with the Matron
• Ensure staff compliance with mandatory training and identify training needs through PDPs and appraisal
• Liaise with nursing, medical and allied health colleagues, community teams and local agencies on patient care and transfer
• Ensure the ward meets clinical governance standards, Trust policies and the NMC Code of Conduct
• Participate in recruitment and selection of nursing staff
• Contribute to planning, monitoring and control of resources
• Provide cover for absent colleagues and Senior Nurse Directorate cover as necessary

Qualifications

• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Post-registration qualification in specialty

Registration & licences

• Current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse, with active status on the register

Experience

• Demonstrable experience at Band 6 level
• Evidence of staff development, including pre and post registration students
• Evidence of managing a change
• Evidence of applying current nursing issues and developments
• Evidence of developing standards of nursing care through clinical benchmarking

Skills & knowledge

• Understanding and application of clinical governance
• Excellent communication skills
• Basic IT skills, including email and word processing

Other

• High level of personal and professional credibility
• Supportive of colleagues
• Committed to delivering high standards of patient care

Nice to have

• 1st level degree or studying towards

What’s offered

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