Ward Manager

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust seeks an experienced nursing leader to line-manage a team of nurses and ensure strong clinical and financial performance within a defined area.

You will drive leadership coaching, provide education and clinical support, and promote a recovery‑focussed, person-centred care culture while supporting staff wellbeing and professional development.

Qualifications

• Qualified nurse with leadership qualities and aspirations.

Responsibilities

• Line-manage and supervise a team of nurses and oversee clinical and financial performance of a defined area.
• Manage sickness and absence, leave allocation, disciplinary investigations, complaints and local post-incident reviews.

Skills

Nurse leadership

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Job description

Inpatient wards / units are designed to meet the acute holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a recovery focussed environment. This working environment is conducive to staff development and wellbeing.

The post holder is responsible for line managing and supervising a team of nurses and is directly responsible for the clinical and financial performance of a defined clinical area. The post holder is also required to ensure the effective management of sickness and absence, leave allocation, disciplinary investigations, complaints and local post incident reviews.

Applications are invited from experienced qualified nurses with leadership qualities and aspirations.

Successful applicants will be able to experience a broad range of clinical specialities and have access to a comprehensive package of leadership coaching, education and clinical support.

We are particularly keen to receive applications from nurses with an interest in working with: Acquired Brain Injury, Personality Disorder or Challenging Behaviours and/or a gender sensitive service.

This post will be suited to someone with experience of understanding, managing challenging and emotionally demanding clinical presentations. The individual will be able to guide, support, supervise and role-model on how to respond to these challenges.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tinashe Ncube Job title: Matron Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01772 215018

For more information about this role please contact Tinashe Ncube, Matron on 01772 215018 or [e-mail]