Deputy Ward Manager

Whittington Health NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the City of Westminster is seeking a qualified nurse to join their team. The role involves assessing care needs, developing care programmes, and supervising both junior and unqualified staff. Candidates must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and committed to professional development in line with regulatory guidelines.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with an up-to-date PIN number from the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Ability to assess and develop care programmes.
• Experience in supervising staff and coordinating ward activities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the ward and support junior nurses.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care.
• Act as a clinical resource for the ward team.

Job description

The post holder will be a qualified nurse and registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council with an up-to-date PIN number.

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development of programmes of care and their implementation and evaluation.

The post holder is also expected to carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision, and will be required to demonstrate procedures to, and supervise qualified and unqualified staff.

The post holder will contribute to the overall good of the organisation by being a positive role model and to treat all staff, visitors and service users with courtesy.

The post holder will be allocated to Acute Assessment Unit.

It is expected that the post holder will be able to carry our all, of the duties listed in the main duty section below. The duties will vary from ward to ward, and they may carry out other similar duties in support of the ward environment that are not listed. No duties are to be undertaken by the post holder unless they have received the appropriate training.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities

• The post holder will be expected to regularly co-ordinate the ward, to support junior nurses co-ordinating the ward.
• The post holder will have a 'hands on' approach to assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care.
• The post holder will act as a clinical resource for the ward team.
• The post holder will encourage and promote the use of evidence based clinical nursing practice.

Managerial Responsibilities

• The post holder will assist the Ward Manager in co-ordinating the available unit resources to produce a cost effective and efficient care environment.
• The post holder will assist the Ward Manager to ensure that all staff are working efficiently this includes bank and agency staff.
• The post holder will ensure that all clinical practices are in accordance with NMC advisory documentation.

Educational Responsibilities

• The post holder will acquire new skills and knowledge to enable new management systems to work e.g., computer skills, budget management.
• The post holder will be able to identify their own educational needs with the Ward Manager.
• The post holder will act as a mentor to all staff and as a preceptor to newly qualified staff.
• The post holder will actively participate in teaching and supervision and direction of nurses.
• The post holder will help plan the orientation of new staff.
• The post holder is responsible for their own professional development, in line with NMC guidelines.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.