SCBU Ward Manager

Isle of Wight NHS Trust; Carisbrooke; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is seeking a Ward Manager for SCBU to join #TeamIOWNHS and lead a dedicated nursing team in a 24/7 role. You will drive safe, effective and compassionate neonatal care, acting as a senior clinician and role model while guiding policy and practice development.

You will hold RN/RSCN/RM with NMC registration, with a strong background in neonatal care and governance. The role emphasizes team leadership, patient experience, and organisational skills.

Qualifications

• RN/RSCN/RM with current NMC registration.
• QIS trained and governance experience.
• BSc degree and evidence of professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the nursing team, managing the clinical area 24/7.
• Ensure a safe, effective, responsive and compassionate service with strong patient experience.
• Provide professional clinical and managerial leadership to nursing staff.
• Lead development of nursing practice and policy, monitor philosophy in practice.
• Maintain visible senior presence and support service improvements.

Skills

Leadership experience

Governance experience

IT literate

Budget management

Staff development

Communication skills

Clinical expertise in neonatal care

Education

RN/RSCN/RM with NMC registration

BSc Degree in relevant field

QIS trained

Teaching qualification / mentorship

Safeguarding level 3 or 4

ECDL or equivalent

Certificate in Management Skills and Practice

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

NHS Band 7 Salary:£49,387 - £56,515 per annum

Hours per Week: full time 37.5

Contract Type: Permanent

We are recruiting for a Ward Manager for SCBU who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “working together, improving together”.

• Lead and coordinate the nursing team, taking continuing responsibility on a 24-hour basis for the management and organisation of the clinical area.
• Through effective leadership ensure the clinical team deliver a safe, effective, responsive, caring and well led service where compassion is embedded, and a positive patient experience is achieved.
• Provide strong professional clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and act as a professional role model.
• A highly skilled clinical expert with specialised knowledge in caring for patients and their carers.

Main duties of the job

• Promote and set high standards of professional nursing care and maintain the delivery of quality care within the trust policies, protocols, and guidelines. Implement the trust ‘vision and values’ ensuring they are embedded into everyday practice and evaluate their impact on the patient’s experience.
• Provide strong professional nursing leadership to staff within sphere of clinical responsibility. Lead and motivate staff by giving clear direction and setting achievable objectives.
• Continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care.
• Maintain a high visible presence within the clinical area ensuring that patients, visitors, healthcare staff and the multidisciplinary team, always have access to senior staff. Act as an effective professional role model and expert clinician.
• Develop the ward/department philosophy and models of care to ensure that all policies and procedures are implemented and to lead on the development of nursing practice. Ensure that all staff understand the significance of the philosophy to practice, monitoring its impact on patient experience.

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

Working for our organisation

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

Person specification

Qualifications and Role Specific Knowledge

• RN/RSCN/RM with current NMC registration.
• QIS trained
• Governance experience
• BSc Degree in relevant field
• Significant demonstrable experience within speciality area with evidence of professional development
• Teaching qualification / experience and mentorship course
• Evidence of recent clinical study.
• Safeguarding level 3 or 4
• Evidence of team leadership and change management
• Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources
• Certificate in Management Skills and Practice.
• Previous management experience of running a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
• European computer driving licence (ECDL) or equivalent

Physical Skills

• Clinically competent
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Effective leadership and team building skills
• Organisational skills and forward planning
• Flexibility
• Able to support development of others
• Coaching and mentoring skills
• Critical appraisal skills
• IT literate
• Understanding of the principles and application of effective budgetary

Abilities

• IT & Report writing skills Able to offer innovative ideas to improve patient care and working practices.
• Understanding of budgetary responsibilities
• Able to work without supervision.

Communication Skills

• Excellent communication/ interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates leadership skills with proven track record.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.