Deputy Ward Manager

Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Ashington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications from registered nurses to join our ward teams. You will provide nursing care to a caseload of patients and deliver clear verbal and written handovers to nursing colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team, ensuring compassionate, evidence‑based practice at all times.

You will support the Ward Manager with staff allocation and budget oversight, contribute to risk assessments, and maintain advanced level clinical care while

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to a caseload of patients and deliver verbal and written handovers to nursing colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Support the Ward Manager with staff allocation and budget management, contributing to workforce planning and financial oversight.
• Provide nursing care to an advanced level.

Job description

• To provide nursing care to a case load of patients and to provide verbal and written handoversto nursing colleagues and the multi-disciplinary team.
• Support the Ward Manager in her accountability for the management of staff and budgets.
• To provide nursing care to an advanced level.

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.