Ward Manager

Domus Recruitment; Bedford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime opportunities

Progression opportunities

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity has arisen in Bedford to manage a Hospice on an Interim basis for 3-6 months. This is an ideal role for an experienced Nurse to lead and support teams delivering compassionate, person-centred care.

The organisation has a strong reputation for quality care and growth opportunities. As Deputy Manager, you will oversee staffing, supervision, and reviews of individual support plans, manage staffing resources and staff budgets, and be available for flexible working and on-call

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting people who are vulnerable.
• Active NMC pin.
• NVQ Level 3/5 in Social Care Management or equivalent.
• Experience of supervising and motivating staff.
• Clear written and verbal communication style.
• IT literate and confident in the use of different IT systems / packages.
• Willing to undertake required training, sometimes off site and outside normal working hours.
• Willing and able to travel between locations as required.
• Available for flexible working patterns including evenings, weekends, sleep-ins and nights as required.
• Able to undertake on-call duties on a rota basis.
• A driver to enable travel between services.

Responsibilities

• Providing leadership and guidance to the teams, observe and feedback on practice to improve quality, positive behavioural support and person-centred approaches.
• Undertake regular supervision meetings with staff & facilitate team meetings.
• Ensure support plans are current and staff are aware of the review and implementation of individual support plans.
• Manage performance issues engaging the appropriate informal / formal processes where necessary and with guidance from Service Manager/HR.
• Manage the staffing resources of the service including rota management and staff budgets.
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as requested.

Skills

Nurse

Leadership

Staff supervision

IT literacy

Driving

Education

NVQ Level 3/5 in Social Care Management

NMC pin

Tools

IT systems

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen in Bedford to manage a Hospice on an Interim basis for 3- 6 months. The organisation is well established and supports with life limiting conditions.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Nurse to help make a real difference to peoples' lives. This is an incredible organisation who have great growth opportunities and a fantastic reputation providing quality care for service users.

Manager Responsibilities:

• Providing leadership and guidance to the teams, observe and feedback on practice to improve quality, positive behavioural support and person-centred approaches.
• Undertake regular supervision meetings with staff & facilitate team meetings.
• Ensure support plans are current and staff are aware of the review and implementation of individual support plans.
• Manage performance issues engaging the appropriate informal / formal processes where necessary and with guidance from Service Manager/HR.
• Manage the staffing resources of the service including rota management and staff budgets
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as requested.

Manager Requirements:

• Experience of supporting people who are vulnerable.
• Active Nurse Pin
• NVQ Level 3/5 in Social Care Management or equivalent.
• Experience of supervising and motivating staff.
• Clear written and verbal communication style.
• IT literate and confident in the use of different IT systems / packages.
• Willing to undertake required training, sometimes off site and outside normal working hours.
• Willing and able to travel between locations as required.
• Available for flexible working patterns including evenings, weekends, sleep-ins and nights as required.
• Able to undertake on-call duties on a rota basis.
• A driver to enable travel between services.

Deputy Manager benefits

• Opportunity for overtime and extra pay out of hours.
• Fantastic opportunities for progression