Ward manager

Ward Manager 12 Month Fixed Term Maternity Cover, Day Ward Liverpool - Monday - Friday 08:00-16:00.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC) has an exciting opportunity for a motivated, compassionate, and results-driven healthcare professional to join our dynamic organisation as a Ward Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of patient care during an exciting period of structural change.

The successful candidate will be a motivated leader, with excellent proven managerial and leadership skills, who has the drive and passion to create an inspirational learning and working environment.

You'll lead and support a talented multidisciplinary team while actively participating in structural changes within the ward. This role requires effective collaboration and communication with other members of the trust to ensure smooth transitions and successful outcomes.

The candidate will be expected to continuously strive for the highest standards of quality care at CCC and has patient safety at the forefront of the services and care provided. You will be supported in your role by the Division Nurse Director, Matron, and a team of nursing staff.

The candidate will have significant experience in the delivery of all Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatments (SACT). Experience will be required to lead and manage multiple teams to deliver excellent cancer care services.

Main duties of the job

The Ward Manager will be accountable and responsible for ensuring the safe and effective day-to-day management of all clinical services within the day ward. They will work closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) across the Trust's sector hub model to ensure safe delivery of all patient pathways. As the service delivers complex treatments, it is essential that the Ward Manager can operate in a changing environment, enabling and sustaining excellent performance, creating a culture of high quality, compassionate care that strives to continuously improve. They will be responsible for managing the performance of all the KPIs within the department and managing and developing the performance of the team and ensuring that systems and processes are in place for the completion and management of staff rotas and allocation of staff annual leave. They will provide daily visible clinical leadership to ensure high quality excellent patient care and effective teamwork. They will ensure that the CQC's five key questions are embedded and incorporated into the day-to-day management of the day ward:
? Safe
? Effective
? Caring
? Responsive
? Well-led

About us

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

We are -

• Kind
• Empowered
• Responsible
• Inclusive

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

Person Specification

Qualifications:

• First level Registered General Nurse - part 1 NMC Register
• First level degree in related subject.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Advanced Communications Skills Training or prepared to work towards.
• Working towards a Master's degree or equivalent experience.

Knowledge and Expertise:

• Knowledge of Cancer, treatment modalities, and services.
• Evidence of innovation in practice.
• Evidence of participation in audit & research.
• Knowledge of the NHS structures and functions.
• Knowledge and application of current professional issues.

Experience:

• Relevant post-registration experience, at Band 6 or above, in cancer, or other specialty.
• Experience of teaching.
• Demonstrable post-registration experience in a leadership position, with evidence of clinical practice.
• Previous leadership and management experience.
• Experience of multi-professional working.
• Demonstrable experience as an assessor/mentor.
• Experience of audit and research.

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.