Lead Critical Care Ward Manager

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Ward Manager for the Critical Care team at Darlington Memorial Hospital. The role involves day-to-day nursing leadership, ensuring safe, high-quality patient care, and providing professional clinical leadership for the unit.

The post requires strong leadership, communication skills, and a commitment to developing the nursing workforce while ensuring safe staffing, governance and effective use of resources in a high-acuity critical

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience in critical care and leadership roles.
• Ability to manage staffing, governance and quality improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible professional and clinical leadership to the Critical Care nursing team.
• Oversee safe staffing levels and skill mix, workforce planning and development.
• Lead improvements in quality, governance and clinical practice.

Job description

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Ward Manager for the Critical Care team at Darlington Memorial Hospital. The role involves day-to-day nursing leadership, ensuring safe, high-quality patient care, and providing professional clinical leadership for the unit.

The post requires strong leadership, communication skills, and a commitment to developing the nursing workforce while ensuring safe staffing, governance and effective use of resources in a high-acuity critical