Ward Manager

PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a ward manager for Hurst Place at Tameside General Hospital. This role involves managing a clinical team, ensuring effective service delivery to service users, and maintaining high standards of care to those with complex mental health needs. The ideal candidate must demonstrate strong leadership abilities and experience in clinical management. This is a vital role aimed at enhancing the overall quality of mental health services in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing clinical teams and staff performance.
• Ability to audit and evaluate clinical services.
• Strong leadership skills with a focus on service user experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage the clinical team, ensuring effective teamwork and staff development.
• Serve as the clinical lead, overseeing service user needs.
• Audit and evaluate services in compliance with Trust policies.

Job description

An secondment opportunity has arisen for a ward manager position on Hurst Place at Tameside General Hospital, for 6 month period. Hurst Place is a 15 bed, mental health rehabilitation unit for males who suffer with complex and enduring mental health illnesses. Our service users may also present with physical health conditions and other comorbidities.,

• Management of the clinical team: ensuring that the team are working effectively both as individuals and as a team. This includes: recruitment, retention, development, and support and performance management of their staff.
• Management of the Service User Experience: acting as the clinical lead for the unit, leading the multidisciplinary team, ensuring that their team are responsive to service user needs and that the clinical documentation is robust.
• Management of local Governance Processes: auditing and evaluating the services as required by the Trust and Directorate policies. Reporting into the Governance and Clinical Business Unit (CBU) meetings and to the Clinical Services Manager.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.