Deputy Ward Manager - T2 Rainbow Ward

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Greater London is seeking a committed Deputy Ward Manager for the Rainbow Ward. The role, offered part-time at 32 hours per week, requires strong leadership skills and a passion for delivering high-quality paediatric care. Responsibilities include managing patient care, making leadership decisions, and fostering a collaborative environment. Candidates must be registered nurses with relevant specialties and possess excellent communication skills. The position offers a salary ranging from £44,485 to £52,521 per annum, pro rata, including HCAS.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Child) qualification required.
• Ongoing professional development in specialty.
• Possession or working towards a relevant degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage nursing care in the absence of the Ward Manager.
• Ensure holistic family-centered care for all patients.
• Promote effective communication across staffing disciplines.

Skills

Excellent paediatric clinical skills

Effective teaching, training, and preceptorship skills

Ability to delegate and prioritise

Administration of IV drugs

Phlebotomy and cannulation skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Education

Registered Nurse (Child)

Assessing and mentoring qualification

Basic life support

Leadership or management training

Job description

We are seeking to appoint dynamic and enthusiastic candidates to the role of Deputy Ward Manager - T2 Rainbow Ward to cover a period of Maternity Leave within the team. This post is offered part time at 32x hours per week.

If you would like to become part of a team delivering excellent care and take advantage of many opportunities available to you, we would like to meet you.

We can offer you excellent educational opportunities from in house study courses to post graduate education through Middlesex University.

To apply for this post, you must be a strong leader who can work efficiently within an established multi-disciplinary staff group. Must be passionate and committed to delivering high standards of care, and need to ensure that all the people who use our services have a positive experience.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early with high interest and advise submission of applications at the earliest opportunity.

Main duties of the job

The role will require the candidate to be able to make leadership decisions autonomously and as a part of the wider nursing leadership team, providing a standard of holistic family centered care to all children and their families.

The successful candidate will require the ability to foster and promote family centre care and establish good relationships with all patients, and their parents/carers, and provide care in a timely manner across the service. They are required to exhibit excellent communication skills and be able to work collaboratively with all staffing disciplines to ensure the smooth flow of patient care.

The post holder will be responsible to take ownership of the service in the absence of the Ward Manager, managing and supporting all junior staffing to utilise and maintain standards of care through the correct undertaking of policies and procedures, and must be flexible in their approach to the clinical areas and provide cover as needed for any specified areas.

About us

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICSS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICSS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Job responsibilities

A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Child)
• Evidence of ongoing dynamic continuing professional development within the speciality linked to demonstrable clinical competencies and level 6 academic study.
• Possession of a relevant degree or in the process of obtaining.
• Assessing and mentoring qualification.
• Basic life support
• APLS
• Leadership or management training.
• PILS

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent paediatric clinical skills
• Relevant specialist skills and abilities for the department e.g. oncology/allergy/diabetes
• Effective managerial, leadership and organisational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective teaching, training, and preceptorship skills.
• Able to motivate and develop a team of staff.
• Able to problem solve and initiate change.
• Able to work across professional team and organisational boundaries.
• Ability to delegate and prioritise
• Administration of IV drugs.
• Interviewing skills.
• Phlebotomy and cannulation skills.

Experience

• Experience within relevant clinical environment with qualification in speciality.
• Teaching, supervision, and managerial experience.
• Experience of coordinating and managing patient care.
• Previous experience of research and audit. Sound clinical judgements and decision-making skills regarding acutely unwell patients.
• Ability to prioritise work/response/triage referrals, and messages effectively.
• Previous experience of change management and problem solving.
• Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints.
• Previous experience of research and audit.

Personal Qualities

• Enthusiastic and motivated.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Professional approach to work.
• Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
• Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately.
• Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect.

Other

• Good understanding and knowledge of paediatrics.
• Awareness of professional issues.
• Understanding of nursing practice and innovations.
• Knowledge of Team Nursing
• Knowledge of the ward's specialities.
• Awareness of cultural issues
• Basic IT skills

Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£44,485 to £52,521 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata) Including HCAS