Deputy Ward Manager

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Hexham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Deputy Ward Manager for a general medical ward. This position involves managing patient care and ward staff supervision. The candidate will ensure high-quality patient experiences while handling a caseload and implementing evidence-based practices.

Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility for the management of the ward and patient care.
• Supervise and educate junior staff and students.
• Provide senior nurse management cover as needed.

Skills

Patient Assessment

Supervision

Rehabilitation

Job description

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An opportunity has arisen for a Deputy ward manager who will assume responsibility for the devolved management of the ward working with the ward manager and 2 duties.

To be responsible for a case load of patients and supervise the ward staff caring for up to 26 medical patients.

To have direct patient contact, patient assessment, rehabilitation and working with the multi disciplinary team.

Ward 2 is a general medical ward, the majority of patient's are frail elderly with complex needs and discharge planning.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

To assume responsibility for the devolved management of a ward including assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based practice in the absence of the ward manager.

To supervise, support and educate junior members of staff including students.

To provide senior nurse site management cover.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tammy Pratt Job title: Ward Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01434 655450

Anne Bowman ward manager

Laura Watson deputy manager

Megan Coffield deputy manager

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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