Ward Manager

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated Ward Manager for Ward 18. This full-time role requires excellent leadership and clinical skills to manage a team of nurses providing high-quality care. Successful candidates will have significant experience in nursing and leadership within a clinical environment, ensuring a therapeutic atmosphere for patients. Interested applicants should possess a current NMC registration and relevant specialized training.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years post registration experience.
• A minimum of 2 years leadership experience, specifically in the specialty setting.
• Evidence of working collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ward staff to create a therapeutic environment for patients.
• Manage staff absence in line with trust policies.
• Undertake regular ward audits to assess ward performance.

Skills

IT Skills (Word/Excel/Outlook)

Budget management skills

Excellent communications skills

Ability to prioritize workload

Collaborative multidisciplinary teamwork

Understanding of quality governance

Education

Current NMC registration

Post registration course in speciality

Degree or working towards degree level

Job description

Job summary: Are you a clinical leader up for a challenge? Are you a dynamic and inspiring senior nurse? Yes....please do read on.

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 18 for a Ward Manager position. This is a full-time post.

Ward 18 has 30 inpatient beds and provides high quality care for patients undergoing a wide range of general surgical procedures, offering excellent opportunities to develop your surgical nursing skills.

The successful candidate will need excellent leadership skills, be adaptable to an ever-changing clinical environment and demonstrate expert clinical skills. They will also need to communicate well with the ward team, the wider Emergency General Surgical team, urology and upper GI teams and the wider surgical divisional team. This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your leadership skills within a friendly and experienced team.

Main duties of the job

• Leading the ward staff to ensure that we are creating a therapeutic environment for patients and their relatives.
• Management of staff absence in line with trust policies.
• Managing the ward finances within the planned budget.
• Dealing with staff issues in a supportive manner with consideration of the necessary Human resource policies and procedures
• Implement a culture of continuous clinical development by using an analytical approach to the delivery of care.
• Respond to complaints from patients/ relatives/ carers within trust timeframes ensuring that appropriate actions are taken to prevent similar occurrences in the future.
• Undertake regular ward audits to assess ward performance and use this data to guide change management initiatives, involving ward staff in these initiatives.
• Develop a positive culture of staff development through staff appraisals, regular check ins and training. This will help identify people's strengths and weaknesses, enable constructive feedback and support for staff to be able to develop their contribution.
• Support Deputy Managers to maximise their potential and develop leadership skills.
• Keep own skills and knowledge up to date and be aware of clinical issues within the ward, surgical division, and wider hospital.
• Ensure a good understanding of patient flow and NHS pressures and maintain good relationships with other departments so that we can support patient flow.

About us

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills

Essential:

• IT Skills (Word/Excel/Outlook)
• Budget management skills
• Ability to plan and prioritise own and others workload when under pressure
• Excellent communications skills
• Evidence of working collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, self-motivation and empowerment of others.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of service delivery
• Sound knowledge of the principles and practice of speciality care
• Awareness of current NHS issues
• Evidence of understanding of quality governance

Desirable:

• Experience of project management

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

Essential:

• Current NMC registration
• Post registration course in speciality
• A minimum of 5 years post registration experience
• A minimum of 2 years leadership experience; specifically in the speciality setting.
• Degree or working towards degree level.

Desirable:

• Working towards masters level study
• Clinical supervision experience
• Experience of working with electronic health records
• Holds registered mentor or teaching qualification
• Experience of the peri -operative setting

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.